Uncategorized – Strukturas

Special services for one of our first customers!

Our client, Mota-Engil, currently the largest Portuguese construction company present in various markets worldwide, has awarded Strukturas the redesign project of an Overhead MSS originally not provided by us and which had been stored for several years in their yard in Poland.

Strukturas’ redesign introduced significant modifications to the MSS, including a hinge joint between the main girder and the front nose, allowing it to be used on plan view curved decks, the addition of a rear concreting support, which allows for the transportation of pre-assembled U-shaped reinforcement using electrical winches, and the supply of a hydraulically operated internal formwork.

Mota-Engil transported the MSS from Poland to Portugal, where it is currently being used in the construction of railway viaducts. The rebuilt MSS steel structure was done in Portugal, with Mota-Engil giving special attention to pre-assembly and testing both at the workshop and at their central yard, due to the MSS being stored in Poland for several years.

Strukturas has been supplying various bridge building equipment, including Formtravellers FT and Movable Scaffolding Systems MSS, to Mota-Engil for around 30 years, with the first supply being made in 1994 of an Underslung MSS to the then company Engil, later included in the Mota group, giving rise to the current Mota-Engil.

TB Heubach Bridge demolition

Implenia, a leading construction services company, decided to use an Strukturas MSS Underslung for the demolition of existing concrete decks on the TB Heubach Bridge in Germany.

This same MSS will also be used for the construction of the bridge’s new TT section decks.

MSS at assembling final stage

Deck demolition

The Strukturas MSS solution is particularly innovative because it allows the conversion of the MSS formwork from a box section, which is used during the demolition phase, to a TT section, which is used during the construction of the new bridge decks. This approach saves time and resources, making the construction process more efficient.

The challenging conditions on the job site made the assembly of the MSS particularly demanding, and the Strukturas MSS assembly team had to plan and execute the operation to the best of their ability.

MSS general cross section view when used to demolish the existing concrete decks

Formtraveller: Road 431 in Israel

In Israel, near Tel Aviv airport several pairs of Formtravellers redesigned or supplied new by Strukturas are used in the construction of the project called road 431.

Thanks to our Israeli client Shikun & Binui for believing in our ability to be his technical partner at this challenging project.

Overhead Strukturas MSS Bridge SO 203……on the road again!

Early 2021 the Strukturas Overhead MSS named SO 203 was ready to cast the first span at the first long deck of the bridge project D3 in the Czech Republic, close to Ceske Budejovice.

Krondorf Bridge demolition

The Strukturas rental Underslung MSS Randselva was dismantled autumn 2021 in Norway and sent directly to Germany for the demolition of the Krondorf Bridge on the A3 south of Nürnberg.

The northbound deck is being demolished as the traffic is running on the southbound deck. After domolished deck and new construction on the north bond deck, the Strukturas rental Underslung MSS will be used to demolish and build also the south bond deck.

Start MSS assembling

Deck demolition

MSS operation

World-leading bridge builders want to build factories

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FT Sibiu: casting deck segments in Central Romania!

In Talmaciu near the historic city of Sibiu two Strukturas FT pairs was delivered to Hünnebeck to concrete the central cantilever deck of a bridge integrated in the new highway under construction

The bellow YouTube video shows an intersting timelapse of an early projetc stage

Credits: Drone Works

MSS Randselva dismantling

The Strukturas Underslung MSS Randselva is at its final dismantling stage at Randselva site, after having been used in the construction of the Randselva Bridge access spans deck.

Strukturas is proud to have contributed with one Movable Scaffolding System and two Form Travellers pairs to the construction of the deck of this emblematic bridge, that was the 1st in the world to be completely built as a Drawing Free Project.