DYWIDAG History

DYWIDAG founded in 1865

DYckerhoff & WIDmann AG

Eugen Dyckerhoff

Worldwide activities since 1902

Active in all fields of construction
Reknowned technical know-how

Gottlieb Widmann

DSI Worldwide
Americas

Europe

Local Presence
Global Competence
DSI Global Presence

Asia-Pacific

DSI Market Segments

Bridges

Tanks

Rosario Victoria Bridge

Argentina

LNG Tanks
Qalhat, Oman

Excavation

The New Garden Eden

St.Austell, Cornwall, UK

Domestic Building

Commercial Build.

Slope Stabilization

Housing & Development

Board, Toa Payoh,
Singapore

Trillo Nuclear Power

Station, Guadalajara, Spain

Rock of Gibraltar
British Crown Colony, UK

Tunnelling

Mining

Marine Projects

Miscellaneous

North Downs Tunnel

London, UK

Fort Regent Cavern

Chanel Island, UK

Caruachi Hydroelectric
Power Station, Venezuela

Prestressed Cconcrete
Sleepers, Greece

DSI Main Product Lines

Post Tensioning

Ground Anchors and Micro-piles

Mining roof support and slope stabilization

Specialty consulting

Special construction methods & products

Products and Systems

Post-Tensioning Systems

Products and Systems

Geotechnical Systems

Bonded PT-Systems

Anchor Systems for permanent and temporary use

Unbonded PT-Systems

Removable Anchors

External Prestressing

GEWI Piles

Stay-Cable Systems and Construction

DSI Hollow Bolt Anchors

Roof Bolts and Soil Nails

DYNA Bond Stay Cable Systems

Driven Cast Iron Piles Type TRM

DYNA Grip Stay Cable Systems

Stay Cable Systems with Bars

Mining Systems

Engineering and Design

Rock Bolts and Accessories

Construction Methods

Glass Fiber Bolts

Form Travellers

W Strap and Mesh

Reinforcement and Repair-Systems

Rotary Drill Bits, Drill Rods and Spanners

GEWI System
Flimu Extruded Coupler Splices
Form Ties and Accessories
Monitoring, Repair and Strengthening

Chemical Anchors and other Products

Cable Bolt Tensioner

Special Services
Jet-Grouting and Anchor Installation

DSI Support Services

Material Supply, Fabrication & Installation

Technical Services & Consulting

Site Labour

Equipment Rental

Site Supervision & Inspection

Tsable River Bridge, Courtenay, BC

INFO
Project

Tsable River Bridge,

Courtenay, BC
Completion 1997
Design/Rent Form Traveler
Supply & Install 480 tons
0.6" strands and anchorsystems;
Total Length = 400m
82-118-118-82 m
Pier height = 54.0m
Single cell 22.8m wide
height range 6.6 3.6m

General

Walter & SCI Construction

PT Placer

DYWIDAG-Systems Intl

Engineer

ND Lea Associates

Owner

BC Ministry of
Transportation

Post-Tensioning Systems
Balanced Cantilever Method

Tsable River Bridge, Courtenay, BC

Traveler in position during

placement of deck PT
and reinforcement

Use of form traveler

prevented harvesting of
old growth forest

Stoney Trail Bridge, Calgary, AB

Canadas FIRST
Incrementally
launched concrete
bridge!

INFO
Project

Stoney Trail Bridge,

Calgary, AB
Completion 1997
513 tons 0.6" strands
External & Internal tendons.
Total Length = 476m;
85 - 102 - 102 - 102 - 85 m
Radius = 1,238m
19 segments x 25m long x
21m wide x 4.5m

Post-Tensioning Systems

General

External tendons
upgradeable
Walter & SCI Construction

Engineer

JR Spronken & Associates

Owner

City of Calgary

Stoney Trail Bridge, Calgary, AB

Bridge being launched over the frozen

Bow River
Launching method saved the only
stand of Fir trees east of the Rockies

Harsh Prairie winter

conditions complicated
PT installation

200th Street Interchange, Langley, BC

INFO
Project

200th Street,
Completion 2003
2-way Flat Slab

Thin slab allows

more highway
clearance

650mm Thick
CIP = 2 spans @ 23m
52 tendons x 15-0.6 x 46m
53 tendons x 9-0.6x(33-46m)

Post-tensioning Systems

General

Coquitlam Ridge

Engineer

Buckland & Taylor Ltd.

