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O-Tower

Venue

Rabat, Morocco

Tasks

Pre-project, Acoustic & vibration AMO

Owner

BMCE Bank

Amount of work

€277,000,000 (excl. VAT)

Architect

Rafael De La Hoz

Year

Construction in progress

Surface

102,800 m²

Height

250 m (55 floors)

Certificates

Leed Gold, HEQ

This iconic tower, 250 meters high, was designed to be the tallest tower in Morocco. It is part of the major development plan for the Bouregreg Valley and the program “Rabat Ville Lumière, Moroccan Capital of Culture”. The tower includes:

  • A luxury hotel and apartments;
  • Desks ;
  • A 350-seat auditorium;
  • Shops and services;
  • An observation deck at its top.

Methodology

With 30 years of experience in 3D modeling of acoustic phenomena, the Tisseyre + Associés firm has developed the Environmental Acoustic BIM – BIMAE. This temporal 3D modeling tool of soundscapes in the future state of completion made it possible to define the program specifying the acoustic performances for the project and to optimize the objectives.

Tasks

Pre-project mission

Tisseyre + Partners defined the overall acoustic program to oversee the consortium and set up an acoustic quality assurance plan based on the construction systems developed by the Besix TGCC consortium. In particular, thanks to BIMAE, we have optimized the levels of insulation of the facades according to their exposure to nuisances and according to the uses (tertiary, housing, offices).

Moreover, to meet the requirements of the decorators – fitters of the different spaces, the use of made-to-measure materials was essential. This is why we have implemented acoustic control procedures for these materials.

Acoustic and vibration project management assistance mission

As part of our project management assistance mission, we have drawn up the acoustic specifications for the design-construction consortium. This AMO mainly aims to:

  • reframe the acoustic objectives of the consortium and the hotel operator;
  • control all the acoustic studies provided by the consortium to achieve the objectives set.

Impact of continuous noise levels Leq from road traffic on facades for the daytime period (6 a.m. to 10 p.m.)

Impact of continuous noise levels Leq from road traffic on facades for the night period (10 p.m. to 6 a.m.)

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