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Refurbishment and retrofit 

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Refurbishment and retrofit require a scope of skills particular to each case, and at COWI we have an extensive battery of services and hands-on experience that can be drawn up to match the specific requirement.

COWI's approach is always total solution driven and through a combination of project management and specialist expert application we ensure knowledge, experience and practicality all input to a fulfilling outcome.

Our portfolio of works ranges from interior layouts being changed in palaces and other buildings to performance and even life safety repair and strengthening works of civil structures such as tunnels, harbours, dock and bridges as well as buildings and grandstands.

Our projects have included those structures that suffer from the harsh climate and simple old age to those that have been subjected to extreme loadings including fire and bomb blasts.

Skill set The services for buildings provided by COWI cover the full spectrum of engineering and architecture. From the indoor climate of buildings and the external shell encompassing the windows, facades and roof, to the technical installations (building services) - all can be addressed ,rearranged and improved to suit new layout or functional parameters.

Changing the surrounding environment to a building element can often improve its life span. We can look at strengthening and improving structural capacity and sufficiency as well as life span.

When considering civil structures, we have been involved in many major and critical repairs and rehabilitation projects of all sizes and types. We understand the importance of the structure to the client's business whether it be a government department of transport or an industry such as oil and gas or a private individual. We consider all aspects of the life span encompassing economic, functional and technical and look for the cause of the distress whether it be physical, chemical or electro-chemical before deriving the solution.

Multidisciplinary teams Our team consists of engineers from a geotechnical, structural and civil (concrete and steel), mechanical and electrical as well as chemists and laboratory based personnel.

 

LAST UPDATED: 21.11.2011