Owner

City of Langley

CFB Esquimalt Refueling Jetty, Colwood, BC

INFO
Project

CFB Refueling Jetty,

Colwood, BC
Completion 2003

DSI
Services

Supply and installation of

26mm & 32mm threadbar
post-tensioning tendons;
Rental of specialized
equipment;
On-site technical ssistance.

General

NAC Construction

PT Installer SteelPro

Threadbar Post-tensioning

Engineer

ACRES Engineers

Owner

Defence Canada

CFB Esquimalt Refueling Jetty, Colwood, BC

INFO

Preparing to Stress
Spans #1 & #2

CFB Esquimalt Refueling Jetty, Colwood, BC

INFO

Preparing for
Stressing Girder
Tendons

Vancouver ALRT Guideway, New Westminster to Coquitlam, BC

INFO
Project

ALRT Millenium Line,

Vancouver, BC
Completion 2001

DSI
Services

Supply of more than 6000

PT anchors and
accessories, 130 ton
DYWIDAG threadbar for
temp. PT; hanger rods;
Rental of specialized PT
equipment; technical
assistance.
Elevated Guideway =
18,000 m; 483 spans =
37m; 7 Balanced Cantilever
spans of 46 90m

Post-tensioning Systems

General

SAR Transit

Engineer

J Muller International

Owner

Translink

Vancouver ALRT Guideway, New Westminster to Coquitlam, BC

DSI Hanger Rods

Cablestay Bridges

Koror-Babeldoab Bridge,
Palau Republic

Esplanade Riel, Winnipeg, MB

INFO
Project

Esplanade Riel,
Winnipeg, MB
Completion 2003
Design, Supply, Erect and
operate the form traveler
Supply and install the posttensioning
Supply and install the precast anchor blocks
Supply and install the stay
cables

General

MD Steele Construction

Engineer

Wardrop Engineering

Construction

Buckland & Taylor Ltd.

Engineer
Owner

Post-Tensioning & Cable Stay Systems

City of Winnipeg

Provencher Bridge, Winnipeg, MB

INFO

Permanent Stay was

used as Temporary
Support of Form
Traveler for Concrete
Pour

Stays used as
Temporary support
for Form Traveler

Provencher Bridge, Winnipeg, MB

INFO

Clevise Connection at
Top of Pylon

Provencher Bridge, Winnipeg, MB

INFO

Stressing Tendons
with Conten System

Provencher Bridge, Winnipeg, MB

INFO

View Along Bridge

Deck

Threadbar Stays
INFO
Project

St. Albert St. Bridge,

Prince George, BC
Completion 1994.

DSI
Services

Supply of threadbar stays;

Rental of specialized
equipment
Main Span = 40 m

Threadbar Stays

Bottom anchor
connection

Pylon Anchorage connection

Tank Post-tensioning
INFO
Project

Skeena Effluent,
Skeena, BC

DSI
Services

Supply of ring tendon

system;
Training of site crew;
Rental of specialized
equipment

Post-tensioning Systems

Digester-Water Tanks
Post-Tensioning Ring Beam w/ Bolster

Ring Tendon Anchor Details

Ring Tendon PT
INFO
Portable Equipment
Reduced Concrete

Effluent Tanks Taylor, BC

Post-tensioning Systems

More economical than steel

Strengthening
ADVANTAGES

Little impact on
existing structure
Architectural Detail
Easy installation
Time & Cost Saving

Adams River Bridge

INFO
Project

Adams River Bridge,

Sorrento, BC
Completion 2002

Services

Supply of 36mm threadbar

and specialized equipment;
Site supervision and
inspection services.

Contractor

Sanders & Company

Engineer

Watson Engineering

Owner

Ministry of Transportation

DSI

Adams River has the most Spawning Sockeye Salmon

DSI System allowed work to proceed without entering
the water and disturbing habitat

Undercord Strengthening

Unbonded Monostrand
SERVICES

ADVANTAGES

Supply of material

Reduced concrete

Fabrication of tendons

Longer spans

Site supervision

Bigger Balconies

Equipment rental

Open spaces
Deflection control
More Artistic
Structures
More Economical

Bentall V, Vancouver, BC
INFO
Project

18 Typical Slabs

Post-tensioning Systems

Bentall V,
Vancouver, BC
Completed 2002

Owner

Bentall Developments

372 tendons/slab

Engineer

RJC

1 week cycle with a

Monolithic Pour

General
Contractor

Ledcor Construction Ltd.

