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Structure coordination and elaboration

Structure is a team sport. In the team of client, architect and consultants, we have the key role. All requirements are translated into a building design for optimal coordination of the disciplines such as building physics, fire safety, structures, architecture and installations. This integrated process approach with a focus on risk management is our core quality.

Structural engineering knowledge is constantly evolving. This is reflected in the diversity of structural engineering specialties at ABT. Our knowledge and resources will provide the solution for any challenge. We have the skills to address complexity.

Our specialties:

  • Architectural designs
  • Project coordination
  • Existing buildings
  • Circular detailing
  • Damage survey
  • Feasibility studies
  • Building Envelope engineering
  • Consulting on planned management and maintenance
  • BIM

Projects

ABT will translate complex programs into designs that require a multidisciplinary project approach. Our buildings are known for their high quality, architectural excellence realized within our clients’ objectives. For the Naturalis Biodiversity Center, we provided the architectural design, construction management, 3D digitization and technical design of the concrete relief sculptures designed by Iris van Herpen. We also deployed multiple specialties at the Boijmans van Beuningen Depot. We prepared the technical design for the glass façade and provided MVRDV with structural engineering support for the elaboration of the building.

Projects

Depot Boijmans van Beuningen

Depot Boijmans van Beuningen

In November 2021, His Majesty the King opened the Valhalla of Art and Collection Management: Boijmans van Beuningen Depot. All 151,000 objects accessible to the public in one location and under one roof. A world first! Our façade consultants assisted MVRDV to find the best construction method for the spectacular façade. In addition, we supported the structural engineering of the entire building.

Forum Groningen

Forum Groningen

Forum Groningen is an iconic cultural complex consisting of eleven floors. Below the building is a five basement parking garage consisting of approximately four hundred parking spaces and 1,500 bicycle parking spaces. ABT played an important role in realizing the principles of the architectural concept.
Binnenhof

Renovation of the Binnenhof

Renovation of the Binnenhof

The large-scale renovation of the Binnenhof, home of the Dutch parliament is underway. The heart of our democracy is being adapted to the demands of the new era. Commissioned by the Central Government Real Estate Agency, ABT is providing the structural, geotechnical and engineering design for the building parts of the Council of State, and the structural and geotechnical design for the building parts of the Senate.
Schiphol Terminal

Schiphol Terminal

Schiphol Terminal

In 2017, Schiphol presented the question of what a new terminal, fully integrated into the existing airport, could look like. The 'One Terminal concept' was the central idea; the airport not as a collection of more or less stand-alone terminals, but as a compact unit housing all facilities under one roof. The design is to contribute to a good travel experience, an excellent travel process, sustainability and is future-proof.

Wisperweide

Wisperweide

A design that fulfills exceptionally high sustainability ambitions. This is the newly to be developed Wisperweide in Weesp, the first school to be realized within the Innovation Partnership School Buildings Amsterdam. The school building is Paris Proof, detachable, and biobased. It is an example of the circular ambitions of the municipality of Amsterdam. ABT was closely involved in the development of the applied HoutKern Construction Method.
Renovatie Huis van Roosendaal

Renovation HUIS van Roosendaal

Renovation HUIS van Roosendaal

The municipality of Roosendaal wants to demonstrate that it stands for a ‘green’ municipality. The much-needed renovation of the existing city hall from the 1970s was the perfect opportunity to pull out all the stops and showcase this green ambition. The end result is an accessible, transparent, and above all, sustainable HOUSE of Roosendaal.

Renovation Ca-building Erasmus Medisch Centrum

Renovation Ca-building Erasmus Medisch Centrum

The renovation of the Ca-building was complex in several ways: due to the existing infrastructure, the phased renovation where the building remained partially in use 24/7, and its constrained location. ABT was involved as a technical designer from the design phase through specifications and tendering. Additionally, we played the role of construction manager and principal supervisor from execution preparation to completion and aftercare.

Sportcampus Zuiderpark

Sportcampus Zuiderpark

On the site of the former ADO Den Haag football stadium, the Sportcampus Zuiderpark has been built. The building includes, among other things, a top sports hall, a double-width sports hall, a gymnastics hall, and classrooms for The Hague University of Applied Sciences and ROC Mondriaan.

Erasmus Medisch Centrum

Erasmus Medisch Centrum

For more than 8 years, extensive efforts have been made on the new state-of-the-art university hospital with an area of 207,000 m². On the site of the existing hospital, a completely new Erasmus MC has been realized where care, research, and education come together. ABT worked as the technical designer on behalf of EGM architects bv and was responsible for construction management.