http://www.astron.biz/en/rss/feed/index.html Astron RSS News - European leader in manufacturing of steel buildings for commercial and industrial applications. en en http://www.astron.biz/en/about-us/news/building-of-the-month-2015-08/ <p><strong>Charlier Logistics SA realised a new warehouse of 10,000m<sup>2</sup> in Molinfaing (Belgium), the fourth built by Astron. The investment is in line with the development of its logistics and distribution activities.</strong></p> <p>We interviewed Eric Charlier, managing director of Charlier Logistics SA</p> <p><strong>For the fourth time, our Builder Wust in Belgium and the Astron system have been selected to carry out your new building, why?</strong></p> <p><strong>Eric Charlier: </strong>In total, we have 65,000m² of warehouses split between several sites: Recogne, Messancy, Stockem and Molinfaing. This new investment of 10,000m² is the latest one, built once again with Builder Wust and Astron.</p> <p>When we first negotiated with Wust, we had a rather important constraint: to have the largest possible surface with no or a minimum of interior columns. For a logistics company, columns are always a source of problems. Wust understood this very well and proposed the best solution with a large free span. Wust was also the only Builder to present a 3D model of the project. Nowadays this is quite common, but 14 years ago... it was far from being the case! To summarize, the product met our needs, we had a limited budget and technical constraints, and Wust proposed the best solution. It was the starting point of our long business cooperation.</p> <p><strong>What are the primary general advantages and customer benefits in working with Astron and Builder Wust?</strong></p> <p><strong>Eric Charlier: </strong>When you build, events inevitably happen that force you to make decisions and take corrective actions, but with your system there is only one contact person and you get an answer quickly. When I have a problem with a supplier, I want him to bring solutions to me. This is exactly what you did. We gained time and money!</p> <p><strong>Builder</strong>: Wust SA, ETS</p> <p><strong>Customer</strong>: Charlier Logistics SA</p> <p><strong>Architect</strong>: Atelier d'architecture de Lavaux </p> Sat, 01 Aug 2015 03:10:00 GMT http://www.astron.biz/en/about-us/news/building-of-the-month-2015-08/ 2015-08-01T03:10:00Z http://www.astron.biz/en/about-us/news/building-of-the-month-2015-07/ <p>Jury Astron for the “Building of the Month” in July chose FRECH TOOLS POLAND built by Astron Authorized Builder, FHU Multi Projekt from Szczecin. This nice building is located in the city of Bielawa (Poland). <strong>Frech Tools Poland Sp. z o.o.</strong> was established in 2005 and manufactures die casting molds for zinc, aluminum and magnesium alloys.</p> <p> The building of 1460m<sup>2</sup> consists of office and production. Production part is Astron steel construction AZM1 with 18m span, PUR sandwich panels on the wall and membrane double pitch roof with slope 4%.</p> <p>The new building is divided spatially and functionally into two parts with different architectural form and finishing materials from each other. Colors of the building based on a palette of shades of gray and blue referring to the logo of the brand FRECH TOOL POLAND.</p> <p>The new office is very representative; it was finished with materials of high standard aesthetics like glass, coated metal sheets and plasters. The building was built in 6 months.</p> <p>Builder: FHU MULTI PROJEKT Sp. z o.o. Sp. K.</p> <p>Customer: FRECH TOOLS POLAND Sp. z o.o.</p> <p>Architect: LINDSCHULTE POLSKA Sp. z o.o.</p> <p> </p> Thu, 30 Jul 2015 03:10:00 GMT http://www.astron.biz/en/about-us/news/building-of-the-month-2015-07/ 2015-07-30T03:10:00Z http://www.astron.biz/en/about-us/news/building-of-the-month-2015-06/ <p>Avangard sports complex recently opened in Tarko-Sale, Russia, was awarded “Building of the Month” by the Astron jury. Constructed by CS Investroy, Astron Builder in Moscow, this is the <strong>largest ice complex in Yamal</strong> and the first building realized within interregional Avangard Hockey Academy project.</p> <p>Avangard complex constructed under the socio-economic agreement between Gazprom Neft and YaNAO, is the only sports facility in the region with an Olympic-sized ice rink, equipped with modern artificial ice facilities. The new complex is the first branch of the Avangard Hockey Academy established in Omsk by Avangard KHL club. The Academy aims at establishment of a hockey education program for children and teenagers, thus a network of branches will be created in different regions. Similar sports facilities will soon be constructed in towns of Muravlinko and Noyabrsk.