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Temporary bridge, VMD railway bridge Switzerland

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Weekend night-time installation of a temporary bridge over railroad tracks, under SBB cut-off, as part of the preparatory work for the TP3 Uplans between Tavannes and Biel on the N16 in Switzerland, for the TP3 Infra Tunnel SA – Bieri & Grisoni S.A. consortium. With the help of Gyger Levages, the 27-mm VMD temporary bridge designed and installed by LOCAPAL …

platelage chantier eole

Traffic decking, EOLE worksite, RER E

Christelle Valentin Decking Leave a Comment

LOCAPAL supplies traffic decking for the Eole construction site, RER E station, future Paris Porte Maillot station. We are responsible for the installation of the Manitou rotoscopes and aerial work platforms, which help to ensure the completeness of the station above the SNCF track via a physical separation: between the lower floors, where the SNCF train is tested, and the …

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Bridge support, A86 Gennevilliers

Christelle Valentin Lifting Leave a Comment

Striking operation to launch a 170t footbridge over the A86 freeway in Gennevilliers. The challenge? The customer had to launch the footbridge over the freeway in one night, then place it on its final supports the following night. The solution: use of 1000-ton bents and PRS800s to distribute the load from the bridge onto Couturier’s SPMT trailers. Supply of two …

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Temporary bridge, Roquevaire

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LOCAPAL installed a temporary bridge in Roquevaire on behalf of BTPS Méditerranée. The operation took place over two nights, to minimize disruption to traffic on the main road leading to the town. The bridge components were pre-assembled off-site, in Creil, to speed up on-site installation. The temporary structure is part of the work carried out by the Aix-Marseille-Provence Metropolitan Authority …

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Heavy-duty decking, Marseille Saint-Charles station

Christelle Valentin Decking Leave a Comment

LOCAPAL supplied a heavy-duty decking solution to demolish existing concrete beams and reinforce others on the top level (metro) of the Gare Saint-Charles in Marseille. This decking allows it to span the metro tracks without any intermediate support, i.e. a span of 14 ml. It consists of posts, runners, bearers and trays. The benefits? Locapal made the project feasible without …

Traffic planking – Galerie de la Batarelle, Marseille

Christelle Valentin Decking Leave a Comment

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 – NCHPG, Monaco

Christelle Valentin Decking Leave a Comment

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: …

Formwork tables – L16 Saint-Denis Pleyel station

Christelle Valentin Shoring Leave a Comment

Installation of eleven formwork tables Assembly of the first section of Locapal formwork tables at Saint-Denis Pleyel station on line 16. We have installed eleven formwork tables since 14/11/2022. The first six tables were assembled earlier, and our customer was able to pour 315 m³ of concrete on them. The last five tables were erected in November/December 2022. Turnkey formwork …

Heavy crane boom – M10VP construction site, Paris-Austerlitz, 75 – CHANTIERS MODERNES CONSTRUCTION

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To enable the construction of new housing, the M10VP project aims to cover the railroad line linking the Gare d’Austerlitz with a concrete slab of almost 10,000 m². The slab is supported on concrete beams positioned above the tracks by a Mediaco LR1600 lattice crane and LTM1750 telescopic crane. A complex project, impossible without the LOCAPAL-designed boom to spread …