The major project

HALIÇ BRIDGE
P. 10 ISTANBUL—TURKEY

2nd semester 2013 — NO. 228

STRUCTURE
Magazine
P. 06 FOREVA® REPAIR SOLUTIONS
P. 07 CURRENT PROJECTS AROUND THE WORLD
P. 20 EARTHQUAKE PROTECTION WITH ISOSLAB
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Structure Magazine — 2nd semester 2013 — no. 228

 Major
The word

innovations for all

our business areas
F
or many years, Freyssinet has implemented
a proactive research and development policy,
which has enabled us to develop a number
of major innovations for all our business areas.
This passion for innovation is part of our genetic
make-up and is the legacy of our founder, Eugène
Freyssinet. On sites the world over and in our design
ʾ— 

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–
Constant innovation allows us to keep pace with
our customers’ and partners’ expectations, increase
our technical lead and invent the technology of the JÉRÔME STUBLER,
future. CEO OF SOLETANCHE FREYSSINET
As it approaches its 70th anniversary, Freyssinet is
looking to the future more resolutely than ever and
striving to continue this fundamental policy.

Contents
06 The encounter
Alain Ghenassia and Alain Huynh
10 The major project
The Haliç Bridge in
20 The technology
Earthquake protection
talk about Foreva® repair solutions. the heart of Istanbul. with Isoslab.
02
07 Around the world
Freyssinet projects
12 Achievements
We take a look at some
22 The group
News in brief from other
in Malaysia, Australia, of our flagship Construction Soletanche Freyssinet 03
France and Saudi Arabia. and Repair projects. Group entities.

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Juliette Dumoulinœ Õ˜ Agnès
of our projects worldwide. The magazine complements Baranger, Isabelle Mennesson et Thomas Colombain
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more news and information about our business. in English and 2,000 copies in SpanishœÛååà˜ pending
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Last minute

582
The figure

Is the length of the

longest stay cable
installed by Freyssinet on
the Russky Island Bridge
in Vladivostok. This world
record was achieved thanks

metres
to new compact sheath
technology, which reduces
the wind resistance of the
stay cables by 20%.

The news

Û Ø—

å, Freyssinet
is working as part of a consortium
to bring the 4,820 m long
Puymorens Tunnel into line with
fire safety standards. The project
includes the creation of nine
safety shelters, an egress passage,
fire protection work and the
construction of two structures at
the ends of the tunnel to set up
ventilators. A second phase of
work is scheduled for Spring 2014.

The contract
Freyssinet is set to design, ODAYERI
Sultan Yavuz
Selim Bridge
Black Sea

produce and install the stay GARIPÇE RIVA

cables for the third Bosphorus ARNAVUTKOŸ

SARIYER
POYRAZKÖY

bridge in Turkey. With a total GÖKTÜRK

Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge
length of 2,164 m, the bridge will BEYKOZ

set a new world record with a SULTANGAZI

ISTANBUL
MASLAK

1,408 m cable-stayed span. Bosphorus Bridge

Freyssinet is also carrying out ROMANIA

BULGARIA
Istanbul
Black
RUSSIA
PASAKÖY

the prestressing work on the Ankara

Sea

TURKEY
ÇEKMEKÖY

structure, through its Turkish GREECE

SYRIA
IRAQ
IRAN
Haliç Bridge
KADIKÖY

subsidiary Freysaş. Sea of Marmara

Mediterranean Sea
5 km

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 Trade show

FIB Mumbai
Freyssinet will be at the Fourth
International FIB Congress being held
in Mumbai, India, from 10 to 14 February
2014. This year’s congress is on the
theme of Improving Performance of
Concrete Structures. Come and see us
to find out about Freyssinet’s techniques
and solutions.
For more information, visit
http://www.fibcongress2014mumbai.com/

“Safety is our The phrase

priority worldwide “
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 remains our one and only
objective. We have a number of
initiatives in place to achieve this,
particularly «Managing safety» training,
15-minute safety sessions,
strengthening dialogue and organising
preventive safety observations.
At Freyssinet, we are doing all we can
to ensure that safety remains our
priority and encourage exemplary
safety conduct in our employees. ßÓàç×Þâ×ÞæÛ×ä
DEPUTY MANAGING DIRECTOR
OF FREYSSINET

04

The next big thing 05

The Freyssinet web site has a new look.

Go to www.freyssinet.com for all our news, techniques and
history and links to the web sites of our entities all
over the world.