</p> <p><strong>The complex in Tarko-Sale with the total area of 9,000m<sup>2</sup> consists of three blocks. The first one hosts a universal sports hall with two courts and grandstands with 280 seats, including seats for disabled people.</strong></p> <p><strong>Block 1:</strong></p> <p>Total area: 1,838m<sup>2</sup></p> <p>Build-up area: 1,881m<sup>2</sup></p> <p>The second block is for administrative and auxiliary purposes: snack bar, locker rooms for hockey players and facilities for drying sports uniforms, referee offices, display control and central control units, two gyms, weight and aerobics room, as well as a conference room.</p> <p><strong>Block 2:</strong></p> <p>Total area: 3,270m<sup>2</sup></p> <p>Build-up area: 1,048m<sup>2</sup></p> <p>The third block hosts the 30x60 m indoor ice rink. The rick can be used for ice hockey training as well as other winter sports: figure skating, short track speed skating or just public skating of 120 people at a time.</p> <p><strong>Block 3:</strong></p> <p>Total area: 2,280m<sup>2</sup></p> <p>Build-up area: 2,342m<sup>2</sup></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Builder</strong>: CS Investstroy (Russia)</p> <p><strong>Customer</strong>: JSC Gazprom Neft</p> <p><strong>Architect: </strong>Victor A. Gurchev, Magnum LLC</p> Wed, 01 Jul 2015 03:10:00 GMT http://www.astron.biz/en/about-us/news/building-of-the-month-2015-06/ 2015-07-01T03:10:00Z http://www.astron.biz/en/about-us/news/building-of-the-month-2015-05/ <p>The new LADA car dealership, opened recently in Voronezh city, was awarded “Building of the month” by the Astron jury. The building meets all the new requirements of the car manufacturer and was built by Zhilservice, Astron Builder from Voronezh. </p> <p>Customer of the building is Daynava-center, an authorized car dealer of AutoVAZ. The main requirement of the customer was that the<strong> structural solution of the building complied with the concept design developed by the car manufacture</strong>r. The area of the show-room and office is 1,800m<sup>2</sup>. The area of the service station is 1370 m<sup>2</sup> and it can maintain 15 cars simultaneously.</p> <p>General Designer of the project, who was aware of Zhilservice successful experience and reputation in construction, invited the Astron Builder to perform as General Constructor.</p> <p><strong>Andrey Chernykh, director of Zhilservice, shares his impressions:</strong> “We got this project due to the flexibility in building structure, by choosing optimal roof slope and bay-spacing, developing non-standard solutions for the bearing structure. Bay-spacing was already defined by the concept design and technology was tailored to 6*6m spacing. We were able to optimize the building turning the frames 90 degrees.</p> <p><a href="http://www.astron.biz/en/technical-details/roof/lmr600/index.html" target="_self">LMR600</a>, the best Astron roof, also impressed the customer. The project was interesting for us from the very beginning, because it was a pilot one for the owner, as well as for the car manufacturer. It is the first car dealership in Russia built up to the new standards of AutoVAZ. Besides, this was the first project for us (and probably in Russia) where we implemented new inside gutter for LMR600, and our erectors did it well. This was proved by tough weather conditions.</p> <p>I can surely say that the customer is satisfied with our mutual cooperation and the Astron building”.</p> Fri, 01 May 2015 03:10:00 GMT http://www.astron.biz/en/about-us/news/building-of-the-month-2015-05/ 2015-05-01T03:10:00Z http://www.astron.biz/en/about-us/news/building-of-the-month-2015-04/ <p>The <strong>largest riding hall in Czech Republic</strong> with the surface of 3,600m<sup>2</sup> near the city of Litovel was nominated to the “Building of the Month” April. It was built by Czech Builder E.PROXIMA s.r.o. The riding hall was designed to be in all year round operation. In addition to regular trainings with horses, sessions of equestrian competitions take place in this building.<strong> Inner space is used at its maximum</strong> as the hall has<strong> 36m free span</strong> without interior columns. This generous space gives possibility for the construction of spectator stands and other facilities in the future. </p> <p><strong>Insulated single skin roof</strong> provides the building with good acoustic. On top of that, during winter period the roof has no problems of condensation. <strong>Wall sheeting</strong> combines simple brown ribbed panels with mineral panels, which are decorated with print imitating stones. Investor decided for this solution of wall sheeting design because of the regulation of conservationists, which required good integration of building into natural surroundings. </p> <p>Investor planned construction of this riding hall for very long time, weighed up all possibilities and searched for best solution. He decided for an Astron building and cooperation with Builder E.Proxima. Investor´s requirements were satisfied and he is very content with the result.