On September 15, 2017, the new Decathlon store in Miranda de Ebro (Burgos) was inaugurated, marking the company’s 161st store.

The store is located in a commercial warehouse previously operated by the German Supermarkets company ALDI and has 1,298.19m2 of floor space, of which 1,063.87m2 are dedicated to the sale of sporting goods. The store is located on Calle Riberas del Ebro in the town of Burgos, next to other stores such as Mercadona and the E.Leclerc hypermarket.

GMD Solutions developed all the engineering and construction management work for the transformation of the former store into the current Decathlon. The project included:

• Staff rooms: changing rooms, toilets and a meeting room.
• Air conditioning: the installation was extended in order to support the existing rooftop unit with a large split unit with a total power of 60kW extra thermal.
• Fire Protection Installations (FP): all the equipment required by regulations were included in order to have the store always prepared in case of fire (fire extinguishers, equipped fire hydrants, optical smoke detectors, and alarms) and thus ensure the safety of customers at all times.
• LED lighting: the salesroom and the other rooms of the store are illuminated with LED technology, which allows significant electricity savings (about 40,000kWh per year, i.e. the equivalent of 25 tons of CO2). The lighting mesh in the salesroom is Trilux brand and is designed to provide illumination in excess of 1,000lx.
• Anti-intrusion and CCTV installations ensure an optimal situation for the store.
• All projects were executed in collaboration with our partner in the field of architecture, Arellano Arquitectos; while the execution of the work was carried out by the construction company CREALIA, the electrical installer SOMAINS, the security installer CHUBB PARSI, and EIVAR company specialized in fire protection installations.

This strengths the professional relationship that our engineering company maintains with the French sports retail multinational after the numerous projects carried out in stores already in operation like Ciudad Real, Ávila, Valdepeñas, Collado Villalba, Santiago de Compostela, and Orihuela; and the projects under development in Villanueva de la Serena, Cádiz and Madrid, among others.