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Case Study: Bilbao Exhibition Centre, Spain
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Contents
1. The Achievement 2
2. Design loads 3
4. Project team 6
5. References 7
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1. The Achievement
111 000 m2 of exhibition area in 6 halls:
The Arena hall: 30 000 m2
The medium hall: 21 000 m2
The small halls (4): 4 x 15 000 m2
In addition facilities such us: underground car park, offices, atrium and restaurants.
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24 300 tonnes of steel for the structure of the halls and 19 200 tons of corrugated steel in
the foundations.
BEC is an initiative designed to offer the best possible service for exhibitors, visitors and the
general public in a modern, convenient, practical and highly functional trade fair facility.
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2. Design loads
The loads are specified by the National Standard NBE-AE-88 Acciones en Edificacin. The
magnitude of loads depends on the use intended for each area:
In addition, there are floor made of prefabricated concrete hollow core slabs with a
compression layer of concrete.
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Hall structure
The roof structure is based on lattice girders with spans that vary from 125 to167 m and with
a depth about 8 m. The girders are box trusses girders of hot rolled sections with welded
joints.
The girders are supported at a maximum 18 m from the ground level on perimeter reinforced
concrete columns.
Finally, the surface between the girders is covered by means of 60 panels (37 x 37 m2) of
tubular spatial structure, see Figure 2.2.
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Truss beam
Figure 2.2 Layout of lattice girders and panels covered by spatial tubular structure
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The NBE CPI-96 is based on a prescriptive approach but the characteristics of the structure of
the BEC allow an alternative study to avoid the severe prescriptive requirements for roofs
passive fire protections thanks to
Determination whether a lower protection than specified in the prescriptive regulation gives
the same level of safety to the users.
An additional objective of this alternative study was to verify the smoke control to allow the
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The smoke curtains and smoke vents allow the correct extraction of smoke and the safe
evacuation of the building.
The roof truss girders do not need any passive protection because their structural stability
was not threatened by the fire scenario studied.
Other studies were carried out in special areas:
The columns in the restaurant area and the lattice girders remained unprotected.
On the other hand, in the Arena Hall, the beams supporting the surrounding
mezzanine and the parts of the box trusses beams just over the mezzanine exposed to
the studied fire scenario had to remain protected with passive measures.
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Exhibition area
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Services area
Car park: 4000 spaces
Communication centres
Hall numbering is also indicated
4. Project team
Client: Bilbao Exhibition Centre (BEC), comprising
The Basque Government (47,7%), Bizkaia Regional Government (47,7%),
Barakaldo Town Council (1,4%), Bilbao Chamber of Commerce (1,6%) and
Bilbao International Exhibition Centre (1,6%) as partners in the project.
Architects: Csar Azcarate (IDOM) ; Esteban Rodrguez (SENER)
Planning of structural framework: SENER & IDOM
Constructor: Companies cooperating in a temporal venture:
- Balzola S.A.
- Dragados
- Eraiker 2000
- Ferrovial Agroman
- URSSA
Fire Safety Engineering: LABEIN
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5. References
InfoBECBilbao Exhibition Centre Newsletter, Issues 1-4, Year 2003. Published by
BEC.
www.bilbaoexhibitioncentre.com
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