Technical Town Hall Hamm

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The Technical Town Hall of the city of Hamm on Gustav-Heinemann-Straße has been housed in the former parcel handling center (PAKUM) that was closed by Deutsche Post in 1997 . It centers the technical areas of the Hamm city ​​administration in a single building. These were previously scattered over thirteen locations in the workers' area, plus five other administrative areas and the city's formerly twelve satellite camps, which corresponds to a total of thirty locations. In addition to the various offices and institutions, the city archive and the storage rooms of the Gustav-Lübcke-Museum Hamm are also housed in the new town hall. A total of more than 700 people are employed in the Technical Town Hall.

Aerial view of the Technical Town Hall (former parcel envelope - PAKUM - of the Deutsche Post ) and the main post office / Postbank Hamm (old building front left).
Lettering "Hamm: Technisches Rathaus" on the facade of the Technisches Rathaus.
Entrance area of ​​the Technical Town Hall with a view from the Kaufhof parking lot.
Entrance area of ​​the Technical Town Hall.
Entrance area of ​​the Technical Town Hall with city arms.
Technical town hall, view from the right.
Technical town hall, view from the left.
Hauptpost / Postbank next to the Technical Town Hall.
Post delivery point.
Post delivery point.

state of construction

The Technical Town Hall is a building complex with a total area of ​​40,800 m². Of this, 13,400 m² are office and ancillary areas, 12,300 m² are workshops and warehouses, 13,100 m² are parking garages and 2,000 m² are shops, post offices and post delivery points.

The exterior of the building is kept in plain white-anthracite and white-aluminum. The glass facade of the entrance area is striking, in contrast to the remaining staircase towers. Visitors entering the Technical Town Hall through the main entrance first enter a glass hall in the middle of the building. This is the middle of a total of three inner courtyards and serves as a glass entrance hall and access hub. The optical effect is achieved by the staircase construction, elevator and light.

The offices are grouped around the three inner courtyards, with the two outer courtyards being extensively greened. The materials used, steel and glass, are based on the renovation of the Willy-Brandt-Platz and Hamm train station ensemble, where the same raw materials have been used.

The existing construction of the PAKUM halls had to be modified so that they could be used for an office building. For this purpose, false ceilings were put in, which led to an optimal use of space with a total ceiling height of six meters.

Inside there are red elevator discs and yellow-terracotta-colored linoleum. The building construction office, surveying and land registry office and post office are located on different levels of the old building on the station forecourt. The public space is supplemented by the row of shops on Gustav-Heinemann-Straße, which also belongs to the building complex of the Technical Town Hall.

In the former track hall, which previously had a rail connection for parcel and letter trains, the eight platforms were demolished and the tracks removed. Today the vehicles of the building department and city cleaning are parked here, which corresponds to a large part of the city's vehicle fleet. A tunnel connects the hall wing with the underground car park. Another parking level is available on a mezzanine floor, which is accessed from Hafenstrasse via a double-lane ramp. The parking levels below the large garage are used for the company vehicles and private cars of the employees of the Technical City Hall. The various workshops are also located here.

The workshops include the print shop of the city of Hamm, a central workshop (motor vehicle and locksmith's shop), a painting and writing workshop, as well as workshops for pump maintenance and traffic engineering. There is still a delivery point for Deutsche Post.

A parking pallet for twenty-six additional parking spaces was set up for the public in the courtyard of the "Old Post Office".

As Lord Mayor Thomas Hunsteger-Petermann admits, the Technical Town Hall creates a rather sober working atmosphere. It is not a matter of "living more beautifully". Rather, what was sought was a solution that was both citizen-friendly and economical.

use

The following offices and institutions are located in the Technical Town Hall:

  • Waste Management and City Cleaning Company Hamm (ASH)
  • Building regulations office
  • Building planning office
  • Civil engineering office (central contact point for the areas of urban planning, construction and housing)
  • Building Administration Office
  • Building Department
  • Lippeverband city drainage
  • Hamm City Archives
  • City Planning Office
  • Civil engineering and green space office
  • Land surveying and land registry office
  • Housing subsidy office (also: housing benefit, housing advice for the disabled and senior citizens)

history

Council decision

After the city of Hamm had the opportunity to use the former parcel handling center (PAKUM) of Deutsche Post , which is located in the immediate vicinity of the train station and thus very centrally located, for urban purposes, the council passed on January 29, 2002 the area of ​​35,000 m² to use for the establishment of a technical town hall. This brought the plans for the optimization of the technical areas of the city administration of Hamm, which had been ongoing since 1991, to a conclusion. The results of the workers' report prepared for this purpose could also be implemented.