Carina Tower, Vancouver, BC

INFO
Project

Carina Tower,
Vancouver, BC
Completed 2003

Post-tensioning Systems

Engineer

Glotman Simpson

General
Contractor

Scott Construction Ltd.

Genco Place Building, Calgary, AB

INFO
Project

0.6" strands with anchor

sizes 1 to 27
2-way Beam & Slab
Strands oiled to allow for
grouting in spring
(5 months later)

Post-Tensioning Systems

General

Clark Construction

Engineer

RJC

Bankers Court Building, Calgary, AB

INFO
Project

Bankers Court
Building, Calgary, AB
200 tons - 0.6" strands with
anchor sizes 9 to 19
1-way Beam & Slab
Strands oiled to allow for
grouting in spring
(5 months later)

General

Ellis Don Construction

Engineer

RJC

Bonded Post-tensioning of
16 Level High-rise Building
Post-Tensioning Systems

18,000 ft Floor
No Interior Columns
5 Day Cycle

Rock & Soil Anchors

ADVANTAGES

Compact Drilling
Equipment
Easy Installation
Slope stabilization

Tie Downs

Uplift Prevention

Time & Cost

Saving
Environmentally
Sensitive

Tie Rods

Soil Nails

Pile Foundations

Tunneling

Limited Headroom

Temporary Tiebacks

Double Corrosion Protected (DCP) Threadbar

Drilling methods
DRILLING

Auger
Down-the-Hole (DTH)
hammer
With or Without
Casing

Air Flushing

YOHO Bridge
INFO
Project

YOHO Bridge, BC
Under Construction 2003

Services

Supply of DYWIDAG rock

anchors and #18
Reinforcing Threadbars:

Contractor

Peter Kiewit & Sons

Owner

BC Minirty of
Transportation

DSI

YOHO Bridge
INFO

Drilling Boreholes
and Installation of
Permanent DCP Rock
Anchors

Sumas Exit Widening

INFO
Project

Sumas Exit Widening,

Abbotsford, BC
Completion 1995

DSI
Services

Supply of soil nails for new

retaining wall to allow
widening of underpass
On-site technical services
for performance testing.

Contractor

Kani Foundation

Owner

Ministry of Transportation

Sumas Exit Widening

Anchors ready for forming concrete

INFO

Installing Anchor

Drilling of anchors at near horizontal

Strand Anchors
ADVANTAGES

High Capacity
Long continuous
anchor lengths
without coupling

Strand Anchors

7-Mile Dam Seismic Upgrade, Nelson, BC

INFO
Project

7-Mile Dam,
Nelson, BC
Completion 2002

DSI
Services

Supply of restressable 900.6 multistrand anchors

with Double Corrosion
Protection (DCP);
2,000 tons jack rental
On-site technical
assistance.
3 pcs @ 320 long

Strand Anchors

General

Peter Kiewit & Sons

Driller

Peter Kiewit & Sons

Engineer

BC Hydro

Owner

BC Hydro

7-Mile Dam Seismic Upgrade, Nelson, BC

INFO
Project

7-Mile Dam,
Nelson, BC
Completion 2002

DSI
Services

Supply of restressable 900.6 multistrand anchors

with Double Corrosion
Protection (DCP);
2,000 tons jack rental
On-site technical
assistance.
3 pcs @ 320 long

Strand Anchors

General

Peter Kiewit & Sons

Driller

Peter Kiewit & Sons

Engineer

BC Hydro

Owner

BC Hydro

7-Mile Dam Seismic Upgrade, Nelson, BC

INFO

Placing Wedges for

Stressing Operation
Installing Jack on
Tendon

Micro-Piles (GEWI Piles)

ADVANTAGES

Easy installation
Time & Cost Saving
Environmentally Sensitive
Small drilling equipment
in tight spaces and low
headroom.
Equal capacity in
compression and tension.
Increased capacity by
post-grouting in weak soils
Vibration free drilling.
Helicopter portable
equipment

Confined Space!!!!!
INFO

GEWI-Piles &
Anchors can be
installed in as small
a space as the
equipment can fit
into.
Sometimes the
equipment can be
modified to fit
especially small
spaces.

BC Tel Victoria Street

Seismic Upgrade
#18 DCP Dywidag Bar
Contractor: BelPacific

Brittania Secondary School Seismic Upgrade

INFO
Project

DSI
Services

Brittania Secondary School,

Vancouver, BC
1993
Supply of DYWIDAG #18
DCP GEWI-Piles
Rental of specialized PT
equipment.
Dynamic Testing of GEWIPiles

Contractor

GEWI-Piles

Kani Foundation
Technologies Ltd.

