Münster-Gelmer
Westfalen AG Werk
Münster, Germany / 04.2020 - 09.2021
Adjacent to Westfalen AG’s port tank farm in Münster-Gelmer, a new plant was built on a site of around 10 hectares, comprising a workshop building, a refrigerant storage facility, as well as pumping and filling stations. PORR’s transport route engineering division, Münster/Dortmund branch, and its building construction division, Münster branch, carried out the contracts for the earthworks, drainage, pipework and road construction, as well as the construction of operational and production buildings, working in tandem.
Facts & Figures
Company
PORR Verkehrswegebau GmbH, PORR Hochbau West GmbH
Type
Industrial construction, industrial area, Industrial construction
Runtime
04.2020 - 09.2021
Building and civil engineering works for a new production site
New site on the Dortmund-Ems Canal
With the construction of its new premises, Westfalen AG relocated from its previous site in Münster-Gremmendorf to the ‘Hessenweg’ industrial estate on the Dortmund-Ems Canal. The project involved the construction of a refrigerant storage facility with associated filling plants, as well as workshop, operational and staff buildings.
Traffic areas and utility works on the factory site
As part of the developments, roadways and operational areas were constructed. Concrete road surfaces were laid over an area of around 4,500 m², particularly in areas where industrial trucks and specialised vehicles manoeuvre and turn.
Further areas of the factory site, covering a total of around 50,000 m², were asphalted. Beneath the paved surfaces, around 20,000 m³ of frost-protection sand as well as approximately 15,000 m³ of crushed stone base course material were laid. The profiling was carried out using 3D machine control.
Gate structure for the drainage infrastructure
A notable achievement in pipework construction was the fabrication of a gate structure weighing around 22 tonnes. This forms part of the plant site’s drainage infrastructure and is used to control the flow of liquids within the system.
Construction of operational and production buildings
The building construction team was responsible for site backfilling with around 65,000 m³ of soil, as well as the turnkey construction of an operational and staff building. In addition, six production and industrial halls were built using a steel structure with trapezoidal roof sheets and insulated metal cladding.
Liquid-tight bases were installed in certain areas. As a specialist contractor under the Water Resources Act (WHG), PORR carried out the necessary work in collaboration with an expert. The relevant documentation was provided in accordance with the project-specific requirements.
Coordination of multiple construction phases
To carry out the building, civil engineering and site development works, the site was divided into three construction phases. This enabled the various tasks to be carried out in parallel and the interfaces between building construction and transport route engineering to be coordinated.
The construction of the new plant site on the Dortmund-Ems Canal created production, storage and operational areas, as well as the associated transport and drainage infrastructure. The project combines site development, industrial construction and infrastructure works on a single construction site and highlights the multitude of interfaces that must be taken into account when developing a new production site.
