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UK ISSUE 17 LARGEST EVER SINGLE SPAN PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE ALSO IN THIS ISSUE... TRAPAGARÁN VIADUCT, YAS HOTEL, CARILLION BRIDGE SLIDE, ROYAL VISIT AND TIGER BRENNAN DRIVE www.rmdkwikform.com SUBSCRIBE NOW EXCLUSIVE CONTENT Get the latest stories and features with added exclusive content VIEW OUR VIDEOS See RMD Kwikform’s equipment in action on a range of projects from around the world SUBSCRIBE Subscribe to Formula Online to receive regular updates and get the latest copy of Formula magazine delivered direct to your door BACK ISSUES Read all the news on RMD Kwikform’s past projects by viewing back issues of Formula on your desktop RMD Kwikform TV and Formula Online! RMD Kwikform’s online TV and news portals Visit our TV channel for exciting videos of projects across the globe or read all about our latest stories on Formula Online. +44 (0)1922 743 743 www.rmdkwikform.tv [email protected] www.rmdkwikform.com/formula_online www.rmdkwikform.com EDITOR VIEWPOINT IN THIS ISSUE Welcome to this, the 17th edition of our Formula UK magazine. Since our last edition, RMD Kwikform has been involved in some extremely interesting projects across the UK and the rest of the world, even breaking some of our own longstanding records! ROYAL VISIT 4 In this edition it is great to see that even though the UK and global construction industry has and continues to have a challenging time, our innovative engineering solutions and programme time saving systems are making a significant contribution to a whole range of projects. TRAPAGARÁN VIADUCT 6 With our attendance at the Infrastructure show at the NEC on the 18th-20th October 2010 now booked, we have taken the opportunity in this edition to highlight some interesting infrastructure projects. Our front cover shows one such RMD Kwikform record breaking project, to provide our longest ever single span pedestrian bridge, crossing the river Ouse for Interserve Project Services. Compare this to one of Europe’s largest viaducts in Bilbao and the scale of equipment used and engineering is very different. SOUTHEASE BRIDGE 8 Moving onto the rails with Carillion, we were able to work within extremely tight confines to help replace a bridge section on the North London Line. But probably our most rewarding story was a recent visit from Her Royal Highness Princess Anne to thank staff for their contribution to the delivery of vital Olympic building projects, including the Aquatics Centre. As an added bonus, Princess Anne also presented us with the ‘Queen’s Award for Enterprise YAS HOTEL 10 International Trade 2010’ for our work in developing the business overseas. Switch on to RMD Kwikform TV - our new TV channel is now up and running with videos of project reports from across the globe. Why not visit it at www.rmdkwikform.tv Don’t forget if you want to keep up to date with Formula online you can visit www.rmdkwikform.com/formula_online TIGER BRENNAN DRIVE 12 Enjoy the read. Mike Follett UK Managing Director, RMD Kwikform MAFRAQ INTERCHANGE 13 WHO’S WHO EDITORIAL TEAM Editor - Chris Lawton: [email protected] DESIGN AND PRODUCTION Edson Evers - Peter Haddock: [email protected] BRIDGE SLIDE 14 For free subscription information please call Chris Lawton on 01922 743 743 or email [email protected] CONTACT DETAILS 15 WWW.RMDKWIKFORM.COM 4 PROJECTS/ROYAL VISIT QUEEN’S AWARD ROYAL VISIT WITH ADDED 2012 THANKS For staff at RMD Kwikform’s head office in Aldridge, a visit from Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal, representing the Queen and acting as a member of the London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games, was the highlight of a 2012 Olympics filled year. FORMULAMAGAZINE/ISSUE17 PROJECTS/ROYAL VISIT 5 QUEEN’S Award AND Olympic ACHIEVEMENTS at A GLANCE Increased overseas business by 185%, to 30 countries, over six Her Royal Highness Princess Anne presents the Queen’s Award for Enterprise years, generating a total revenue International Trade 2010 to divisional managing director Steve Dance of £154m The visit was a double celebration arranged the role played by a number of businesses One of very few UK to present and congratulate the employees in the West Midlands to the delivery of the headquartered construction of the company for winning the ‘Queen’s Olympic Games.” support companies to increase Award for Enterprise International Trade turnover in a recession 2010’, whilst also recognising their “I know all of the staff who have worked involvement in helping to deliver a number tirelessly over the last year to deliver solutions Innovative solutions developed of important construction projects for the and services to a help achieve the aims of to support complex Olympic Olympic games. the London Organising Committee will share Aquatics centre roof construction my excitement and sense of achievement by Commenting on the visit, RMD Kwikform’s being honoured in this way.” Involvement in additional Olympic managing