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10-12 October 201

12 October 2016 Seitz-Lackner

Quarter Belvedere Central

QBC

Site Visit - Information

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Agenda

• Introduction
• Site visit – Information
• Project description
• Questionaire
• Natural Hazards

PPE

Personal protective equipment (PPE)

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Safety instructions

• Follow instructions of the tour guide

• Stay in the group

Location

Austria

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Location

Vienna

Location

Cathedral
“Steffl”

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Location

Big Wheel
of Vienna

Location

Belvedere
Palace

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Location

QBC

History

Railway – Monarchy – Heart of Europe

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History

Railway station 1875 – South-East

History

Railway station 1900 – Entrance Hall

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History

Railway Station – South - East

History

Railway Station – South-East

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History

Railway station - Demolition 2010

History

2nd World War

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History

2nd World War

Südbahnhof - Overview

QBC 5 overview
• Type of use: Hotel
• Gross floor area: approx. 27,000 m²
• Scheduled completion: Spring 2017
• AccorHotels Group’s 180,000 employees take care of thousands of guests
in 3,700 hotels in 92 countries every day.

Concept
• Gross floor area: approx. 27,000 m²
• 3-star hotel (Ibis) & 4-star hotel (Novotel) with a total of 577 rooms
• Approximately 1,800 m² event area with a ballroom and conference rooms

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Project QBC

Project QBC

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Project QBC

Project QBC

QBC 5 overview
• Type of use: Hotel
• Reinforced concrete
• 19 upper floors, 2 underground floors
• Gross floor area: approx. 27,000 m²
• Scheduled completion: Spring 2017
• AccorHotels Group’s 180,000 employees take care of thousands of guests
in 3,700 hotels in 92 countries every day.

Concept
• Gross floor area: approx. 27,000 m²
• 3-star hotel (Ibis) & 4-star hotel (Novotel) with a total of 577 rooms
• Approximately 1,800 m² event area with a ballroom and conference rooms

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NatCat

Coordinates
48°11'10.86"N
16°22'44.68"E

191 m.a.s.l.

Lightning

0.57 strikes per km² and year (mainly summer

thunder storms) – average risk

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Flood

• No flood risk
• Groundwater level below basement

Heavy rainfall / flash flood

Monitored daily maximum of precipitation of station

108118 Botanical Garden Vienna (180 masl): 89.2
mm (May 10, 1951) – average risk

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Hail

Torro zone 5, an increased frequency and

intensity of hail events has to be expected

Storm

• increased risk for winter storms

• medium exposure to tornadoes

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Earthquake

Earthquake risk zone II - increased risk

damages to buildings are to be expected at such an intensity

Questionaire

General information - preface

• Short description of the construction project
• Brief information about:
• Construction site (e.g. former use)
• Project progress
• Neighbors
• Overall Facts & Figures

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 Questionaire

Description of the most important risks

• What part of the construction site is identified as the most critical one
• deep construction pit - special foundation engineering, poor subsoil
• special – innovative - new building design - e.g. cantilever
constructions
• evaluation of ignition sources
• hot works (hot work permits)
• site security (arson, burglary, vandalism) – fencing, security guards
• lots of fire loads – e.g. storage of combustible insulation material

Questionaire

Nat Cat exposure

• cranes – storm
• openings in the building, construction pits - flash flood, heavy rain showers
• storage of e.g. windows in the open – hail
• supporting, provisional structures (formwork) – earthquake, storm

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Questionaire

Safety standards
• Fire extinguishers available
• Fire extinguishing water supply
• Fire prevention officer nominated
• Safety and health protection plan
• Fire safety regulations
• Hot works permit
• General security concept
• Housekeeping

Questionaire

Construction site facilities / structural fire protection

• site containers (distance to the building), description
• canteen, rest rooms
• number of cranes, crane foundation

• Fire compartments (horizontal and vertical)

• Wall sealing's for cables, fire dampers
• Closure of fire doors during the night and on weekends?
• Is it possible to seal finished areas

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Questionaire

Storage areas
• Inside or outside of the building
• Big amount of combustible material
• Flammable liquids
• Explosive agents (gas bottles)
• Just in time delivery
• Logistics, designated storage areas, approach
• Security (burglary)

Questionaire

Organisation of fire prevention

• Fire warden - fire prevention officer, safety officer
• Fire safety regulations / warning plans / fire prevention check list
• Fire prevention plan for the construction stage
• Staff training - for all?, by whom?
• Fire brigade – location, distance, training on site, equipment
• Authorisation of hot work procedures – hot work permit, any control of
stuff or security guard hours after finishing hot works?
• Smoking ban / Smoking area
• Housekeeping

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Questionaire

Technical fire prevention measures

Early detection of fires
• Presence of people on site
• Automatic fire detection system
• Alarming of the fire brigade
• Siren alarm for evacuation
• Mobile, provisional fire detection system for vulnerable areas

Questionaire

Hand-held fire extinguishers

• Recommendation: in each floor and at each staircase, as well as in the site
containers
• Labeling
• Riser pipes installed?

Automatic fire extinguishers

• Sprinkler system
• High fog system
• Gas exsinguishing system
• time of activating - is it possible to activate the system for finished parts of
the project?

Explosion prevention
• Storage of gas bottles, ignition sources

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Questionaire

Securing the construction site –organisational, technical

• Presence of workers on site
• Fencing
• Access - locking
• CCTV Surveillance (who is watching?)
• Security guards, patrols, with dogs, armed
• Identification and registration of workers – porter house
• Checks on persons and vehicles
• Lighting during the night
• Alarm system

Questionaire
Documentation available
• Website
• Project description
• Ground plan
• Layout plan overview
• Time schedule (building shell and finishing work)
• Documentation - statics, architecture
• Documentation - special foundation engineering
• Geo-technical report
• Determination of contaminated sites
• Exploration for explosive ordnance (bombs from 2nd world war – construction site was former
railway station)
• Construction site logistics
• Safety and health protection plan
• Fire safety regulations
• Hot works permit
• Protocol – fire safety tour – (ifbs – external fire safety engineer)
• Signature list – fire safety training
• Nat Cat Report

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Thank you very much
for your attention!

Discussion …

Risk Consult DDI Hugo Seitz

Risk Engineering GmbH Risk Engineer
Schottenring 35
1010 Wien
Austria
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