{"id":5914,"date":"2026-01-27T12:31:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T11:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bbtectools.com\/nl\/?post_type=project&p=5914"},"modified":"2026-03-24T15:43:48","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T14:43:48","slug":"hilton-facade-renovation","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/bbtectools.com\/en\/projecten\/gevelrenovatie-hilton\/","title":{"rendered":"Hilton Facade Renovation"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Situation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In 2005, four cladding panels fell from a facade of the Hilton Hotel in Rotterdam. Following this, TNO carried out an investigation. The research showed that the anchors behind the travertine panels needed to be replaced, and Vogel was called in. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

At that time there were no ready-made solutions for this. Besides this structural problem, there was also a second issue. This is because the Hilton Hotel is a protected cityscape in Rotterdam. So the repairs could not be a sight work. A custom solution was therefore needed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Project<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

For this bespoke project, Vogel, a specialist in concrete maintenance, called in B+BTec. B+BTec and Vogel already had a long-standing partnership in this area, with B+BTec regularly supplying fixings to Vogel. A special anchor<\/a> was designed<\/a> and manufactured for this project. This enabled the slabs to be refixed using the new anchors without having to be dismantled, and without the anchors being visible afterwards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An additional challenge also played a part. The hotel would remain open during the repairs. Therefore, these repairs had to be carried out with as little disruption as possible. To achieve this, Vogel used wet drilling with\u00a0Drill presses<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0diamond drill bits\u00a0<\/a>delivered by B+BTec. By wet drilling there was virtually no disturbance in the hotel itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The final anchoring system was an amalgamation of several existing components that combined with a completely newly developed anchor head. This created a unique new facade renovation system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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