
Industry: Planning
Partners: LDK
Client: Ove Arup and Partners International Limited
Category: Engineering
Location: Athens, Greece
Date: 2010 – 2016
LDK Group
LDK Consultants is a multidisciplinary engineering and development Consultancy Group. The Group was established in 1968 as an engineering firm providing services to the buildings sector. It gradually expanded its services in the energy, environmental & water, engineering, transportation, socioeconomic development and information dissemination consulting.
LDK Consultants has become a leading engineering consultancy in hotels, mixed-use buildings, hospitals, as well as infrastructure (railways, marinas and airports). It is a trusted consultancy in energy, environment, sustainability and socioeconomic development for the European Commission, World Bank, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, European Investment Bank, the United Nations Development Programme and other international organisations.
The Group operates through its offices in Greece, Belgium, Cyprus, Jordan, Kenya, Romania, Serbia and has undertaken 2,700 projects in 120 countries.
Project Info
ORIGIN OF FUNDING: Stavros Niarchos Foundation
PROJECT VALUE: MEP: 58,000,000
LDK’s BUDGET SHARE: 100%
STAFF PROVIDED: 15
Description
The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, designed by Renzo Piano Building Workshop, in Athens at the Faliron Delta, consists of:
- the 170,000 m2 Stavros Niarchos Park
- the state-of-the art new building for the National Library of Greece of nearly 22,000 m2 and
- a world-class opera house for the Greek National Opera of 28,000 m2, with a 1,400-seat auditorium.
Type of Services
The scope of work for MEP installations included Construction Design, Construction Documents, Tender Stage Support, Site Supervision of the following installations:
Water Supply / Sewage / Storm Drainage / Fire Fighting / Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning / Electrical Power / Lighting / Electrical Substations / Emergency Generator, UPS / Telephones – Data / Fire Detection / Radio – Television / Sound Facilities / Access Control / CCTV / Intercom / Lightning Protection and Earthing / Building Management System (BMS) / CO Detection / Lifts / Natural Gas / Photovoltaic (PV) power systems

Engineering
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