De Groot-Lammerink delivers installation work for Feringa Building

On Thursday 4 April 2024, De Groot-Lammerink Installatiecombinatie B.V. completed the installation works for the new Feringa Building. The completion of building sections 5612-5616 marks a new milestone in this large-scale project for the Faculty of Science and Engineering.

De Groot-Lammerink, a joint company of De Groot Installation Group (Emmen) and Lammerink Installation Group (Ootmarsum), has been working on the project's installation engineering infrastructure since 2020. They are responsible for implementing both the W- and E-installations (including climate control, water supply and electricity facilities), according to the design of consultancy firm Arcadis.

High-quality facilities

In recent years, the Feringa Building has been equipped with a range of high-quality facilities. From control technology to heating, cooling, sprinklers, electricity supplies, fire alarm systems, data networks, access control, burglar alarms and air treatment.

Gerrit Leffering, project manager on behalf of the RUG, emphasises De Groot-Lammerink's professionalism: "De Groot-Lammerink's performance for the Feringa Building project is excellent. We are delighted with the high-quality installation technology they delivered and look forward to our cooperation for the next phase."

Clever use of prefab

During construction, De Groot-Lammerink made extensive use of prefabricated structures from the factory in Hengelo. These 'installation packages' for pipes and cables could then be efficiently assembled and connected at the right location in the Feringa Building, including for the heat/cold storage system (WKO) on the first floor. This room is connected to the fifth floor (technical room with all air handling units) to supply the building from there via large shaft cages.

Continued work

De Groot-Lammerink is not finished with the Feringa Building for the time being. Not only will they be responsible for the maintenance of the installations for the next few years, ensuring optimum performance in the long term. De Groot-Lammerink will also take care of the installation work for the final construction phase. In the coming months, they will also be involved in completing work on building section 5612 and commissioning the laboratories in the Feringa Building (following the faculty's relocation schedule).

Facts & figures

Some interesting key figures to which De Groot-Lammerink contributed:

• 900 m² of solar panels
• 23 air treatment units (total capacity of 900,000 m³/h)
• heating and cooling installations, each with a capacity of 5,000 kW
• 350 kilometres of data cabling
• 17,000 light fittings
• 25 kilometres of central heating and cooling pipes
• 45 kilometres of electrical cabling
• approximately 600 laboratories

More information on the project:

www.rug.nl/GroundbreakingWork