On the premises at Sloepenstraat in Ostend, the SNCB built a new traction workshop with two parallel train tracks for the repairs of train carriages and locomotives. Establis did the implementation study for contractor Franki Construct (Willemen Groep). The project was not only fairly unusual because of its size and the large loads that train carriages entail. A lot of detailing also had to be designed to make implementation possible.

The new building includes the 200-metre-long and 16-metre-wide hall with the train tracks on one side, and the adjoining offices and social areas on two floors on the other. The office part is made of hollow concrete blocks and floor slabs that bear from the outer façade to the hall façade.

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