Laboratory Building in Garching near Munich, Germany

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Laboratory Building in Garching near Munich, Germany

Dlubal customer Lignaconsult Schrentewein & Partner GmbH from Bolzano provided the structural calculations for the construction phase of this impressive building, which is mainly made of timber.

Structure

Covering an area of 30 m x 40 m (98.4 ft x 131.2 ft), the new research building will have four floors and an additional technical floor. The timber frame structure takes advantages of block-glued-laminated timber columns with a cross-section of 32 cm x 32 cm (12.6 in x 12.6 in).

The beams of various dimensions are made of structural beech or steel and support cross-laminated timber slabs with a thickness of 16 cm (6.3 in) that have been calculated for a live load of 7.5 kN/m² (156.6 lbf/ft²). The load was ultimately reduced to 5 kN/m² (104.4 lbf/ft²) to transfer the forces to the beams below.

In addition to research laboratories, the facility will include offices and conference rooms. The Dlubal customer Lignaconsult Schrentewein & Partner GmbH utilized the RFEM 6 program for the structural analysis in the execution phase. Furthermore, the add-ons Multilayer Surfaces (such as Laminate, CLT) and Building Model were used.

The new laboratory building at the Technical University of Munich is a clear indication that more sustainable construction methods are being implemented more and more as a matter of course, making it an extremely interesting customer project.