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 The encounter

ÓÞÓÛàÙÚ×àÓååÛӗFOREVA® DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR

ÓÞÓÛàÚçëÚà—FOREVA® MARKETING MANAGER

Foreva®˖—
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Designing and applying structural reinforcement Stringent performance criteria
products requires continuous research «FOREVA® solutions incorporate structural design
into new solutions at our laboratories. methods, the manufacture of tested, approved products
We have been developing FOREVA® products
and solutions for over six years, and the range now
consists of more than 200 systems for repairing
structures, including chemical and electrochemical
treatments and mechanical strengthening methods
FOREVA® solutions can be used for a wide range of
problems, from treating cracks in concrete through
cathodic protection (to prevent reinforcement corrosion)
and earthquake protection to additional prestressing.
They are suitable for all types of structure, ancient or
modern, including buildings, bridges, civil engineering,
hydraulic and industrial structures, tunnels and arches.
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Huynh. «This means that we can support our customers
at every stage of their project, from assistance with
diagnosis and choosing the right solution to performing
–¶This label of excellence is applied to repair
solutions and products that are tested, approved and
applied under real conditions by production workers,
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With a technical department that brings together civil
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lasting solutions. «Our solutions also meet requirements
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development policy: improving, preserving and securing
structures means that we can conserve non-renewable


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AROUND
WORLD
THE

Malaysia
A SECOND BRIDGE
BETWEEN PENANG AND
THE MAINLAND
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Freyssinet is carrying out post-tensioning
work as part of the construction
of the Penang Second Bridge. The major
new structure will link the island
of Penang to the mainland, stretching
a total of 24 km, and is scheduled
to open at the end of 2013.

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AROUND
WORLD
THE

Australia
MLC CENTRE
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. Freyssinet is in charge
of the repairs, which include the installation of
innovative cathodic protection that will prevent
any future corrosion of the concrete.
An additional challenge lies in the need
to work on enclosed, soundproofed platforms
to minimise disruption to the building’s tenants.

France
HIGH-SPEED FREYSSINET
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 ÞÙèå×Ó (South Europe Atlantic
High-Speed Rail), for which 300 km of new
railway line will be built by 2017. The scale of
the project means that Freyssinet’s expertise
will be called upon in a number of areas,
including prestressing, structural accessories
(bearings and joints), jacking and heavy lifting.

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Saudi Arabia
BRIMAN RESERVOIRS:
STRATEGIC WATER 09
STORAGE FOR THE REGION
Ó ŤŢţť—Ø in the event that water supplies are cut off

 to the city of Jeddah as a result of

, each 18 metres tall and a natural disaster or major problems
120 metres in diameter. The aim of at the desalination plants.
the reservoirs is to provide back-up

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 The major project

HALIÇ
BRIDGE
The essentials

— The project: a bridge across

the Golden Horn in Istanbul, carrying
a metro line.
— The structure is made up of two
access viaducts, a main cable-stayed
bridge and a swing bridge. Freyssinet
produced and installed the stay cables,
the prestressing and bearings for the
bridge and lifted the metal segments.
— Duration: work started in 2009
and was completed in mid-2013.

ISTANBUL—TURKEY
In Istanbul, the Haliç Bridge, the move up and down the Bosphorus.
fourth across the Golden Horn, has
˃
just been completed. The structure
is made up of two access viaducts,
a cable-stayed bridge and a swing
bridge. Freyssinet produced and
installed the stay cables, prestressing
and bearings and lifted the segments.
The bridge, which is built on a
historical site, enables the extension
of a metro line in a city plagued
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æ
viaducts at either end, connecting them
to the tunnels. The cable-stayed structure
comprises two steel towers 65 metres
in height, with the platform and roof of
the metro station sitting between them
on the main span of the bridge.
A project in keeping with the
surrounding historical heritage
Because the Haliç Bridge is built on a
There were previously three bridges
across the Bosphorus, the Golden Horn
Bridge, the Atatürk Bridge and the Galata
Bridge. They were joined by the Haliç
Metro Bridge in mid-2013. The new link
combines a cable-stayed bridge with a
metro station.
At 919 metres long, the bridge connects
two metro tunnels located on either
side of the estuary and will enable
the extension of the M2 metro line
beyond the Yenikapi terminus to Taksim
Square, thus increasing the transport
capacity from 200,000 to around
750,000 passengers per day.
Several types of structure
The bridge consists of three main parts,
the largest being the 387 metre long
cable-stayed section over the Golden
Horn. It has a 180-metre central span and
two 90-metre side spans. The structure is
çà×åÕáʽ
site, particular care was taken during
the work to preserve the archaeological
remains in the area. The main challenges
were protecting the archaeological
remains during the digging of the
foundations, and preserving the view
of the Süleymaniye Mosque.
The pier foundations were therefore
dug by hand, and the planned height
of the towers was reduced from
82 metres to 65 metres to limit the
visual impact of the structure.
919
metres
Total length of the structure.
The bridge, which carries
the extension of the M2 metro
line, will help improve Istanbul’s
public transport system.
The partners
— Contracting authority:
Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality
— Architect: Hakan Kiran
— General contractor: Astaldi-
Gulermak JV
— Main subcontractors:
Freysaş-Freyssinet
Wiecon (construction surveys)
Waagner Biro (swing bridge
mechanism)

