In November 2021, the hall and a large part of the infrastructure for drying herbs were destroyed by a fire. The NÖ Nord branch of the concrete construction department rebuilt it in just five months.
The client, Waldviertler Special Crop Association, was in a hurry: To avoid the loss of the harvest or drying in 2022, the construction time was kept short. “We are driven by the growing seasons, which is why we had to start with the new halls immediately. Otherwise, we could have lost an entire year,” says WALDLAND Managing Director Zinner. In January and February 2022, the submission and execution planning was created. Construction began on March 1. The new hall area is approximately 5000 square meters and is divided into five fire sections.
Even during the construction phase, WALDLAND began assembling the drying system. It extends over the hall section with a length of 55 meters. The team around department head Peter Schmidt, site manager Jürgen Hackl, and foreman Hubmaier Christoph completed the remaining halls within the specified construction time in parallel to the dryer setup. The new hall will be put into operation on August 1. The order volume for SWIETELSKY amounts to around 1.9 million euros.
Additional Information:
- Submission and execution planning by Swietelsky
- Earthworks: 11580m3 (excavation for the foundation pit, trench excavation, backfilling, bedding sand, etc.)
- Gravel work: approx. 2000m3
- Pipes laid: 3900 meters (fiber optic, gas line, water line, channels, cable protection pipes, etc.)
- Concrete: 2750m3 (foundation concrete, walls, monolithic floor slabs, filling concrete hollow walls, etc.)
- Insulation under the floor slab: 1600m2
- Monolithic floor slab: 4800m2
- Construction steel or reinforcement: 164 tons
- Hollow walls: 2000m2 (up to a height of 14.50m)
Client:
The Waldland member companies are grouped together in the Waldviertler Special Crop Association. Over the years, this community has grown to around 1000 agricultural businesses. They produce numerous special crops and animal alternatives in contract farming, which are taken over and refined at Waldlandhof. The products are marketed worldwide under the WALDLAND brand.