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Builder</strong>: E.PROXIMA, s.r.o.</p> <p><strong>Customer</strong>: Jezdecký klub Nové Zámky (Riding club Nové Zámky)</p> <p><strong>Architect: </strong>Ing. arch. Petr Gottwald (STYLE STUDIO s.r.o.)</p> Wed, 15 Apr 2015 03:10:00 GMT http://www.astron.biz/en/about-us/news/building-of-the-month-2015-04/ 2015-04-15T03:10:00Z http://www.astron.biz/en/about-us/news/building-of-the-month-2015-03/ <p>EIFFAGE Construction Strasbourg teams, <strong>Astron Builder</strong> in Oberhausbergen (Alsace region), won the public tender launched by the International Strasbourg-Entzheim Airport regarding the construction of an <strong>aircraft hangar of 1,250m².</strong></p> <p><strong>Speed of design and construction</strong>, associated with the Astron system, helped to deliver the building in a <strong>record time of 2 months</strong> from the first day of work.</p> <p>A tense schedule of works associated with the technical advantages of Astron <strong>(clear span, sandwich panels, oversized rolling gates, ...)</strong> perfectly meet the needs of business aviation.</p> <p>A few technical details: the hangar is composed of two buildings side by side with a 6,35m eave height and wide openings of 19 x 4,90m allowing the installation of industrial folding doors especially produced by Bator for civil and military aviation.</p> <p>The walls are made of Promisol V 1150 blue-grey panels (RAL 5008), with a thickness of 60mm and the roof is equipped with Ondatherm 1040 TS anthracite grey panels (RAL 7016), also with a thickness of 60mm.</p> <p>The client was so satisfied with this building that EIFFAGE Construction is currently studying the future extension of these premises.</p> <ul> <li><strong>Customer:</strong> Aéroport International de Strasbourg-Entzheim, France</li> <li><strong>Builder:</strong> Eiffage Construction Strasbourg</li> <li><strong>Architect:</strong> conception &amp; construction by Eiffage</li> </ul> Wed, 01 Apr 2015 03:10:00 GMT http://www.astron.biz/en/about-us/news/building-of-the-month-2015-03/ 2015-04-01T03:10:00Z http://www.astron.biz/en/about-us/news/building-of-the-month-2015-02/ <p>Thanks to the steady growth of REBO motors an additional building was erected in Winsen (Germany) by Builder Hansen Hallenbau Schwarzenbek.</p> <p>In order to emphasize the visual effect, REBO decided to keep the roof and wall panels in a subtle but effective gray.</p> <p>The 1,200 m² building with a 24m span offers space for storage, workshop and spacious showroom, where the entire product range can be impressively presented.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Customer:</strong> Rebo Motori s.rl.<br /><strong>Builder</strong>: Hansen Hallenbau Schwarzenbek<br /><strong>Architect</strong>: B+K Sven Buck+Partner</p> Sun, 01 Mar 2015 04:10:00 GMT http://www.astron.biz/en/about-us/news/building-of-the-month-2015-02/ 2015-03-01T04:10:00Z http://www.astron.biz/en/about-us/news/building-of-the-month-2015-01/ <p>Looking at this beautiful building resembling a mansion of the early 20th century, one can hardly imagine that it has a <strong>metal frame inside,</strong> but it is so. This steel building was designed, supplied and erected by Integro Steel, Astron Builder in Rostov-on-Don.</p> <p>The decision to use steel structure resulted from two factors:<strong> short construction time and complex ground conditions of the construction site.</strong> The engineering-geological survey determined the foundation soil as loose watered pebble and clay soils. Under these conditions, the main foundation solution was a solid reinforced concrete slab and reduction of load on the foundation soil. <strong>Choice of a metal frame for the superstructure made it possible to reduce the load on the foundation slab</strong> and install it on the natural ground without any special measures. </p> <p>The project started when the general design contractor contacted Integro Steel, as they had already collaborated on a project of a supermarket before.</p> <p>Originally the building was planned with a nine-storey section, but after coordination with the State Architecture Department, some public hearings and engineering-geological survey the number of storeys was reduced to five. Construction site is situated in the 5 wind with 9 points seismicity region.</p> <p>The building has a complex shape and consists of two sections:</p> <p><strong>Section I</strong></p> <ul> <li>3 floors</li> <li>Dimensions in the axes: 18.5 x 28.0 m</li> <li>Columns spacing (variable), the average columns net 6 x 6 m</li> <li>Pitched roof</li> </ul> <p><strong>Section II</strong></p> <ul> <li>5 floors</li> <li>Dimensions in the axes: 33.4 x 35.4 m</li> <li>Columns net 6 x 6 m</li> <li>Flat roof</li> </ul> <p>The building has already been put into operation, the Customer is completely satisfied.