date:Nov 12, 2015
7.5 meters long and weigh 16 tons each; and the tower walls are constructed using 517 concrete panels, each of 9 tons stitched together using poured concrete.
Although the main building is base isolated, the ancillary structures are not, which gave GEA some engineering challenges. For example, every supply line for steam, acid, milk, gas, chemicals or electricity has to withstand the building moving by up to 900mm in any plane.
We have used a seismic loop on all the supply lines that gives t