The city pursued different goals. The citizen was previously confronted with the situation that the authorities now housed in the Technical City Hall were previously spread over thirteen different locations. This form of decentralization was not very citizen-friendly. Under the motto "Everything under one roof", it was to be replaced by a complete, centrally located citizen service, conveniently located in terms of traffic. This is intended to accelerate decisions in the construction sector in particular. The citizen has only one contact person, the civil engineering office. If there are any doubts, the responsible employees from the specialist authorities can be called in promptly. The building authorities are now all located on site, while they were previously at different locations, which could significantly delay the processing of interdisciplinary issues.

Overall, it was hoped that the efficiency of administrative work would improve. By adapting decentralized to centralized structures, synergies should be achieved in the administrative area, for example shorter operating processes, faster coordination processes and higher employee motivation through better working conditions compared to the old buildings in need of renovation. This was seen as a potential for savings. Merging the seven offices of the building department saved 51.5 posts. In addition, there are around 82,000 kilometers of business trips between the individual locations every year, which corresponds to 4,200 working hours. This is offset by investment costs of 40.4 million euros with a leasing rate of 2.3% per year. Overall, there is an annual savings potential of between 600,000 and 1 million euros.

The Technical Town Hall was also intended to improve the area around the station, with positive effects for the directly adjacent shops and the entire city center. From an architectural point of view, the glass facade was perceived as an improvement over the concrete front of the earlier PAKUM building, which signals the city administration's self-image: transparency. In addition, by reusing the parcel handling center, which had been vacant for years, an urban wasteland could be removed.

Due to the relocation of many offices, the city of Hamm was able to part with a total of fourteen office buildings, building yards, storage areas, workshops and other real estate, which corresponds to an area of ​​61,362 m²; The administrative workers' areas alone had previously taken up 73,000 m² of space. The respective buildings are located in Bockum-Hövel , Heessen , Pelkum , Rhynern and Uentrop and were sold or are to be sold. The old city nursery in Bad Hamm is one of them . The first thing to do was to sell the building at Brüderstraße 39. Sales proceeds of four million euros were expected.

Another saving effect should be achieved by the fact that office space that the city had previously rented is no longer required.

construction

Deutsche Post Bauen GmbH as the client (site management and planning), Deutsche Anlagen-Leasing (DAL) and Postbank as the lessor and the City of Hamm as the lessee were involved in the construction of the Technical Town Hall. Other partners were Köster AG as general contractor, DPImmobilienentwicklung GmbH and DPBauen GmbH.

The spatial conception was carried out in close coordination with the city planning office and the city archive. A working group of the official and institute directors, the waste management and city cleaning company, the Gustav-Lübcke-Museum and the city archive chaired by Ralf Möller, then head of construction, dealt with the conception, construction, work processes, relocation planning and similar formalities.

Dismantling and demolition work began on September 30, 2002. In May 2003, the renovation and expansion could begin.

On December 22, 2003, the building was handed over to the city of Hamm. Town planning officer Ralf Möller, Franz-Werner Nolte from DP Bauen, Lord Mayor Hunsteger-Petermann and Martin Finck from Deutsche Anlagen-Leasing were involved in handing over the keys.

After completing the actual construction work, the complex installation of the communication technology took place. The moves began at the beginning of March.

The Technical Town Hall opened on April 2, 2004. On April 3, 2011, an open day took place between 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. The range of services of the Technical Town Hall was presented to the public, from the citizens' office to the workshops and warehouses to the individual offices.

Litigation

After the municipal authorities moved to the Technical Town Hall, a legal dispute began between the city of Hamm and Post AG / DHL. During the hot spell in summer, the building develops a lot of heat. It is not clear who is responsible for this. Only then can it be decided who has to pay for the elimination of the problem and any claims for damages. For this purpose an evidence preservation procedure is in progress.

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Coordinates: 51 ° 40 ′ 49 ″  N , 7 ° 48 ′ 34 ″  E

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