Highway 1, the Trans-Canada Highway
The BC Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure (MOTI) is widening Highway 1, the Trans-Canada Highway, by adding an additional lane in each direction in the areas east of Vancouver. Each section of highway presents new challenges for the construction work, and separate contractors are hired to complete each portion of the project. Instratus Monitoring Ltd. […]
Extensomètres magnétique BRS
Codes de référence: D111, C121, BRS Le tassomètre magnétique est un système – basé sur la technique du British Building Research – destiné à mesurer les tassements ou les soulèvements à différentes profondeurs dans le sol, les remblais, les barrages en terre et les digues. Le système est composé d’un tube d’accès avec un tube […]
Cleaning-up project of Panama City and Bay
The cleaning-up project of Panama City and Bay includes: Construction of Health Service networks Construction and rehabilitation of Collectors and Drive lines Interceptor system Plant for wastewater treatment. These elements will be developed to collect, transport and treat wastewater of Panama City which is currently discharged directly into the bay or rivers and streams in […]
Egnatia Odos Road – Athens, Greece
Egnatia Motorway was designed to the specifications of the Trans-European road network. Across Epirus and Northern Greece from Igoumenitsa to Evros, Egnatia Motorway is one of the largest road construction projects in Europe, 670 kilometres long and 24.5 metres wide.The realisation of this motorway requires the construction of: 50 road interchanges; 350 entrance / exit […]
FAQ#037 – Quel est le coefficient d’expansion thermique linéaire du câble plat gradué (ruban) des indicateurs de niveau d’eau (WLI) et des sondes de tassement BRS?
Le coefficient d’expansion thermique linéaire du câble plat gradué est de 16x10E-6 m/ °C.
Puerto Cabello-La Encrucujada railway project, Venezuela
The section Puerto Cabello – La Encrucijada (Cagua) is part of a more multi-modal and articulated transportation network of freights and passengers. During the first stage of works, the above said section will connect the principal port of the country (Puerto Cabello) to the industrial, agricultural and food poles of Valencia and Maracay. The next […]
FAQ#012 – Dans quelle mesure la fonction du coulis est-elle importante pour le bon fonctionnement des aimants « araignée »?
Les pattes de l’araignée servent uniquement à maintenir l’aimant en place pendant le coulage du ciment. C’est le coulis qui fixe l’aimant au sol environnant. Le mélange du coulis doit être vérifié (proportion eau/ciment) pendant le coulage du ciment en fonction du type d’application dans le sol
Marmaray Tunnel, Turkey
The Marmaray Project is the upgrading of approximately 76 kilometers of commuter rail system in Istanbul, connecting Halkalı on the European side with Gebze on the Asian side with an uninterrupted, modern, high-capacity commuter rail system. This Project is one of the major transportation infrastructure projects in the world at present.
Genova Underground Station – Italy
This section of the Genoa subway will improve the transportation to both the Old Genoa Harbour Exhibition Centre and the new Aquarium, improving in the meantime both traffic conditions and the re-organisation of the surface transport network. Works have required important preliminary soil consolidation works and were executed in a heavily populated urban area, without […]
Koohrang HPP , I. R. of IRAN
Project Name: Koohrang HPP Purpose of the projectGenerate: 128,000,000 Gwh/ y Electrical Energy Project location: IRAN-Shahre kord Client: I.W.P.C Contractor: Payab kosar – Canivo Dam Type: Earth Fill Dam Height above foundation: 15 m Crest level (above sea level): 2345.5 Crest length: 470 m Capacity of the Reservoir: 100,000 m<<3<< Foundation soil: SG-GC End of […]
Tangeh Halleh Dam, I.R. of Iran
Project Name: Haleh Dam Purpose of the project: Irrigation Project location: IRAN – Lorestan-Khoramabad Client: GHARB Regional Water Authority Contractor: SAZVAR CO. Dam Type: Homogenous Earth Dam Height above foundation: 42.55(m) Crest level(above sea level): 1217 Crest length: 195 (m) Capacity of the Reservoir: 3500000 m3 Foundation soil: Rock (shale) End of construction: Nov 2003
Meijaran Dam, I.R. of Iran
Project Name: Meijaran Dam Project location: IRAN- RAMSAR Client: Mazandaran & Golestan Regional Water Authority Contractor:Cotra Co. Dam Type: Homogeneous(clay) Height above foundation: 32 (m) Crest level (above sea level): 153 (m) Crest length: 622 (m) Capacity of the Reservoir: 40,000,000 m3 End of construction: June 2004