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laying of foundation stone of arteveldestadium ghent - 18/09/2008

On the former site of the Groothandelsmarkt in Ghent, the laying of the foundation stone of the new Arteveldestadium took place. This stadium, after a design by Bontinck Studiegroep, will offer seats to 20.000 visitors and will open its doors in July 2010. VK ENGINEERING is responsible for the studies building services and structural engineering.

According to Jeroen Piqueur, CEO of the cvba Artevelde-stadion, the Arteveldestadium will be the first in Belgium to meet all new European and Belgian standards. Around the stadium, a multi-functional site will be developed, with a number of leisure-activities, such as retail, restaurants, a hotel, as well as offices. To be more precise : on a total net surface of 65.000 mē, the surface for the soccer games is 11.000 mē. The Arteveldestadium will arise on the former terrains of the Groothandelsmarkt, nearby the E17 and the R4.

Large technical rooms underneath the roof allow to integrate additional installations according to the wishes of the tenants, and insure a completely hidden installation of all technical equipment.

Furthermore, a number of measures will be implemented to reduce the energy consumption :

- photovoltaic cells, fitted into the panels,
- solar panels for hot water production,
- humidification of the ventilation air with gas driven appliances,
- gas fed infrared heaters for heating of the business seats.


Other environment-friendly measures are :

- positioning the lighting for the field underneath the pentice, in accordance to the environmental impact assessment MER, in order to prevent air pollution,
- water-efficient and vandalism-proof sanitary appliances in order to reduce the demand for water to a minimum,
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large reservoirs for the rain water from roofs and the pentice, with enough capacity for irrigating the field and the surrounding area, and for flushing the toilets and urinals,

- porous parkings for cars : the water of the hardened surfaces infiltrates in green integrated basins on the car park itself.


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