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Turkey - Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge

Freyssinet cables set a new world record for span length

The Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge was inaugurated today at a ceremony attended by President Recep Tayyip Erdoðan. The hybrid bridge's 1,408-metre span fitted with Freyssinet cables sets the new world record for cable-stayed span length.

Morocco - Opening of the Mohammed VI Bridge

On 7 July 2016, King Mohammed VI of Morocco opened the new cable-stayed bridge of the same name in Rabat. At 950 metres, it is one of the longest cable-stayed bridges in Africa.

Cathodic protection for the port of Ajaccio

Freyssinet France teams recently completed repair works for Ajaccio's commercial port. On the agenda in this major project: reprofiling, shotcrete reinforcement and application of impressed current and sacrificial anode cathodic protection on the Capucins and Trois Marie breakwaters.

Freyssinet completes successful bridge slide using Autofonçage® in Immingham (UK)

During Christmas 2015, Freyssinet successfully slid a concrete bridge beneath the line of the Immingham to Ulceby railway line (England).

Freyssinet sponsors the 2016 Eugène Freyssinet Trophy and its new prize for students

The Association Eugène Freyssinet, with sponsorship from Freyssinet, is organising the third Eugène Freyssinet Trophy awards. Among others, these awards will recognise students from French institutions and universities who have designed works that further the art of building.

[VIDEO] Discover some of Freyssinet's achievements in 2015

Find out in the video some of Freyssinet's emblematic projects for the year 2015

The MuCEM winner of ACI Excellence in Concrete Construction Awards

Global projects were recognized American Concrete Institute (ACI) during an event at The Concrete Convention and Exposition, in Denver, CO, USA, on November 9th. The highest “Excellence” award was presented to MuCEM: Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilizations located in Marseilles, France.

Miyako-Irabu Bridge, a new reference in Japan

FKK (Kyokuto Kogen Concrete Shinko Co., Ltd.), licensee of Freyssinet in Japan for post-tensioning, supplied the post-tensioning for the marine bridge connecting Miyako Island and Irabu Island of the Okinawa archipelago, located in the southernmost point of the country.

Freyssinet at the XV PCSMGE in Buenos Aires

The 15th Pan-American Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering will be held from November 15th to 18th at the Hilton Buenos Aires in Argentina. Come visit us at our booth #26!

Freyssinet at WRC 2015 in Seoul

The 25th World Road Congress will be held in Seoul, from November 2nd to 6th at the Coex convention center. Come visit us at our booth #2-3!