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VSL News 2010 Issue 1 NEWS THE VSL NEWS MAGAZINE • ISSUE ONE 2010 NUCLEAR CONTAINMENTS New generations’ challenges LNG tank Formwork System Moses Mabhida Stadium NUCLEAR 8 SUSTAINABLE 4 DEVELOPMENT Assessing sustainability 4 FACTS&TRENDS 6 EIT: Worldwide first 6 R&D: No voids 7 COVER STORY 8 BRIDGES Post-tensioning solutions for nuclear containments 16 Addressing the new generations’ challenges TANK SITE INSIGHTS 16 FORMWORK Australia: Six months ahead 16 27 New Zealand: Staged delivery 17 Abu Dhabi: Parisian prestige 20 Spain: Tight squeeze for a TBM 25 R&D 26 New LNG tank Formwork system: One system, one cycle highlights FOCUS 28 Fast track road construction with PPCP TECHNICAL REPORT 31 Testing the SSI saddle STADIUM 32 TECH SHOW 32 We shelter the fun The Moses Mabhida Stadium in South Africa will soon be staging the Soccer World cup. VSL placed the arch above the stadium and lifted the cable net roof structure NEWS, magazine published by VSL International Ltd. • Bern, Switzerland Director of Publication: Daniel Rigout• [email protected] Editor in chief: Jane Rousseau • [email protected] Editor : Elisabeth Lichter-Rodriguez • [email protected] Co-ordinators: Carlos Such, Emilie Parati, Doris Tong. Distribution: VSL Communications Design: Red Line Photos: Derek Allan, Philippe Guignard, Hervé Gouband, Christine Mueller-Sinz, David O’Donnell, others Copyright: VSL 2010 • Cover photo: Shin Kori 1-2 nuclear plant, Korea ISSUE ONE • 2010 EDITORIAL VSL, a name that is recognised and highly valued For more than 50 years, VSL’s core strategies have been research and innovation, technical development and achieving high quality to serve our clients. Today more than ever, our key assets are our R&D department in Subingen, Switzerland, as well as our Technical Centres in Singapore and Saint Légier, Switzerland, which bring together over a hundred highly skilled engineers and technicians. They allow us take on the most ambitious technical challenges of building today’s infrastructures. Our teams in 50 countries throughout the world focus on optimising each structure from its very start. Later, during construction, our sophisticated method statements help guarantee project schedules, quality and safety. Clients can count on VSL to mobilise all its technical resources from the outset to optimise costs and other key factors for successful projects, and to minimise the risks involved in their investments. This latest issue of our magazine is showing the daily efforts of our technical teams and R&D engineers to develop systems that serve the booming worldwide nuclear industry and meet a growing requirement for the construction of LNG tanks. VSL endeavors to ensure that its name on a project is recognised and highly valued as a global guarantee of quality, technical performance and reliability both during construction and in terms of long-term durability, with minimised maintenance costs. At the same time, there is a focus on sustainability and achieving the lowest possible environmental impact. All members of VSL staff make this their priority. Daniel Rigout, CEO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Assessing sustainability Initial efforts have been focused on raising awareness of sustainability issues through education, training and encouraging changes in behaviour through green initiatives. Even small individual improvements become major gains. How to measure these efforts? ustainability covers a considered as ‘goal achieved’ complex and wide-ranging however continual improvement is Sset of issues, and VSL has a an integral part of this so the work clear concept of what sustainability never stops. means and does not treat it as a set of easy to manage tasks. Quantitative approach The other main tool is Enablon, a The Actitudes initiative focuses on software used to report the SD actions across seven different performance data online. The themes: content of the report evolves over - Foster a trusting relationship time as performance improves and with our clients, based on priorities change. Reporting is also 4 consideration, transparency and carried out annually, however only innovation the largest operating units report - Incorporate risk management representing 80% of the turnover into the day-to-day running of the of the group (which can broadly be company translated into ‘impact’). The - Lead our business sectors in report covers information such as terms of occupational health and energy use, waste generated, staff safety development, and injuries. The - Develop our employees' skills reporting is again completed by and promote equal opportunity one country) usually by the the Administration, Finance and - Establish balanced, long-term Administration, Finance and QSE QSE departments, and is approved relationships with our partners, Departments. Each of the 42 actions by a senior manager. suppliers and subcontractors is measured against a performance - Ensure that our businesses criteria to assess the current Applying a sustainable respect the environment (design of situation and set an improvement development approach to VSL’s works) objective for the coming year. activities