The AIRRAIL Center Frankfurt is a unique project to construct a multifunctional building on top of an existing high-speed train station and thus provide a new shopping and office center in the immediate vicinity of Frankfurt Airport.

This project is unique not only because of its size but also because of the construction method. The main elements in the existing construction are 43 steel frames at intervals of 15 m; these span the tracks and platform facilities with column-free spans of up to 56.5 m.

PARTNER

• Krebs und Kiefer statics, building construction

Facts

Scope of services:

• Structural design in cooperation with a partner (building construction)
• Structural design for the stability against lateral forces of the overall construction and atrium roof
• Structural calculations for existing constructions
• Object planning and structural design for the southern connection (traffic facilities)

Planning period:
2000 - 2003 and 2006 - 2009

Client:
AIRRAIL Center Frankfurt Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH & Co. Vermietungs KG, Frankfurt am Main