Accelerator, Utrecht Science Park
Eleven storeys of service shafts, built in Oudewater and stacked floor by floor. Plus 67,000 holes per void panel.
- Client
- BAM Bouw en Techniek
- Location
- Utrecht Science Park
- Division
- Steel Construction
- Specialism
- Steel structures
What we did
The Accelerator at Utrecht Science Park is an eleven-storey building for life science research. For BAM Bouw en Techniek, we were involved in the construction from start to finish.
In November 2020 we began supplying and installing the cage structures for the service shafts: the technical heart of the building. Each time a floor was completed, we stacked the next cage on top. Every floor has grating floors, so there is no fall hazard when work is carried out on the services.
We finished the void edges in the atrium with white sheet metal. Each panel has 67,000 holes of 2 millimetres, with material behind it that improves the acoustics. The folded components, such as the skirtings, were also ours. To save time, we developed a mobile workbench that moved with us from floor to floor.
An article about this project appeared in De Ondernamen (spring 2022).
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Our work on this project
- cage structures for the service shafts, eleven storeys high
- grating floors on every storey, to prevent falls
- perforated void panels with 67,000 holes per panel, for better acoustics
- folded components such as skirtings
- a mobile workbench for installation floor by floor
Project photos
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Prefabricated service shaft module hanging from the tower crane 
Service shaft module being hoisted onto the construction floor 
Placing a prefabricated service shaft module on the construction floor 
Green steel frame of a service shaft with grating floor 
Installed service shaft with steel frame and building services 
Atrium with finished void edges and glass balustrades 
Void edges with white sheet metal in the atrium 
Perforated white void cladding during installation 
Steel structure on the tower crane 
Steelwork during construction of the Accelerator
