26^th June 2010

In June 2010, Heitkamp Ingenieur- und Kraftwerksbau GmbH (HIKB) successfully completed the reinforced concrete works for a new sugar silo in Nykøbing Falster, Denmark.

In an internal cooperation between the Heitkamp branches of Herne and Halle, the works for the outer reinforced concrete shell of the silo with a diameter of 44.30 m and a height of approx. 50.00 m as well as for the attached 60 m-high elevator and staircase tower were completed in only six months after they started in mid-January 2010 using the slip-form construction method.

 

Together with the bottom slab, approximately 4,500 m³ of concrete and 800 tons of reinforcement steel were used for the construction work. Until the planned completion of the new sugar silo in mid-October 2010, the roof structure consisting of 24 timber trusses, a 26-ton steel tension ring member and 25-ton steel compression ring member will be built by means of a working platform. The roof will then be finally covered with prefabricated wooden sandwich panels.
The outer shell of the silo will be equipped with a facade heating and a thermal insulation and then clad with trapezoidal steel sheets.

The high-quality reinforced concrete works for this structure were performed in this case in a true record time. But also the temporary and sometimes very special scaffolding constructions required for the work are just another proof of HIKB's engineering know-how.