Protecting steel in the new DSK Haarlem complex

November 2011 – The new DSK complex in the Amsterdam Neighbourhood in the east of Haarlem was completed recently. It was built around the DSK football fields and its consists of a high-rise tower with rented social accommodation (De Spits) and a building comprising private flats and a car park (De Flank). Verzinkerij Wolvega hot-dip galvanised the fencing for the balconies and the stairs in the stairwells before they were powder coated by Poedercoating Wolvega.

The tower consists of 14 stories, with storage space in the cellar, business locations on the ground floor and three-room flats for social rental. The first three stories will house people with mental disabilities. De Flank is meant for people starting out on the housing market, families with young children and older people. All the flats have at least three rooms.

Jonkers Bouwmetaal from Urk produced and installed the steel stairs for the stairwells and the steel fencing for the balconies. Jonkers outsourced the steel preservation work to Wolvega, where the material will be treated in the Duplex Route. The stairs and fencing, 25 tons of steel in all, were hot-dip galvanised by Verzinkerij Wolvega and then powder coated by Poedercoating Wolvega. Dark grey was the colour used for the stairs, and a special metallic colour was used for the fencing.