director, Mike Follett said: “It is work crucial to RMD Kwikform UK a real honor to welcome HRH The Princess As formwork and falsework specialists, staff and company turnover for Royal to our UK Headquarters in Aldridge. It RMD Kwikform staff have been working in 2009/10 and 2011 is a particularly special occasion, as she will partnership with a number of construction be presenting us with our ‘Queen’s Award firms to engineer, design and deliver a See the Aquatics centre roof for Enterprise International Trade 2010’, whole range of equipment solutions for construction on whilst also thanking our staff as part of a the progression of work on and around the www.rmdkwikform.tv Royal tour recognising the importance of main site for the games. Work on projects like the Dubai Metro Overcoming engineering challenges to Engineering solutions for the impressive in the Middle East have helped RMD construction the Bridge over the River 2010 Olympics Aquatics centre roof Kwikform to expand overseas Homen in Brada, Portugal WWW.RMDKWIKFORM.COM 6 PROJECTS/TRAPAGARÁN VIADUCT RMD KWIKFORM IBÉRICA FORMWORK AND FALSEWORK HELPS TO CONSTRUCT ONE OF EUROPE’S WIDEST VIADUCTS Formwork and falsework designed and erected by RMD Kwikform Ibérica is being used to construct the main section of the Trapagarán Viaduct, one of Europe’s widest viaducts that makes up part of the the new 36km Metropolitan Southern by-pass of Bilbao – Spain’s most expensive motorway ever! Measuring 41 metres wide, 5.9 metres Construcciones Adolfo Sobrino SA, Cycasa erection of the equipment was all carried deep and 123 metres long, the main three SA, Fonorte SA and Urssa S.Coop), the out by RMD Kwikform Ibérica staff. With span section of the seven lane Trapagarán importance and complexity of this section a total of 2000 tons of equipment used viaduct, that links together four separate of the viaduct, which crosses a rail line and to support the section, its design involved viaduct structures to complete the 786 also overhangs the A-8 motorway, meant a team of five engineers, which were metre long, 45m Euro project, is set to be that getting the formwork and falsework supported by up to 34 erection specialists, one of Europe’s widest viaducts. solution for its construction right was critical. cranes and other equipment. Located in the province of Vizcaya, just Having worked with all four companies on Commenting on the structure and the outside Bilbao in northern Spain, the main previous projects, providing formwork and formwork and falsework challenge Roberto section of the Trapagarán viaduct has falsework solutions for works including the Miranda RMD Kwikform Ibérica project been designed to allow a seven lane toll Euskotren (Basque railway), Barranco de manager said: “Although we have a great plaza to be accommodated in one single Torrent Viaduct on the Valencia TGV line deal of experience in this arena, we have structure. Once completed, this plaza will and propping towers for “Pabellón” bridge never had to come up with a viaduct be tasked with collecting payments for in Expo. Zaragoza, as well as smaller scale formwork and falsework solution on this what will become the new toll motorway projects, RMD Kwikform Ibérica were the scale before. The addition of the two BI-30, incorporating the 36km Metropolitan natural choice for the complex Trapagarán significant safety challenges, namely the Southern by-pass. viaduct section. crossing of the rail line and the overhang onto the A-8 motorway, which had to For main contractor UTE Trapagarán (a joint Using practically the whole range of RMD remain open, also made its delivery more venture between construction specialist Kwikform Ibérica products, the design and complex.” FORMULAMAGAZINE/ISSUE17 PROJECTS/TRAPAGARÁN VIADUCT 7 “From a practical point of view, we therefore had to design a solution that could span the rail line and provide enough support to cope with the A-8 motorway overhang, whilst compensating with the central part of the deck.” “The overall design therefore relied upon the strength of our 1000kN per leg Megashor steel shoring product. This was used to create large Megashor towers up to 25 metres in height, consisting of four individual legs, braced with steel Superslim soldiers.” “You only have to look at the shape and detail of the final formwork and falsework design in-situ to see how challenging and complex box sections formed by multiple faces of “The key to the success of the differing dimensions and inclination. In the final structure was to between the primary beams or girders project was our ability to achieve.” and the deck formwork, we placed our engineer a solution that could steel Kwikstage shoring project in order to adapt the formwork perfectly “Working with uneven sloping ground achieve the curve, inclination and correct conditions, our engineers had to model camber of the bridge deck.” to the geometry of the deck, the requirements for the size of the towers something that could not at each supporting section.