unusual in that there is a metro station on Cable-stayed bridge: 387 metres;

the main span. A 120 metre long swing swing bridge: 122 metres; access

ʾ viaducts: 169 and 241 metres.

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 ROMANIA KURTULUS University
RUSSIA
Istanbul
BULGARIA
BEYOGLU Palace of
ISTANBUL Taksim Square
Dolmabahçe

GREECE
TURKEY TEPEBASI
IRAN
BALAT
Golden
GALATASARAY CUKURKUMA
SYRIA Horn
CYPRUS IRAQ Nusretiye Mosque
Atatürk Bridge
Galata Tower
KARAKÖY
Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge Bosphorus
ATATÜRK

Haliç Bridge Galata Bridge

Bosphorus Bridge HASEKI Grand
AKSARAY Bazaar Topkapi Palace
ISTANBUL SULTANAHMET
Saint Sophia

Blue Mosque
YENIKAPI

Sea of Marmara 2 km Sea of Marmara

500 m

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More about
”Enhancing the site and using modern the Haliç Bridge.

construction techniques are key to the success

of the project. We use ultra-compact stay cables
for a streamlined structure, and prefabrication
 
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The Achievements

Construction
Repairs

Canada

HEBRON GBS
Ø   



Úʺ , Freyssinet has signed
another significant contract in Newfoundland. Freyssinet has won the
contract to supply and install the prestressing for the Hebron GBS
(Gravity Based Structure) on behalf of oil company Exxon. This imposing
concrete structure, designed to store barrels of crude oil, will be placed
in the Atlantic Ocean at a depth of 90 metres, 350 km off the Canadian
coast. The structure is made up of 130,000 m3 of concrete and will be
reinforced with around 3,000 tonnes of prestressing to ensure that it is
watertight and iceberg resistant.

The essentials
Ú×ÔäáàÙÔå
— The project: A 130 m-diameter
gravity base with seven storage
compartments, surrounded
by seven ice walls to protect
against icebergs.
— General contractor:
Kiewit-Kværner Contractors
— Implementation: Supply
and installation of 3,000 tonnes
of offshore prestressing, with
ducts laid during the slipforming
of the structure. The operations
take place in the dry dock and
then offshore when the platform
is floated.
— Duration: The entire project
is scheduled for completion by
the end of 2015.

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 Saudi Arabia

DAMMAM
BRIDGE
Ø
 

Ö—
on the east coast of Saudi Arabia. The structure will
be comprised of 48 spans of varying lengths
(between 16.4 and 55 metres), 714 segments
and 1,000 tonnes of external prestressing. During
the installation phase, the team will be using a
launching gantry specially developed by the
Freyssinet technical department. «The existing
launcher has been completely adapted to suit
the characteristics of the project. This piece of
equipment completes our range of installation
tools and will be a major asset for future projects»
says Vincent Butty, Project Manager.

The essentials
ÖÓßßÓßÔäÛÖÙ×
— The project: a precast
segmental bridge intended
to make traffic run more
smoothly on the roads
between the city and port
of Dammam.
— Implementation:
Freyssinet is providing
technical support for the
setting up of the precasting
area, supplying four
segment precasting units,
performing geometric
inspections, supervising
the installation of the deck
and supplying and installing
the prestressing.

