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Since 1998: from dams to factories
Our path began with dams, small dams, bridges, viaducts and stripping works and today leads to our precast plant in Teknova OSB. This is our group's story and what that experience brings to precast production.
Demircihan Prefabrik is the prefabricated and precast brand of Demircihan İnşaat, a company active in infrastructure, building and industrial construction projects since 1998. The site experience gained on dams, small dams (ponds), bridges, viaducts and stripping works has today become the production of precast elements for industrial buildings at our facility in Teknova OSB, Elazığ.
This article traces our group's path from heavy infrastructure work to factory and warehouse buildings, and explains why this experience makes precast production a natural next step.
A short timeline
- 1998: Our company was founded to work on infrastructure and building projects.
- Infrastructure years: Site experience was gained on dams, small dams, bridges, viaducts and stripping works.
- Building projects: This experience was combined with residential, commercial and industrial buildings.
- Today: With the DEMİRCİHAN Prefabrik brand and our production facility in Teknova OSB, we have moved into the industrial building sector.
1998: a path that began with infrastructure and building works
Our company was founded in 1998 to work on infrastructure and building projects. By its nature, infrastructure work means dealing with large volumes of earthworks and concrete, heavy machinery and difficult terrain. The capabilities we use in precast production today were built on this work.
Dams, small dams, bridges, viaducts and stripping
Our group gained site experience on dam, small dam, bridge, viaduct and stripping projects. Each of these types of work calls for a different engineering discipline:
| Type of work | What it is | Capability it builds |
|---|---|---|
| Dam | A large hydraulic structure that holds back a river to store water | Large-volume concrete and fill works, strict quality control |
| Small dam (pond) | A small-scale dam built for irrigation or drinking water | Attention to detail in hydraulic structures, working alongside irrigation systems |
| Bridge | A structure carrying a crossing over a river, valley or road | Beam and bearing systems, lifting heavy elements |
| Viaduct | A long bridge crossing a valley on many piers | Working at height, working with repeated structural elements |
| Stripping | Removing topsoil and overburden before excavation | Earthworks, machinery fleet management, site planning |
One of the site signboards in our photo archive, “Sinanpaşa Gezler Göleti ve Sulaması” (Sinanpaşa Gezler Pond and Irrigation), is an example of the hydraulic works of this period.
What hydraulic structures teach
In hydraulic structures such as dams and ponds, concrete works for years under the effects of water and frost. Mixing, placing and curing are therefore followed meticulously; even a small workmanship error can affect the life of the structure. The same rigour applies to precast elements that work outdoors and under heavy loads.
Residential, commercial and industrial buildings
By combining the site experience gained on infrastructure projects with residential, commercial and industrial buildings, we built a strong engineering foundation. Unlike infrastructure, these buildings are in direct contact with their users: delivery schedules, finishing works and user expectations come to the fore. Our corporate figures include 80+ residential and commercial buildings and 1,000+ completed projects.
| In numbers | Value |
|---|---|
| Year founded | 1998 |
| Residential and commercial buildings | 80+ |
| Completed projects | 1,000+ |
Our own resources: batching plant, quarry and machinery fleet
With our active concrete batching plant, our quarry and our extensive machinery fleet, we carry out our projects to high quality standards. Knowing the source of the concrete and aggregates, and being able to plan heavy equipment from our own fleet, makes it easier to stay in control of the schedule, in precast production as much as in infrastructure work.
From dams to a precast plant: why is it a natural step?
At first glance, a dam site and a precast plant may seem far apart. Yet both rest on the same capabilities:
- Concrete know-how: In hydraulic structures, there is no margin for error in concrete quality and durability. In precast elements, too, concrete strength and reinforcement cover determine the life of the product.
- Handling heavy elements and machinery: Transporting and lifting heavy elements on bridge and viaduct work is also the daily work of precast erection.
- Site planning: The habit of planning machinery and logistics, built on stripping and earthworks, carries over directly to managing the delivery and erection sequence.
- Building for the long term: Dams and bridges are designed to serve for decades. Investors in industrial buildings expect the same long service life.
On bridges and viaducts, the superstructure is often built with prefabricated beams; lifting heavy beams onto the piers by crane follows the same logic as precast erection. Seen this way, precast is not a foreign method for a team coming from infrastructure, but a familiar method brought to factory scale.
Why precast today?
In industrial investments, three expectations stand out for the investor: getting the building into service quickly, seismic safety and a long service life. In a precast system, elements are produced at the same time as the foundations, erected quickly on site, and offer natural fire resistance because concrete is non-combustible. Bringing our concrete and site experience from infrastructure together with these expectations is the starting point of our prefabricated brand.
Today: DEMİRCİHAN Prefabrik
Today, under our DEMİRCİHAN Prefabrik brand, we are carrying the experience and trust we have built in the construction sector since 1998 into the industrial building sector. At our production facility in Elazığ Teknova Organized Industrial Zone, we produce precast reinforced concrete columns, beams, roof trusses and a range of other precast building elements.
Our main areas of service are:
- Precast factory buildings
- Precast warehouse solutions
- Precast concrete systems
- Turnkey industrial buildings, from design to erection
What we do, and what we do not do
Demircihan Prefabrik produces industrial prefabricated buildings and precast concrete structural elements for factories, warehouses and industrial plants. It does not produce containers, prefabricated houses or site camps. This distinction also helps prevent confusion with companies that have similar names.
From Elazığ to the region's industry
Our head office and production facility are in Elazığ. Because precast elements are heavy, large products, the distance between the plant and the investment site directly affects transport time and cost. Our facility in Elazığ offers a nearby production point for factory and warehouse investments in the region.
Looking ahead
“With the experience we draw from our past and our confidence in the future, we will continue working to be a reliable solution partner for our industrialists, investors and business partners.” — Hakan Özdemir, Chairman of the Board
Our vision is to be one of Turkey's reliable and innovative engineering companies in infrastructure, building construction, industrial buildings and prefabricated production.
Frequently asked questions
What is the relationship between Demircihan Prefabrik and Demircihan İnşaat?
Demircihan Prefabrik is the prefabricated and precast brand, in the industrial building sector, of Demircihan İnşaat, which has worked in construction and infrastructure since 1998.
Where is your production facility?
Our production facility is in Teknova OSB, Elazığ. Our head office is at Ataşehir Mahallesi, Şehit Üstteğmen Ali Çalışkan Sokak No:3/1, Merkez, Elazığ, Turkey.
Which elements do you produce?
We produce precast reinforced concrete columns, beams, roof trusses, purlins, gutter beams and project-specific precast elements.
What types of buildings do you provide solutions for?
We provide solutions for precast factory buildings, precast warehouses, precast concrete systems and turnkey industrial buildings, from design to erection.
