Project Summary
Description:
The Chad 1Mt/a refinery in the first oil refining facility in Chade. The massive refinery is composed of refining units, a self-servicing power plant, a product marketing center, and a staff living accommodations for 1,500+ employees. The refinery covers an area of 25 square kilometers, with structural steel buildings measuring 28,955.9 m2 / 311,678.7 ft2. This massive project was assembled by Chinese temporary migrant works, taking a total 0f 300 days to build, overcoming poor weather and generally poor infrastructure support.
Features:
- Low Carbon Structural Steel
- 1% construction waste
- 1,500+ apartments
- Indoor swimming pools
- All structures needed for a company town
Project Details
Completed: June 2011
Developer: N’Djamena Joint Venture Refinery
Architect: SBS Century House
Manufactured: Beijing, China
Product: Structural Steel Frame
Squarespace: 28,955 m2 / 311,678.7 ft2
Total Project Cost: $60 Million USD
Shipping Containers Used: 300 containers @ $8,000 USD per = $2,400,000 USD
Manufacturing Period: 180 days
Total Construction Period: 300 days