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The Achievements

United States

BOY SCOUT
BRIDGE
ÛßÚ—éè
— Freyssinet
(Freyssinet Inc. and Freyssinet Major Projects) worked
as the general contractor on the construction of a
suspended footbridge - the «CONSOL Energy Wing Tip
Bridge». Also nicknamed the «Boy Scout Bridge», this
footbridge spans a nature reserve within the New River
Gorge national park, which played host in July 2013
to the National Scout Jamboree (held by the Boy Scouts
of America and featuring 50,000 people).

The essentials
ÔáëåÕáçæÔäÛÖÙ×
— The project: a
suspended footbridge
approximately 30 metres
above the ground.
— Objective: to reduce
the time required to cross
the valley from 45 minutes
to 2 minutes.
— Implementation: the
carrier tendons were fitted
using a travelling carriage
system along a temporary
cable made of strands,
allowing the locked-coil
cables to be supported and
moved above the valley.
A cableway was used to fit
the segments.
— Duration: Work
commenced in March 2012
and was completed in
mid-2013.

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Singapore The essentials

OLD TOH
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éÓä×Úáçå×å
— The project:

TUCK ROAD construction of a warehouse

in the west of Singapore;
each storey had to be able

WAREHOUSES
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to take very heavy loads and
allow for the movement of
delivery vehicles.
— Implementation:

– Designed to be split into several goods 26,700 m2 of prestressed
warehouses, the building had to be able to take heavy loads while floors and over 300 tonnes
retaining plenty of clear space for moving around. Prestressing by of prestressing strands were
post-tensioning was identified as the optimum solution for the project. installed.
The Freyssinet team was involved very early on in the design of the — Duration: work started
building, and then supplied and installed the prestressing. in August 2012 and was
completed in February 2013.
.

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The Achievements

Construction
Repairs

Romania

BUCHAREST
CITY HALL
Ø
 ÔÕÚ, which was
built over 100 years ago. Isolating the structure
from its foundations is often the best solution for
protecting historical buildings in high earthquake
risk areas like Romania. The isolation devices were
successfully tested at the University of San Diego
and comply with new European Standard
EN 15129 on anti-seismic devices.

The essentials
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— The project: protecting
a very old building against
earthquake risk.
— Implementation:
Freyssinet has installed
a total of 262 isolators.
Each device is over 1 m in
diameter and 58 cm tall, and
weighs more than 2 tonnes.
The team is also carrying out
the loading and load transfer
using flat jacks.
— Duration: the project
is scheduled for completion
at the end of 2013, after two
years of work.

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 Australia

ANZAC
BRIDGE
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commissioned in 1995, holds the country’s
record for the longest cable-stayed bridge,
with a span of 345 m. Freyssinet won the
contract to solve the bridge’s structural
problems, namely abnormal stay cable
vibration due to wind and rain, the risk of
profound damage linked to the increas
e in the number of lanes on the structure
over the years, and fire protection of the
retaining cables.

The essentials
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— The project: repairing
and strengthening the
structure, which had
shown failings since it
was opened to traffic, and
solving a complex vibration 16
phenomenon.
— Implementation:
the Freyssinet teams used
innovative solutions to 17
reinforce the HDPE sheaths,
install special dampers,
protect the most critical
More about cables against fire and install
Freyssinet’s work improved stay cable anchor
on the Anzac Bridge. protection.
— Duration: approximately
three years; throughout the
work, the bridge’s eight lanes
remained open to traffic.

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The Achievements

United Kingdom

HAMMERSMITH
BRIDGE
Ó ˃Þ, this road bridge
carries the A4 over the Hammersmith Roundabout. Following the
detection of a significant corrosion problem, the bridge was closed
to traffic in December 2011 and then partly reopened. After a short
design phase, Freyssinet carried out the emergency strengthening
work in record time ready for the bridge to be completely
reopened before the London 2012 Olympics.

The essentials
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— The project: repairing
one of the oldest reinforced
concrete flyovers in
existence (completed
in 1961) at a strategic
London traffic point.
— Implementation:
additional prestressing
by post-tensioning was
installed above and below
the upper block.
— Duration: an intensive
schedule was put in place
to complete the work in time
for the London Olympics.
The project started at the
end of January 2012 and was
finished in May 2012, well
before the deadline set.
A second phase of work
took place in 2013.

More about
Hammersmith Bridge.

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 France

PANNECIERE
DAM
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ŪŢ, the Pannecière Dam is
one of a number of basins and reservoirs upstream
of the greater Paris region. It provides flood risk
protection in a densely populated area. The structure
also houses a hydrœlectric plant, and required
general strengthening, particularly to bring it into
compliance with new earthquake regulations.
Freyssinet has carried out several different types
of work in conjunction with other VINCI Group
companies, using its Foreva® repair solutions.

