Brzeg rapeseed silos

Work / Activity 1
Structural reinforcement /
Additional prestressing

Poland

Description of the work :

Owner :

ZPT

The 16 silos of Brzeg store colza. Each cell measures 27m

height and 19m in diameter. As a whole, the silos, in very bad
condition, required a reinforcement by external prestressing.

Engineer :

FREYSSINET Technical Department

Subsidiary(ies) :

Freyssinet Polska sp z.o.o.

End of works :

12/1999

Freyssinet mission :
Freyssinet installed 55 loops on each cell, as its participation in the reinforcement of these silos by external prestressing. Each
tendon is a greased, sheathed, strand threaded in a HDPE duct ciment grouted, anchored with a Freyssinet 1X15 anchorage.

Photos : Photothque Freyssinet

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