News and Events
New Contracts and Events
Fib Conference
Freyssinet will take part in the third international FIB Congress, which will be held from May 29th to June 2nd 2010 in Washington, DC. With more than 65 exhibitors and thousands of attendees, this exhibition is not to be missed for the concrete and bridge professionals. Freyssinet will exhibit in a 600 ft² booth, and will participate in numerous presentations.
Official website: http://www.fib2010washington.com
BC Place
A new retractable roof is being added to BC Place, the multipurpose stadium in Vancouver, Canada that was recently home to Winter Olympic activities. Freyssinet Canada Limitée, in a joint venture with Freyssinet International Company, has been awarded a major contract for the design, supply, and installation of the cables which will support the new roof. Working under an exclusive agreement with Groupe CANAM, the Quebec steel contractor, Freyssinet will provide over 1,800 metric tons of cable and 500 metric tons of castings for this project. The project schedule is tight, with erection of the masts scheduled to start in May 2010, with a project completion deadline of January 2011.
Official website: http://www.bcplace2011.com/
Port Mann
Freyssinet Canada Limitée has been awarded a contract by Kiewit/Flatiron General Partnership to provide Freyssinet’s HD Stay Cable System for the new Port Mann Bridge in Vancouver, BC. The bridge is a key component of the British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure’s Port Mann/Highway 1 project, which will also upgrade interchanges and improve safety and access between Vancouver and Langley, a distance of approximately 37 km. In total the new bridge will be 2.2 km long and 50m wide, carrying 10 lanes. The main span between the two 75m tall (above the deck level) towers will be 470 meters long, which will be the second longest cable-stayed span in the Western Hemisphere. The main bridge (between the end of the cables) will have a length of 850 meters with 288 cables. Freyssinet’s scope includes the design and supply of the permanent stay cable, design and supply of stay damping systems and provision of specialty stay cable equipment and full-time onsite technical/supervisory personnel. In addition to the stay cables, Freyssinet is also providing expansion joints and pot bearings.
Official website: http://www.pmh1project.com/
Metra
Freyssinet has been awarded a contract by Metra, the Chicago commuter rail company, to repair the columns and pier caps of four separate bridge substructures of the Electric Line which are located in the historic Hyde Park neighborhood. (See photo.) Freyssinet will repair the severely degraded concrete columns by removing and replacing the deteriorated concrete and replacing it with new cast-in-place concrete. When that process has been completed, supplemental reinforcement will be added by utilizing carbon fiber around some columns, and glass fibers for containment only on others. The addition of the CFRP and a top coat will also serve to provide protection against the corrosive elements to which these structures are continuously subjected. Other repair work in conjunction with this contract includes shotcrete to repair the severely delaminated underside of the bridge deck, crack injection, and formed concrete repair for the spalled concrete along several pier caps. Hired as the General Contractor for this project, Freyssinet will be working with several local, minority, and women business enterprises, as well as expert personnel from Freyssinet France, in the execution of this contract. Work is to begin in March of 2010, and is subject to be completed in September 2010.
Mullica
Freyssinet is under contract with Agate Construction to supply 13C15 Post Tensioning anchorages and accessories, plastic ducts and 0.6” strands for a New Jersey Turnpike Authority widening project between Atlantic County and Burlington County in New Jersey. Freyssinet will supply and install - including stressing and grouting of tendons - for a concrete spliced I-girder bridge that is 1,230 feet in length. The 1st mobilization is anticipated in middle of May 2010, and the 2nd or final mobilization will follow after 3 to 4 months, as the deck slab has to be concreted before proceeding with the 2nd mobilization. PB Americas, Inc. is the Engineer for this project.
Current Projects
Indian River Inlet Bridge
Freyssinet has started work on the stay cable and post-tensioning contract for the Indian River Inlet Bridge in Dewey Beach, Delaware awarded by Skanska USA Civil Southeast Inc. Freyssinet will be again working with much of the same team which successfully completed the Arthur Ravenel Bridge over the Cooper River in Charleston, SC. This Design-Build project includes a signature cable stayed structure supported with the patented Freyssinet Stay Cable System. Stay cables will range in size from 19 to 59 strands with each strand being an individually waxed and extruded semi-bonded Freyssinet mono-strand. Some 1.8 million feet of high fatigue resistance 15.7mm (0.62”) diameter 1860MPa prestressing strand will be used for the stays, with approximately 1.2 million feet of 15.2mm (0.6”) diameter 1860MPa prestressing strand will be used for post-tensioning of the superstructure and transition piers. The site is currently being mobilized with the first cable stays scheduled to be erected in 1st quarter 2010 with completion by 4th quarter 2010. The Engineer for project is AECOM with International Bridge Technologies as a sub consultant.
Official website: http://www.deldot.gov/information/projects/indian_river_bridge/