First hospital with seismic isolation in Mexico City243 isolators from Brazil, Turkey, and Germany protect the Hospital de Tláhuac.
Mexico City. The subsoil underneath Mexico City can be imagined as a giant piece of Jell-O: it magnifies seismic…
Applause on the highway for the Mega-MMBSHamburg: Steel plates bridge 2.5-meter gap on the elevated highway K20.
Hamburg: Steel plates bridge 2.5-meter gap on the elevated highway K20. Hamburg. In September, there was applause and relief on…
30-ton bearings for the new Danube Bridge in Bratislava30-ton bearings for the new Danube Bridge in Bratislava
München, Bratislava. Bratislava bekommt im Süden seine fünfte Donaubrücke. Aufgrund des Brückengewichts und der Hauptspannweite von 210 m…
Noise-reduced expansion joints with special “tunneling”New bridge in the city center of Gothenburg requires creativity and cooperation
Gothenburg. A streetcar running on a bridge is not uncommon. However, this presents a challenge in Gothenburg since…
Record bridge in Shanghai with expansion joints from MunichHutong Bridge on the Yangtze requires 36-m-long expansion joints with longitudinal movements of 1,800 mm.Record bridge in Shanghai with expansion joints from Munich
Munich, Shanghai. Once again,…
400-ton pendulum in the onionConcrete-steel mass block damping vibrations in the Baku Tower.
Baku. In Baku, der Hauptstadt Aserbeidschans, ist das höchste Gebäude des Kaukasus entstanden. Der 277 m hohe Baku Tower ist allerdings…
8-ton mass dampers for the tennis elite in ParisNew roof above the center court of Roland Garros must not vibrate.
Paris. At the next Grand Slam in Paris, the top matches will take place without breaks due to rain – thanks to a new retractable…
Special bearings for the modernized Helsinki Olympic StadiumMonument protection requires highly sophisticated bearing concepts to enable the roofing of the historical arena.
Munich, Helsinki. The historical Helsinki Olympic Stadium is subjected to fundamental…
Roof provides mass for seismic protectionVibration absorbers stabilize 9-story building in Peru against earthquakes
Arequipa, Munich. How can a modern building with a soft-framed structure be protected against earthquakes without investing…