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Customer:</strong><strong> </strong>Ministry of Internal Affair - Russia</p> <p><strong>Builder:</strong><strong> </strong>Integro Steel<strong></strong></p> <p><strong>Architect:</strong><strong> </strong>Orbita, ZAO</p> <p> </p> Sun, 01 Feb 2015 05:10:00 GMT http://www.astron.biz/en/about-us/news/building-of-the-month-2015-01/ 2015-02-01T05:10:00Z http://www.astron.biz/en/about-us/news/building-of-the-month-2014-12/ <p>Berjon printing house, founded in 2001 and located in Gradignan (France), is specialized in manufacturing of paper and cardboard items. Their activity increased over the years, so the General Manager, Frédéric Berjon, decided to expand its premises. </p> <p>For the achievement of his new premises, he chose Travaux Aquitains, Astron Builder in the Bordeaux area, who offered him the best solution that perfectly met his expectations: a functional building with a special touch that makes the difference.</p> <p>With an area of 394m², this 3-bay building is erected in the extension of the existing building. Different areas have been developed for offices and storage. It also includes a mezzanine of 168m² with a floor made of <a href="http://www.astron.biz/en/technical-details/floor/multidek/index.html" target="_self">metal decking (Multidek) </a>where offices are installed. </p> <p>The building has an <a href="http://www.astron.biz/en/technical-details/roof/lpr1000/index.html" target="_self">LPR1000 roof</a>, aluzinc coating, with a 6% single slope and a parapet on the edge. To recall the old building, the walls are equipped with dark grey sinusoidal panels (RAL 7011) installed vertically.</p> <p>From an architectural point of view, we immediately notice the following characteristics: a double-door entrance in the shape of a perforated cylinder hiding a staircase and full height vertical bay windows offering originality and brightness inside the building.</p> <p>Congratulations to the team of Travaux Aquitains!</p> <p><strong> Customer: </strong>Imprimerie Berjon</p> <p><strong>Builder: </strong>Travaux Aquitains</p> <p><strong>Architect: </strong>Eric Castagnotto</p> <p> </p> Mon, 01 Dec 2014 05:10:00 GMT http://www.astron.biz/en/about-us/news/building-of-the-month-2014-12/ 2014-12-01T05:10:00Z http://www.astron.biz/en/about-us/news/building-of-the-month-2014-11/ <p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>The opening ceremony of Hyundai Premium Astana car dealership took place in the capital of Kazakhstan on July 30, 2014. The center is built up to the Hyundai newest brand standard - Global Dealership Space Identity.</strong></p> <p style="text-align: justify;">This new architectural concept will become obligatory for all 6,000 Hyundai dealerships worldwide by 2018. It reflects the balance of technology and ecology which is a feature of the new refined and hi-tech Hyundai cars that the company will present.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">The striking feature of the new style is the color of exterior – bronze roof structure that in our case is executed from anodized aluminum. The ultramodern design of the exterior harmonically merges into the interior, creating a welcome atmosphere for the guests. Indoor plant and trees emphasize the ecological aspect, as well as the three rows of bamboo-like columns, that support the canopy of the showroom. The interior showroom within the main one is intended for upper-class cars, such as sedans Genesis and Equus.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">The elegant showroom with an area of 1,000m<sup>2 </sup>exhibits all Hyundai cars supplied to Kazakhstan. The 2,500m<sup>2</sup> service station accommodates state-of-the-art equipment and is capable of servicing 1,000-1,500 vehicles per month.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">The architect of the project was Alexander Shevchenko from RFrame art, Astana. General Contractor – BI Group. Victoria Building, Astron Builder from Astana, supplied and erected the steel building. The main factors for the customer, Astana Motors, to choose Astron were its solutions, the LMR600 roof and the speed of erection.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">The new car dealership has become an integral part of the modern image of Astana.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Builder:</strong> Victoria Building Ltd</p> <p><strong>Architect: </strong>Alexander Shevchenko</p> <p><strong>Customer:</strong> KMK Astana Motors</p> Sat, 15 Nov 2014 05:10:00 GMT http://www.astron.biz/en/about-us/news/building-of-the-month-2014-11/ 2014-11-15T05:10:00Z