Our teams 14 and 19 made a significant contribution to this state-of-the-art project by realising general planning, building services, hydraulic steelwork, hydraulic engineering and building physics.
In 2012, a cooperation agreement was signed between the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU) and the former Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management, which envisioned the construction of a new hydraulic engineering laboratory. The Brigittenauer Sporn in Vienna's 20th district was already decided upon at the time. Several partners, the European Regional Development Fund, the City of Vienna, the Province of Lower Austria and four federal ministries, are contributing to the costs of around 49 million euros.
The hydraulic engineering laboratory has a 100 metre long test area and contributes to the advancement of flood protection and ecological nature conservation research. It comprises indoor, outdoor and public laboratories, including the "main channel", which can hold 10,000 litres of Danube water per second. The complex construction of reinforced concrete, steel and wood also utilises geothermal energy. ATP architekten ingenieure contributed significantly to this success with their expertise in architecture and structural design.