will not only contribute to - Participate in the economic and These assessments are then reducing the environmental impact social life of the regions where we reviewed by the Regional of our activities but will also reflect operate. Management for consistency and the attitudes of an increasing accuracy before being number of VSL clients and However, straightforward consolidated, based on turnover, stakeholders. Self-assessment measurement is useful if it by the VSL Group. Following this a carried out at group level in 2008 describes real impacts and random sample of the self- was complemented by a number of improvement. Which is what VSL assessments are subject to an VSL subsidiaries carrying out their has done, with the two main tools external audit. Each Actitudes own self-assessment at the end of developed to measure the action is graded as 1 to 4 with 2009 to monitor progress and set performance. 1 being the minimum acceptable new objectives. The exercise standard (e.g. legal compliance) allows the whole company to Qualitative approach and 4 applying to a mature system, recognise and share best practices The first one is a self-assessment achieving excellent results and and to identify areas for carried out annually by each incorporating a comprehensive improvement on which future operating unit (typically covering feedback loop. Level 4 can be efforts can be focused. I NEWS N°1-2010 KNOWLEDGE DISASTER RELIEF MANAGEMENT RISK MANAGEMENT Help for Haiti Tips & tricks Drawing mergency Architects provided help following to share E the devastating Haiti the line earthquake, sending a team to f a picture is worth a thousand assess damage to strategic words, then a 3D drawing must buildings and identify places that Ibe worth a million… were safe for shelter. VSL in Development of new cost-effective Australia supported the work via technologies now allows VSL and donations. I Intrafor to use 3D tools for improved risk management. For example, applying the new AWARD approach to foundations enhances comprehension and planning of Recognized by complex projects, situations and details, resulting in better government preparation, understanding and explanation. Clients, consultants, ong Kong’s Labour contractors and sub-contractors Department awarded a all benefit from the very accurate H Bronze Prize to the Central representations of projects. I Reclamation Phase III project in 5 the Construction Industry Safety Awards. Intrafor’s safety manager ISO 9001 Cesar Shum and safety supervisor emo-tech is Intrafor’s newly Jerry Chan received the award on implemented tool aimed at VSL Vietnam behalf of the joint venture team Mcollecting and sharing tips running the project. Next year they and tricks of the trade that are certified are “going for gold!”. I developed on individual projects, but which disappear with the SL Vietnam has successfully project’s completion. It keeps track achieved ISO 9001:2008 of the knowledge and allows V certification, following audits ENVIRONMENT sharing throughout Intrafor (and carried out by Bureau Veritas VSL) of experience, solutions, ideas (BVQI) on its head office and Minimising and good practices, including safety projects both in north and south measures. I Vietnam. I impact ivil project staff members COMPANY SPIRIT from VSL United States are C part of a team designing VSL at Macau Grand Prix and building the Foothills Parkway Bridge No. 2 in the Great Smoky he Macau Grand Prix is Mountains National Park. a major annual event, One of the key reasons for T known for being the choosing the proposed design was only street circuit where both that it accommodated the unique car and motorcycle races are challenges of the site and the held. Race car No. 12, strict requirements to minimise supported by VSL Intrafor environmental impact. This was logos, successfully completed imperative given the bridge’s one of November’s events, sensitive location on a the Macau Road Sport mountainside in the densely Challenge. I wooded national park. I NEWS N°1-2010 FACTS&TRENDS EIT Bars Worldwide first Joining forces with electrical isolation of post- > Tysan Foundations awarded tensioned cables. The project VSL a contract for the supply uses a special EP sheath coupler and installation of 75 temporary developed for this type of work by ground anchors as part of an VSL’s R&D teams in the USA and extension to the Singapore Switzerland. Preliminary International School in Hong laboratory tests showed that the Kong. Intrafor carried out the system could provide a category C structure while allowing flexibility during installation. Construction confirmed the concept’s theoretical behaviour and that the bridge met EIT requirements. VSL’s construction of the viaduct is part of a five-year project to develop Geneva’s railway network. The 330m-long S-shaped structure includes pronounced curves at entry and exit. VSL has drilling works while VSL’s teams > Geneva’s Lect Viaduct marks installed about 85t of strands as were responsible for the the world premiere for the well as 4,600m of PT-Plus® ducts installation and stressing of the combined use of prefabricated and 1,200 duct couplers.
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