Always wanted to visit a CREE building but never had the chance?

Experience the B&B Guimarães project currently underway in Portugal with us.

This is a new B&B facility and the 1st timber-hybrid building on the Iberian Peninsula. In February 2022 the first stone of this complex was set. It includes a B&B Hotel with 95 rooms, and 44 studios for rent, as well as commercial space. It is a complex of 2 blocks, which each have been errechted in 8 days – 8 days for the first block and after one month, 8 days for the second block.

Thanks to innovative prefabrication processes, the CREE System significantly shortens the time needed to erect the main structure, while simultaneously reducing the dust, noise and waste generated on site compared to conventional concrete construction projects.

Pedro Lopes, Innovation Knowledge Coordinator from Grupo Casais, will be your tour guide. He will show you the current construction site and tell you more about the project

More facts:
The two base levels are reinforced concrete with two 4-storey CREE buildings overtop, with a total floor area of 7,200 m2 (77,500 sq.ft.). The area of the CREE prefabricated, sustainable timber-hybrid system is around 4,100 m2 (44,000 sq.ft.).

The CREE floor panels span 6.3 m and 8.1 m respectively. An interior steel girder along one side of the corridor picks up these floor slabs. The girder is flush with the floor system to avoid any downstands. The perimeter columns are exposed glulam and integrated into the façade panels. These façade panels are fully prefabricated in the shop. This allows for a quick and reliable installation of the system. And once the floor panels are in place, the building is weatherproof and protected from rain – allowing the followup trades to commence their work much faster than compared to a traditional approach.

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