Twenty feet wide, it is the building's organizing element and circulation spine, connecting the first four floors and continuing upward with bridges across the space and a narrower stair above as it ascends to the structure's full nine-story height.
Above sea level, the offshore structure has been bolted together with a conventional offshore turbine of the sort used for near-shore wind farms that are bolted to the sea-bed.
On the governance side, Umicore has a more equitable compensation structure than most of its peers, coupled with above-average health and safety performance and employee turnover, he adds.