MASONRY ARCH BRIDGE LIFTING – FREYSSINET’S ELEVARCH® TECHNIQUE STRUCTURE SLIDING – BIGABORE™ TUNNEL BORE ENLARGEMENT LEAK SEALING & TUNNEL LINING STRUCTURAL STRENGTHENING As world leader in civil and structural engineering, Freyssinet develops solutions that combine experience with innovation, utilising its…
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Freyssinet won the award for the best environmental innovation for its revolutionary ElevArch® technique at the Railway Industry Innovation Awards 2017 ceremony, held in London on 23 June. Mark Carne, chief executive of Network Rail, was the guest of honour…
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Freyssinet has been shortlisted in the environment category for the Railway Industry Innovation Awards. The Railway Industry Innovation Awards celebrate the achievements of companies and individuals who are pushing the industry forward by developing innovative ideas. This year’s award ceremony…
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Masonry arch expert Dr Bill Harvey will discuss the development and testing of ElevArch® – a revolutionary new technique for vertically jacking masonry bridge arches in a live-streamed lecture at The Institution of Structural Engineers HQ in London on Thursday…
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Freyssinet is to exhibit at Railtex 2017, held at the NEC Birmingham on 9 – 11 May. Now in its 13th year, the exhibition brings together contractors and suppliers of railway equipment, products and services, while showcasing the latest technological…
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Freyssinet’s Autofoncage® structure sliding technique was used to position a 3,600 tonne reinforced concrete tunnel structure in Champigny-sur-Marne, in the first major operation for the construction of the Grand Paris Express in Val-de-Marne. …
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Freyssinet won the Most Interesting Major Infrastructure Project award at the Rail Exec Gala on 2 December 2016. The award recognises the year’s most interesting large scale railway infrastructure project in the UK. The annual event, held at The Roundhouse…
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Freyssinet successfully completed the world’s first ElevArch® masonry bridge arch lift on Wednesday 26 October. Over 100 guests from the rail sector, including Network Rail, Aktins, Arup, Arcadis, DfT and J. Murphy Group were on site to witness the ElevArch®…
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Innovation is a tortuous path which requires a great deal of support from a wide spectrum of people. The Department for Transport has recognised the importance of promoting innovation and engages RSSB to manage the dissemination of funding to companies…
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Freyssinet started its RSSB sponsored trial of the patented ElevArch® bridge jacking innovation at Moco Farm in Buckinghamshire at the beginning of August. It is estimated that 500 masonry arch bridges are too low for Network Rail’s electrification programme (more…
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