Wagner-Jauregg State Neurology Clinic in Linz, Austria

Since 1996, the Wagner-Jauregg State Neurology Clinic in Linz has been extended and modernized by extensive structural measures. After constructing the new building, opened in 2003, since 1996 the project has comprised refurbishment of the original building that is under a preservation order. The task of Fichtner Bauconsulting’s Linz Branch is to provide the services of general construction management, specialized civil engineering management and coordination of site works.

General planning for the German Center, Mexico

For the German Center Mexico in Mexico City, the engineering consortium of Fichtner GmbH & Co. KG, Fichtner Asia, and GLG Ingenieros y Consultores was entrusted with general planning and turnkey construction. This is a multi-functional building with a gross floor area of 25,000 m² and nine stories above and 3½ below ground level. The rooms comprise offices, stores, laboratories and assembly shops, with complete infrastructure. For tenants and visitors, an underground garage with a total of 550 parking spaces on 3½ levels is provided. Exhibition areas, restaurant and a cafeteria as well as media, congress and business centers have likewise been planned and built to the latest standards.

Design of Operation Support Facility (OSF) of the ALMA Observatory, Chile

The “Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA)” scheme is an international cooperation project between Europe and North America to erect radio telescopes on the Chajnantor Plateau at 5000 m amsl in the Atacama Desert in Chile for observing and photographing young galaxies at great distances. The installation consists of an array of 64 parabolic antennas of 12 m diameter and 80 t weight arranged on the plateau. The assembly hangar, control center, laboratories and offices are located at the OSF site at an elevation of 2900 m amsl, for which Fichtner was awarded a contract for conceptual design, layout planning, execution and detailed planning, as well as drawing up tender documents and project assistance for all site components.

General planning of a large-scale trials center, Duisburg, Germany

In the new large-scale trials center in Duisburg, Siemens will test its major manufactured components, like compressors, under realistic operating conditions for their permittability. For this purpose, all required media, like gas, steam, compressed air and electricity, are supplied via a comprehensive infrastructure. The core of the facility is a 180 m long workshop, in which plant trains of up to 60 m in length are tested. Following successful trials, the equipment is transported via a high payload track for loading onto ships in the Rhine Port of Duisburg. For this project, FICHTNER BAUCONSULTING renders complete detailed planning, draws up tender documents, participates in contract award and takes over site supervision. Together with IKG-FICHTNER, this affiliated company is supervising the entire mechanical, electrical, I&C and civil contract sections.

Stuttgart Municipal Art Gallery at “Kleiner Schlossplatz” public square, Germany

For constructing the new gallery and a commercial building, Fichtner Bauconsulting together with a planning partner was awarded a contract for rendering engineering services for structural planning, concerning mainly underground structures and foundations. In accordance with the planning concept, major sections of existing and no longer used road tunnels were converted into exhibition areas. A five-story office block is located over the gallery rooms spanning the tunnels. The new construction comprises the cubical exhibition building, underground gallery areas and adjoining rooms housing archives.

SCALA Stuttgart, Germany

In the SCALA building in Stuttgart, some 15,000 m² floor area is being created for renting as shops and offices. Car parking is made available in an underground, automated “Parksafe” facility. Fichtner Bauconsulting’s task is to handle structural planning for complex integration of the underground stories into the existing transportation structure, as well as building over the underground story of the neighboring art museum.

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