Our areas of expertise in structural repair and strengthening
Bridges
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Philippines
Ayala bridge seismic protection upgrading
Significant savings in programme and budget were delivered when Freyssinet proposed an innovative rehabilitation scheme as an alternative to replacing this historic city-centre bridge in Manila.
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Malaysia
Penang bridge stay cables replacement
Corroded stay cables on the only bridge to Penang Island were replaced under traffic – a world-first operation that was made more challenging by the lack of any redundancy in the system.
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France
Bouchemaine suspension bridge
A complex restoration project of a suspension bridge that required expertise, responsiveness, agility and a lot of imagination.
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Mexico
La Canada bridge carbon fibre reinforcement
A tight timescale for repairing a highway bridge in Mexico was met by the use of a new high-capacity carbon fibre reinforced polymer that can be applied by dry lay-up.
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France
La Ricamarie bridge – Additional prestressing
Extending the lifespan of the viaduct by 100 years is what Freyssinet achieved after proposing a turnkey service to conduct heavy retrofitting works including additional prestressing, and completing them ahead of schedule.
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France
Pertuiset bridge – Stay cables replacement
Freyssinet's teams were enlisted to strengthen the deck, execute the 23 pairs of high-tech stay cables replacement and maintain structural fittings.
Buildings
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France
Alpes-Maritimes Administrative Centre
To improve the building's safety, Freyssinet rolled out several complementary techniques as part of a design and build contract, whose total cost proved to be 34% less than the client's initial estimate.
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Canada
Carpark post-tensioning replacement
A tightly-confined working area in an operational car park demanded careful planning for the post-tensioning replacement of a series of broken greased and sheathed monostrands in two underground deck slabs.
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Jordan
Clemenceau Medical Center rehabilitation
Building rehabilitation project to turn a high-rise hotel building into a hospital facility, that needed extensive strengthening works to accommodate the revised loads.
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UK
Eastbourne carpark structural strengthening
A novel precast shell system made of ultra high-performance fibre-reinforced concrete enabled extra floors to be swiftly added to a multi-storey car park without its operation being disrupted.
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Turkey
Marmara Hospital base isolation
Design and installation of base isolation measures for a hospital in Turkey had to address the fact that the building was made up of sixteen blocks, all of varying heights and dimensions.
Heritage structures
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New Zealand
Auckland heritage building reinforcement
An eye for detail and command of technology were key to ensuring that a major project to create a railway tunnel below one of Auckland’s historic buildings was completed without a hitch.
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Romania
Bucharest City Hall seismic protection
Bearings and dampers designed for seismic protection of an historic building in the city of Bucharest were so large they had to be shipped to a specialist laboratory in the USA to be tested.
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Spain
CACI factory structural strengthening
Refurbishment and structural strengthening of a reinforced concrete factory built in 1899 using the system pioneered by French engineer François Hennebique with the aim of adapting the plant to fulfil the client's new requirements.
Industrial facilities
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France
Condat Group warehouse concrete repairs
In Chasse sur Rhône, south of Lyon, we have been contracted for vaults concrete repairs works for the CONDAT Lubricants factory. These works follow those carried out in 2009 following an explosion on the site. Over the last 10 years, the client has called on our teams five times.
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Worldwide
CRH asset management partnership
An asset management system that can be used to remotely assess concrete silos and prioritise repairs was developed as part of a long-term partnership with materials manufacturer CRH.
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New Zealand
Golden Bay Cement Silos strengthening
Extending the service life of the heavily damaged silos while preserving raw material resources was at the heart of the repair strategy Freyssinet designed for Golden Bay Cement, to ensure operations’ continuity.
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Philippines
Preheater tower structural strengthening for the Bulacan cement plant
Structural strengthening works were needed to renovate the ageing prestressed concrete preheater tower of a plant to increase its bearing capacity before installation of new equipment.
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Spain
CACI factory structural strengthening
Refurbishment and structural strengthening of a reinforced concrete factory built in 1899 using the system pioneered by French engineer François Hennebique with the aim of adapting the plant to fulfil the client's new requirements.
Port and waterway structures
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Australia
Melbourne Webb Dock Restoration
As part of a major port development project in Melbourne, Freyssinet has been awarded the dock restoration of the Webb Dock port facility.
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Australia
Kurnell Terminal Wharf cathodic protection
Works to install cathodic protection and repair a concrete wharf that carries pipelines transferring fuel from ships to land must be tightly managed so its operation is not impacted.
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Philippines
Manila International Container Terminal rehabilitation works
Repairs to the concrete deck of one of the world’s busiest container terminals in the Philippines had to be scheduled to suit both the port’s daily operations and the tide tables.
Tunnels and culverts
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France
Barbazan culvert reinforcement using UHPFRC
A specially developed mix and custom-designed equipment now allow ultra-high-performance fibre-reinforced concrete to be spray-applied, opening up a world of possibilities for this durable material.
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USA
Baker-Barry Tunnel
Renovation of an historic tunnel in the USA demanded a balance between improving its condition, and retaining unique features; Freyssinet worked with the owner to find the right solution.
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UK
Channel Tunnel concrete repairs
Mobilisation on a momentous scale paved the way to an early finish on the extensive concrete repairs needed to put the Channel Tunnel back into operation after a devastating fire.
Water infrastructures
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Colombia
El Quimbo dam waterproofing
Deformations of significant magnitude caused the opening of the horizontal joint face slabs and parapet wall of the El Quimbo dam. They resulted in the rupture of the external joint waterstop at the contact upstream face slabs/concrete parapet wall and compromised the water tightness of the vertical joints of the parapet wall at various locations.
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