Pier Rehabilitation using Micro-piles at Nipigon River Bridge in Canada (2004)

Canadian Pacific Railway Bridge over the Nipigon River

Pier Rehabilitation using Micro-piles at Nipigon River Bridge in Canada (2004)

Overview of the Nipigon River Bridge

Owned by the Canadian Pacific Railway Co.
Built in 1896 1898
Carries the main Trans-Canada Railway from west to east coast

Original pier foundations

12x12 wooden piles
Double wooden mat formed of 12x12 beams
Masonry pedestal

Pier Rehabilitation using Micro-piles at Nipigon River Bridge in Canada (2004)

Pier No. 1
View upstream

Pier Rehabilitation using Micro-piles at Nipigon River Bridge in Canada (2004)

Pier No. 2
View upstream

St. Kitts Cruise Ship Pier, Island of St. Kitts

INFO
Project

St. Kitts Ship Pier,

St.Kitts
Completion 2002

DSI
Services

Supply of 200 - 57mm

GEWI-Pile with Double
Corrosion Protection
(DCP); On-site technical
assistance.
Main Span = 144 m

Driller

GEWI-Piles Pipe Piles

Kani Foundation
Technologies Ltd.

St. Kitts Cruise Ship Pier, Island of St. Kitts

INFO

Drilling of Boreholes

PR26 Widening, San Juan, Puerto Rico

INFO
Project

PR26 Widening,
San Juan, PR
Completion 1998

DSI
Services

Schematic View

Micropiles

Supply, drilling and

installation of 168 pcs
44mm GEWI-Pile; Design
alternate of piles; On-site
technical services for
performance testing.

Drilling
Contractor

Kani Foundation
Technologies

General

Constructora Santiago,
Puerto Rico

Geotech
Engineer

URS Greiner

Owner

Puerto Rico Highway &

Transportation

PR26 Widening, Puerto Rico

INFO

Drilling pile borehole

around foundation

PR26 Widening, Puerto Rico

INFO

Testing Piles

24 Hour Compression
Test of Piles to 1246 kN
without any failures

Big Qualicum Bridge, Qualicum Beach, BC

INFO
Project

Big Qualicum Bridge,

Qualicum Beach, BC
Completion 1997

DSI
Services

GEWI-Piles

Supply of 200 - 57mm

GEWI-Pile with Double
Corrosion Protection
(DCP); On-site technical
assistance.

Drilling
Contractor

Main Span = 144 m

Kani Foundation
Technologies

General

PCL Construction

Geotech
Engineer

Golder & Associates

Owner

Ministry of Transportation

Big Qualicum Bridge, Qualicum Beach, BC

INFO
Drilling of boreholes and Installing
GEWI-Piles at inclinations ranging
from 38 to 48 degrees from horizontal

Drilling of Borehole
Testing of GEWI-Piles

Tension & Compression Test performed to 2,200 kN

Rogers Pass Viaduct, Rogers Pass, BC

INFO
Project

Rogers Pass Viaduct,

Rogers Pass, BC
Completion 1984

DSI
Services

Supply and installation of

57mm GEWI-Pile; On-site
technical services for
performance testing. Total
length = 1200m

Description GEWI-Pile alternate was

used to eliminate the
excessive excavation
required to allow
conventional piling
equipment to gain access
to the work areas.
National Park Board
heavily restricted impact
on the park in this sensitive
area prone to avalanches.

GEWI-Piles

Rogers Pass Viaduct, Rogers Pass, BC

Using Anchors and GEWIPiles drastically reduced

the amount of excavating
required.

SOIL: SANDY GRAVEL WITH BOULDERS

LIMIT OF WORK AREA

(NATIONAL PRAK)

SCHEMATIC ELEVATION OF VIADUCT PROFILE

LENGTH=1200m

Guy Anchors
ADVANTAGES

No excavation
Easy installation
Time & Cost Saving
Environmentally Sensitive

Structural Anchorbolts
ADVANTAGES

Durable no cut thread

Easy installation
Time & Cost Saving
Strength of bars

Structural Anchorbolts
APPLICATIONS

Structural columns
Sign Structures
Light Poles
Towers

Structural Anchorbolts
ADVANTAGES

Durable no cut thread

Easy installation
Time & Cost Saving
Strength of bars

Structural Anchorbolts
ADVANTAGES

Durable no cut thread

Easy installation
Time & Cost Saving
Strength of bars

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