The essentials
âÓàà×ÕÛ×ä×ÖÓß
— The project: repairing
the structure, which no
longer complied with
standards and needed to
be strengthened in order to
meet the new earthquake
regulations.
— Implementation:
Freyssinet stabilised
and strengthened the
arches, installed braces
for earthquake protection,
decontaminated the
asbestos-containing facings
(MTS) and repaired the
structure’s concrete using
Foreva® solutions.
— Duration: the work
took 18 months and was
completed in early 2013.

More about
Panneciere Dam.

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 The technology

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percentage of the structural weight is horizontally
disconnected from the foundation system.
The movements of the ground and the structure
are therefore uncoupled. The system works like
a mattress and is designed to absorb the seismic
vibrations coming from the ground and propagating
in the structure, by means of four components:
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is constructed.

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æ is such that the
underground level can be used as a car park.
Designed to be modular, the Isoslab system
comes in the form of a kit made up of standard
elements enabling fast, reliable design, supply
and assembly. A complete catalogue of standard
size Isoslab systems is available, facilitating
the design of future projects.

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to find out more
about Isoslab

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 More about
the invention
The year of prestressing.

1928
Prestressing is patented
Eugène Freyssinet filed the patent for prestressing,
using the term «permanent pre-compression of
concrete». The patent is a turning point in the life
of the engineer, who decides to devote himself entirely
to research into prestressing so that it can become
an industrial reality.

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laboratory. The antibiotic mould will
be crucially important in fighting
staphylococcal infections and certain
serious infectious diseases
(meningitis, pneumonia, etc.).
The first penicillin-based therapies
will be used several years later, at
the start of the Second World War.
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a measuring instrument used to detect
ionising radiation. As nuclear activity
develops, it’s a tool that will prove vital
for estimating the radiation exposure
in a given location and detecting
the presence of radioactive sources
or significant contamination levels
in the environment.
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The Soletanche Freyssinet Group, the global leader

in the soil, structural engineering and nuclear sectors,
brings together an unrivalled set of skills in the specialist
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UNITED STATES: WOLF CREEK DAM

ÔÝ — Using a combination of secant piles
é Õ and panels, the barrier wall passes
Ý—çåwas at risk
and needed strengthening. The Treviicos-
Soletanche joint venture, acting on behalf
of the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE),
carried out the foundation remediation
works, which consisted of building
a 91,000 m2 barrier wall in the shelter of
a 52,000 m2, 1.8-m thick diaphragm wall.
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through the diaphragm wall - which
extends to a depth of 65 m in the clay
section of the dam - to end in 35 m of rock.
This major project was hailed as a success
by the Deep Foundations Institute and
the Association of State Dam Safety
Officials, and was delivered nine months
ahead of schedule.
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was awarded to the Nuvia Travaux Spéciaux/CBN
consortium by the CIPN (French Nuclear Engineering
Centre) in October 2011 in response to French
Nuclear Safety Authority requirements. One of
the challenges of the project has been completing
the work on Unit 1 before 31/12/2013, failing
which the production unit could not continue
to operate beyond that date.
The structure, which is at the heart of the nuclear
island, rests on around twenty micropiles extending
to a depth of 25 metres, nestled between several
underground tunnels and installed in a tight space
on the surface by Soletanche Bachy. The foundations
are concentrated in a corner of the building and along
one façade, and support shear walls and deep beams
(with a 12 metre span). The 20-metre high steel
frame rests on the concrete structures and

France: Dunkirk is cantilevered over the nuclear buildings.

It is equipped with cladding, anti-projectile

methane terminal
shielding and a containment membrane. The work
on both units was carried out in conjunction with
other Nuvia group entities such as Vraco and Essor.

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2012, the Grand Port Maritime de Dunkerque
authority awarded a consortium of companies
a contract for port development work. Under
the contract, Menard is responsible for
strengthening the soil beneath the underwater
embankments at depths of up to 30 m, using
both land and marine treatment equipment.
The aim is to stabilise sandy, silty soil, which
is susceptible to liquefaction in the event of an
earthquake. To consolidate this heterogeneous
area, Menard has combined two techniques,
using vibroflotation for the sandy materials and
ballasted columns for the silty materials. 22

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