Rogun Dam Hydropower Project
The Rogun Dam project in Tajikistan is an ambitious hydropower endeavor aimed at harnessing the Vakhsh River to generate renewable energy for the region. Originally launched in 1976 during the Soviet era, the project faced numerous delays due to financial and political challenges, especially after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Construction was officially revived […]
Gottard road tunnel, 2nd tube
The first Gotthard road tunnel with a length of 17km has been in operation as a national road link between north Switzerland to the south, the canton of Ticino, since 1980. In order to ensure the functionality and safety of this important transport axis through the Alps, the first tube needs to be extensively repaired, […]
Nichupté Bridge – Cancun
The project involves the construction of an 8.80 km vehicular bridge spanning the Nichupté Lagoon System. Its primary goal is to establish a new road link starting from the Monumento Antigua Torre de Control traffic circle, specifically at the Kabah road distributor where Bonampak, Kabah, and Tulum Avenues converge. This connection will ultimately link with […]
Afşar Dam
Afşar Dam is a rock fill dam with a front surface concrete coated, it has a height of 138 meters and a body filling volume of 6 million m3.The dam is located on the Ilıcapınar Stream in Konya’s Taşkent district, in Turkey. Afşar Dam has started to hold water, the waters that will be stored […]
Neckartal Dam project
In March 2020 the huge dam of Neckartal was inaugurated in Namibia. This dam is fundamental to bring water to the Namibian desert and irrigate 5 thousand hectares of land, stimulating the agriculture and creating employment.This work, realized with the RCC technology (Roller-Compacted Concrete), is the biggest dam of Namibia: 80m high, 518 long and […]
“La Linea” Road Pass, Colombia
Tunnel “La Linea”, recently inaugurated, connects Colombia from the south-west to the center of the country, from Portal Bermellón in Cajamarca – Tolima, to Portal Galicia in Calarcá – Quindío. With a length of more than 8 kilometers, it is the longest road tunnel in the Americas. The road has two motorways exits and 13,4 […]
Grand Paris Express
The Grand Paris Express is the largest urban project in Europe with the construction of 200 km of automatic lines, as much as the current metro, and 68 stations. The four new lines of the Grand Paris Express (15, 16, 17 and 18), as well as the line 14 extended to the north and south, […]
Forrestfield Airport Link
“The $1.86 billion Forrestfield-Airport Link is jointly funded by the Australian and Western Australian governments and will deliver a new rail service to the eastern suburbs of Perth – with three new stations at Belmont, Airport Central and Forrestfield.The rail link will connect with the existing Midland line near Bayswater Station and will run to […]
Warsaw Metro Project – Line 2
The 6.5 km east-west route links Rondo Daszyńskiego and Dworzec Wileński includes seven stations and an 870 m tunnel under the Wisła River. The civil works began late in 2010 and became operative in March 2015. In 2016 the works for the extension toward east and west of the second line started, estimated schedule of […]
Spot Weldable Strain Gauges
Reference products codes: VK41, VK4100, VK4100VS Spot weldable strain gauges are designed for application on steel structure or reinforcement bars where strain monitoring is required and the installation space is limited. They are mainly composed by a vibrating wire sensor placed between two small spot-weldable plates; the gauge shall be fixed to the metal surface […]
Vibrating Wire Strain Gauges
Reference products codes: VK40, VK4000VS, VK4000, VK4200VC, VK4200, VK4200VC, VK4200VN, VKBAR Vibrating wire strain gages are used to monitor strain in steel or in reinforced concrete and massive concrete structures. Arc-weldable VW strain-gauges are designed for arc welding to steel structure such as tunnel linings, piles and bridges. Embedment VW strain-gauges are directly embedded in concrete […]
ALACAES Pressure plug instrumentation – Geotechnical monitoring for a research project – Switzerland
ALACAES, an Airlight Energy company, is currently constructing a compressed air energy storage solution that enables large-scale electricity storage. ALACAES’ storage solution will be a valuable solution for grid stabilization and energy balance of the electricity network.This pilot plant in Pollegio, Switzerland, to test the feasibility of its electricity storage solution will exploit an abandoned […]