Your solution network HEADQUARTERS VSL International Ltd. Bernstrasse 9 - LYSSACH - CH 3421 - Switzerland Phone: 41 - 34 - 447 99 11 - Fax: 41 - 34 - 445 43 22 http:\\www.vsl-intl.com ISSUE TWO 1999 Australia / South East North East Central East Western Europe, Pacific territories Asia Asia Europe and Africa and Middle East Latin America REGIONAL OFFICE REGIONAL OFFICE REGIONAL OFFICE REGIONAL OFFICE REGIONAL OFFICE VSL Prestressing (Aust.) Pty. Ltd. VSL Singapore Pte. Ltd. VSL North East Asia VSL (Switzerland) Ltd L’Odyssée - Bât. 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Phone: +34 - 93 - 200 87 11 EGLY Fax: +34 - 93 - 209 85 90 Phone: +33 - 1 - 69 26 14 00 Fax: +33 - 1 - 60 83 89 95 SWEDEN Internordisk Spännarmering AB DANDERYD Phone: +46 - 8 - 753 02 50 Fax: +46 - 8 - 753 49 73 Photos: Bouygues’s Photo Bank, Y. Photo Bank, Photos: Bouygues’s X DESAIR-FOTO, Chanoit, G. Maucuit-Lecomte, Stadium Australia - Sydney EDITORIAL H IGHLIGHTS Together, 4-5 let’s create solutions Uddevalla, VSL’s European A year ago, the VSL Group decided main reference to set out its short and medium term in cable-stayed bridges strategies, basing its approach on the Group’s network and the talents of its staff. We have a unique world-wide network of 35 subsidiaries established in more 8-11 than 40 countries. Thanks to our modern communication tools, Internet and Intranet VSL at Sydney sites, when customers deal with our Olympic Games companies, they are in fact given access to the entire Group’s know-how and expertise. Our companies are managed by local entrepreneurs who have an in-depth understanding of their local economic 12 and political environments. They are able PT of the RCBC Towers to provide the proximity services you require at the moment you need them. The combination of this extensive SPECIAL FORMWORK SYSTEMS international network and our talented local representatives, most of whom are qualified engineers and technicians, represents the environment you need to successfully develop your business. Allow me to wish you all a very prosperous 13-17 and happy New Year. Your Specialist Contractor Alain Le Pivert in Formwork Systems CEO and Chairman of the Board PUBLISHED BY VSL International Ltd. Regional Editors: P. Bron - Western Europe, Africa Grand Prix Bernstrasse 9, 3421 Lyssach G. Pash - Australia and Pacific and Latin America Switzerland Tel: +61 2 9484 59 44 Tel: +33 1 69 19 43 00 rewards VSL and Co-ordination: VSL Management J-P. Trin - South East Asia S. Alezrah Korea 41, avenue du Centre Tel: +33 1 30 12 09 42 Tel: +33 1 30 12 09 41 78067 St-Quentin-en-Yvelines France A. Payne - North East Asia Design: Tel: +852 2590 22 22 Red Line Editor: A. Le Pivert Tel: +33 1 41 14 01 80 Tel: +33 1 30 12 09 30 H. Wlodkowski - Central East Linguistic Consultant: Technical Editor: H. R. Ganz Europe and Middle East N. Hargreaves Tel: +33 1 30 12 09 30 Tel: +41 34 447 99 11 Tel: +33 1 43 66 88 05 18-19 2 N°2•1999 BRIDGES - KOREA - S UNGSAN B RIDGE N°1 for the Korea Highway Corporation. VSL Korea is building one of these, the Sungsan Bridge N°1, for the main contractor, Daelim Construction Co. The total length of the bridge is 475 m (4 x 50 m + 77.5 m + 120 m + 77.5 m), and precast box heights vary from 2.7 m to 6.5 m with 12.3 m and 14.4 m widths in each direction. VSL’s scope of works includes the supply and installation of 629 t of 0.6” strands and 21 t of 38-mm diameter stressbars, the concreting and re-bar works for the superstructure and the supply and operation of two pairs of 180-t formtravellers. 1998 Sungsan Bridge project under construction Works began in February and will be completed in July 2001. ■ As part of Government’s Expressway (eastern coastal city), several free Widening Programme between Wonju cantilever bridges are currently under J.K Lee (northern inland city) and Kangreung construction in a mountainous area VSL Korea - JAPAN - 2-SPAN CONTINUOUS EXTRA- DOSED PRESTRESSED CONCRETE BRIDGE This railroad bridge located in Sapporo City in Hokkaido, one of the largest northern islands in the Japanese archipelago, has been completed in December 1999 after 27 months of work. This 111-m long bridge, owned by Hokkaido Passengers Railway Co. Ltd, was built by Taisei Corporation, which sub-contracted the launching operation to VSL. The block units for the main girders were cast on the viaduct alongside this bridge. Once attached, the girders were launched over the existing national roads and motorways. Nose girders were installed during the launching operation, and temporary stays and external tendons stressed using the 9.9-m height pylon.