Some of the approved work includes: a new sectioning of the space, the incorporation of a water cistern with capacity for 280 m³ of water, 54.6 kilometres of new water pipes in the buildings, as well as an improvement in the general protection conditions.
After five years of work to define the project, and coinciding with the 40th anniversary of its foundation, the Board of Directors of Mercamadrid has approved an important plan for upgrading and adapting Mercamadrid’s general installations. The project means a complete modernisation of the general infrastructures, with upgrades that will be upheld by the highest quality standards and the latest legislation.
The company has given the go-ahead to a complete modernisation of its general installations to guarantee that activities are developed with top-safety standards and conditions, taking advantage of all of today’s possibilities and constructive and technological solutions.
It is an investment project that represents the shareholders’ highest commitment to the food unit and the commercial work developed in it, assuring the food supply to the city with a guarantee of quality, food safety and transparency. A programme that ensures the continuity of the activity and business of the food unit and its companies.
The plan contemplates improvement actions in the general installations of the central fish market, in the six buildings making up the central fruit and vegetable market, and in the general water distribution on the premises.
The incorporation of all this new infrastructure to the BM digital model is highly relevant, as it will allow very complete real data to be available for a more efficient control and maintenance of the installations, streamlining any fault resolutions required.
The BIM methodology (Building Information Modelling), is, according to buildingSMART (a non-profit association) a collaborative work methodology for the conception and management of building and civil building work projects. This system centralises all the information of a project –geometric or 3D, times or 4D, costs or 5D, environmental or 6D, and maintenance or 7D- in a digital model developed by all its agents.”
