Maastoren

At the foot of the tower there is a glass extension containing the cafeteria, restaurant and grand café. This whimsically shaped structure proved very complex to build. The entrance façade of the building features a 10 meter cantilevered canopy to catch the downwind and provide a safe passage to cyclists on the public road below.

BESIX was responsible for the entire implementation, from the cofferdam and foundations in the Maas to the Deloitte installation package. The project got off to a difficult start owing, among other things, to unexpected soil conditions for the cofferdam and engineering problems with the prefabricated façade elements. Once these troubles had been sorted out, a tight pace of construction of 1 floor per week and later 3 floors every 2 weeks in the High Rise was maintained.