SMV Projekt Solutions - international consultancy for real estate and construction services: References

Projekt:

CargoLifter dockyard hall in Briesen-Brand, Brandenburg

New construction of dockyard (biggest self-supporting hall in Europe)

Project location:	Briesen-Brand (Dahme/Spreewald)
SMV Services:	Schedule Controlling
Client:	CargoLifter AG, Wiesbaden
Architect:	SIAT Bauplanung und Ingenieurleistungen GmbH & Co. OHG, München
Buildung Costs:	ca. 79,8 Mio. EUR
SMV Contact:	Prof. Dr.-Ing. Willfred Vedder

Project data

Data sheet download

Project decription
CargoLifter AG had planned to design an airship which should be able to carry loads up to 160 tons. For this purpose the world's biggest column-free hall was built in the Brandenburg Briesen-Brand (Dahme/Spreewald) in the south of Berlin. It measures 360 x 210 x 107 m (length x width x height). Lying the Paris Eiffel tower would fit in it. The hall is supposed to be used as dockyard hall.

Project features
Duration: 1999 - 2000
Hall: self-supporting construction
length/width/height: 360 m / 210 m / 107 m
Roof and facade area: 100.000 m²
Gross floor area: 63.000 m²
Gross volume: aprox. 500 Hektar

Project objectives
Main target for the CargoLifter AG was to guarantee the completion date which was only achievable by extensive cooperation and communication between all parties involved. We set a high value on an economic construction process.

Benefits for the client
It was of high importance for the client CargoLifter AG that the determined date of completion was kept. Hence all designing and performing measures had to be operated in a way that even unpredictable incidents wouldn't endanger this date. This was SMV's responsibility and additionally we released the client by direct representation on site. SMV prepared weekly reports about the current project status as well as decisions that had to be made by the client.
SMV analysed the interfaces between other involved parties and structured the project with the proviso that the construction work had to be finished on due time.

CargoLifter dockyard hall