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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Xayaburi Hydroelectric Power Project – Laos
The Xayaburi Dam is a hydroelectric dam under construction on the Lower Mekong River approximately 30 kilometres east of Xayaburi (Sainyabuli) town in northern Laos. The main purpose of the dam is to produce hydroelectric power.With a planned capacity of 1,295 MW – of which 1,220 MW will be sold to the Electricity Generating Authority […]
Ulu Jelai Hydroelectric Project, Malaysia
The Project will involve the construction of an accumulation reservoir (Susu Reservoir) with two main water intakes, Telom Intake and Lemoi Intake, located upstream of Susu reservoir. The main part of the project is the construction of the Susu dam on the Bertram River, more than 80 m high and entirely built using the advanced […]
Rome Underground – Line C – Italy
Rome metro Line C runs through the city from North-West (Della Vittoria district) to the eastern suburb and is extending beyond the Grande Raccordo Anulare.Line C has a full-run of 25,6 km and 30 stations, passing through the old town centre.The Route will be characterised by the green colour. The interchanges with the other metro […]