SHS Strukturholding Saar was originally entrusted with the project development for another new CISPA – Helmholtz Center for Information Security building in 2019. In the autumn of 2022, the decision was taken for the new build to be set up as a multifunctional ‘Stuhlsatzenhausweg office building’. SHS, as the developer, took overall responsibility for the structural implementation of this technically challenging building.
In line with the preceding planning, this modern, functionally variable building offers staff perfect conditions and an attractive working environment. The new construction has generous office spaces furnished with modern equipment, as well as numerous seminar and communication areas networked with media technology.
All flat roofs, including on the technical building, boast extensive greenery.
Given the close collaboration that was required between architecture and specialist planning, SHS decided to entrust the overall planning process to a general planner. After holding an architectural tender with 11 companies participating, in 2019 they commissioned the architectural office HPP International in Frankfurt/Main to plan the building shell and technical building services.
The general context in 2020, due to the pandemic and the resulting major cost increases, posed major challenges for Strukturholding Saar as the developer. In order to still be able to meet the ambitious cost targets and deadlines set, the excavation pit was dug a year before construction work actually began, with implementation planning conducted in parallel. The contract for the construction work, which covered both turnkey construction of the building and interior design planning, was awarded to Fa. OBG Hochbau GmbH in Ottweiler after a procurement procedure lasting multiple months. As the excavation pit had already been dug, construction work was able to start at the end of 2021, just a few weeks after the contract was awarded.
Strukturholding Saar’s tight-knit project controlling, alongside group subsidiary LEG Service, ensured that the agreed project objectives were met.
The developer was able to hand over the building in turnkey form in December 2024.
Photos: OBG Hochbau GmbH
