Installation of a crane frame on an intermediate terrace of the HOPEN tower in La Défense, France, during the assembly of a replacement crane. The challenge lay in the installation of 36 tonnes of steelwork on a cramped terrace, 80 m above sea level, with limited lifting capacity, and a very tight deadline to meet the building’s renovation schedule. LOCAPAL’s …
LOCAPAL is building a custom temporary grandstand to accommodate the public and operators for the TV broadcast. LOCAPAL’s Design & Methods department developed a robust structure (110 tonnes) made up of space-saving components to meet the site’s requirements: No road access and need to pass through a narrow opening. The structure can be dismantled to allow the area to be …
Assembly of Belvedere storage gantry completed, NCHPG, Monaco The gantry can take a load of 2 tons per m² and can be used to store materials. The benefits? The posts rest on the Belvedere’s acroteria, leaving the entire width of the structure free.
Tailor-made traffic decks for machinery and pedestrians As part of the renovation work on the 800-meter-long Batarelle tunnel in Marseille, Locapal is supplying 3,500 m² of decking to allow machine and pedestrian traffic, as well as machine work. Locapal’s decking allows machines to circulate inside the gallery to reinforce the gallery vault. Nearly 1/3 of Marseille’s drinking water flows through …
Traffic decking in metal framework, made to measure and supplied on a rental basis. Firstly, this decking will make it possible to widen the roadway for site machinery without disrupting traffic underneath. This structure will then be used to prime the future roadway, which will support the formwork for future structural work. Monaco is the scene of very high-density operations: …
BATIMAT, indirectly, here we are! Locapal built a crane gantry and a pedestrian protection tunnel at the entrance to the Parc expo Paris Porte de Versailles as part of the BESIX worksite for the construction of the Triangle Tower. Designed by Locapal Engineering and Methods. The project, located in the heart of Paris’s 15th arrondissement, is scheduled for completion in …
