IMPLEMENTATION OF INNOVATIVE SOLUTION IN LITHUANIA IN „DOVISTA“ PRODUCTION COMPLEX
A new production complex of Danish window and door production giant “Dovista” was opened in Marijampole FEZ territory. The complex, designed and supervised during construction by Lithuanian design and engineering consultancy company “Baltic Engineers”, distinguishes by its size, complexity and quality in Lithuania. State-of-art design technologies were used to implement ambitious solutions at a record pace.
Modern industrial complex designed during the first phase of development in territory of “Baltic FEZ” consists of industrial and warehouse buildings with a total area of almost 22 thousand square meters.
“This project aspires to become the largest production complex in Lithuania. The expectations were raised high, so the model of integrated services was chosen. This allowed us to take care of the project from the very first to the last step, namely, from the Technical Design to the Building Permit and realization of the entire complex. In fact, when planning, designing and construction management services are in one hand, the processes are more efficient and high quality solutions can be ensured”, – says Darius Kvedaras, Managing Director of UAB “Baltic Engineers”.
According to him, the complexity of project is well illustrated by the very first works of territory planning that had to be undertaken. During the initial Environmental Impact Assessment, not only the technological process of production was analysed, but also noise and pollution maps were produced by simulation method.
Later, using the most advanced 3D software for information building modelling BIM, the Technical Design of complex was produced, where 4 production and warehouse buildings were designed as well as such structures as boiler room, storage shed, gate house, 1 000 cubic meters fire-water reservoirs. Buildings are designed to be easy to reconstruct and change technologies without major structural changes.
Interestingly, the production complex is heated using sub-product of production process – wood chips. Thus, the heating is generated from renewable source and drastically reduces waste. Currently, the total capacity of two boilers installed is 3,75 MW.
According to Kvedaras, due to the tight schedule of “Dovista”, securing the required power supply was a major challenge. For this purpose a separate transformer project was commissioned in parallel with construction of the main building. In cooperation with “Investuok Lietuvoje” and “Energijos skirstymo operatorius” uninterrupted power supply for testing of the equipment was successfully ensured.
Another major challenge of this project was rainwater collection during the first phase of construction. 1 500 cubic meters flow control unit and rainwater networks system were installed in the territory, which is planned to be further expanded in the future. At Client’s request, siphon (vacuum) system for rainwater collection from the roof was designed in the buildings.
“Dovista” complex distinguishes by its attention to staff and its desire to maintain ties between production and administrative staff. Small outbuildings, both for work and meetings with specially fitted windows to production hall are designed. The administrative building also has windows that provide visual connection between colleagues.
Two completely independent IT network systems were designed on site to guarantee high reliability of data transfer. Each building is connected to network at two points on opposite sides of the building, so in the event of failure in one branch the connection availability is insured due to the reserve line.
