Infrastructure Products

Project References - the Americas

Matthias Gtz

International

www.mageba.net

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Index

Region/Project

Place/Country

Completion

Bearings

Expansion
joints

Seismic
protrcion

Monitoring
& Services

Golden Ears Bridge

Vancouver, Canada

2009

Port mann Bridge

Vancouver, Canada

2012

Angus L. MacDonald and MacKay

Bridge

Halifax, Canada

2012

Highway A20/A73 Interchange

Quebec, Canada

2013

Ohio River Bridges

Louisville, USA

2014

Verrazano Narrows Bridge

New York, USA

2015

Bayonne Bridge

Staten Island, NY, USA

2016

John James Audubon Bridge

Louisiana, USA

2011

Manhattan West Development

New York, USA

2015

Telmex Building Dampers

Mexico City, Mexico

2014

12

Hotel Mexico LRB

Mexico City, Mexico

2015

13

Oceania Business Plaza

Calgary, Canada

2013

14

Panama City Metro Line

Panama City, Panama

2013

15

Tocumen Airport, Panama

Panama City, Panama

2014

16

Oil refinery seismic isolation

Falcn State, Venezuela

2012

17

Sky Building, Ecuador

Guayaquil, Ecuador

2014

Chilina Bridge

Arequipa, Peru

2014

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Golden Ears Bridge (Canada)

Matthias Gtz

Project description
The Golden Ears Bridge, near Vancouver,
British Columbia, creates an important
new transportation link across the Fraser River. The bridge, with three main
spans each 242m (795ft) long, features
an unusual hybrid cable stayed system
designed to ensure a specified performance in the case of defined earthquake
events. The bearings and expansion joints
for the bridge are also subjected to such
demands, making their design and fabrication an interesting challenge.
magebas scope
Main Span Bearings:
mageba supplied four custom-designed
uplift bearings, pre-compressed for frequent load reversal. Each bearing weighs

The bridge crosses the Fraser River near Vancouver,

Canada

a massive 17 tons and can accommodate

a wide range of loads from 4,170kN to
2,790kN (uplift), longitudinal movements of 3,100mm (122in), transverse
movements of 50mm (2in) and rotations
of 0.039 radians about the x-axis and 0.010
radians about the y-axis.
Expansion Joints:
In addition to the bearings, 12
TENSAMODULAR LR expansion joints
were supplied by mageba. The largest,
type LR17 with 17 individual gaps, will allow longitudinal movements of 1,350mm
(53in). The joints are also equipped with
Fuse-Box earthquake protection devices
which prevent serious damage to the joint,
and the connecting bridge structure, in the
event of an earthquake. The Fuse-Box
also enables the modular expansion joint
to continue to allow passage of emergency
vehicles after a seismic event.

An uplift bearing during installation on the bridge

Highlights & Facts

magebas products:
Type:
12 TENSAMODULAR

expansion joints, with up

to 17 gaps, and 4 special

uplift bearings
Features:
Uplift bearings
Installation: 2009
Structure details:
Location:
Vancouver
Country:
Canada
Type:
Hybrid cable stay design
Completed: 2009
Length:
2,410m (1.45 mi) with

3 main spans each 242m

(794 ft) long
Contractor: GCCJV (Bilfinger Berger

and others)
Owner:
TransLink

Installation of LR17 expansion joint featuring

Fuse-Box seismic protection

Canada

USA
2012 Google

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Port Mann Bridge (Canada)

Project description

magebas scope

The Port Mann Bridge is one of British

Columbias most significant bridge structures, carrying the Trans-Canada Highway
(Canadas Highway 1) across the Fraser
River to the west of Vancouver. As part
of the major Port Mann Highway 1 project, which also includes the widening and
upgrading of 23 miles (37 km) of highway,
the bridge has been replaced with a new
structure, and was opened to traffic at the
end of 2012.

mageba has delivered the modular expansion joints required for the entire bridge
including both approaches. The joints have
up to 11 movement gaps and thus can
facilitate movements of up to 35 inches
(880mm). In noise-sensitive areas, several
joints are equipped with noise-reducing
sinus plates on the surface.

The new bridge is designed for 10 lanes of

traffic, and with its main span of 1,542ft
(470m), it is the second longest cablestayed span in North America. At 164ft
(50m) wide, the new bridge is also the
widest span bridge of any type in the
world.

mageba also supplied, in cooperation

with R.J. Watson Inc., disc bearings for the
bridge. These are designed for loads of up
to 19,000 kN and a number feature double discs to achieve this load capacity.

Highlights & Facts

mageba products:
Type:

Features:



Installed:

Modular expansion joints

and disc bearings*
Expansion joints with
movements of up to
35in (880mm), some
featuring sinus plates
2012

Bridge:
City:
Country:
Built:
Type:
Length:
Maintained:

Vancouver
Canada
20082012
Cable stayed bridge
1.37mi (2,200m)
Transportation Invest
ment Corporation

Contractor: Kiewit Flatiron General

Partnership
* in cooperation with R.J. Watson Inc.

Location of the bridge in British Columbia

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Vancouver

Canada

USA
2012 Google

A modular expansion joint featuring noise-reducing

sinus plates on its surface

Disc bearings (with double discs per bearing) ready

for delivery

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MacDonald & MacKay Bridges (Canada)

onepony

Project description

magebas scope

The Angus L. Macdonald and A. Murray

MacKay bridges are critically important
structures for the city of Halifax, capital
of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.
Having been opened to traffic in 1955 and
1970 respectively, both structures have
already endured several decades of service, and reconstruction and maintenance
works must be planned and implemented.
The Angus L. Macdonald Bridge, in fact,
will receive an entire new deck, and computer modeling of the deck, verified by
measured data, will play a key role in the
design process. The A. Murray MacKay
Bridge, on the other hand, will retain its
existing deck, but will be subjected to significant renovation work.

It was determined that a ROBOCONTROL

monitoring system should be used to
meas-ure and record the movements
and rotations of the bridge decks, providing the data needed by the computer
modeling of the new deck of one bridge,
and assisting in the planning of remedial
works of the existing deck of the other.
The fully automated system makes the
data available to authorized users, via a
secure online interface, from wherever
they may be in the world. By enhancing
their understanding of the behavior and
performance of the bridge decks, this use
of the ROBOCONTROL monitoring system
will be of great value to the bridges engineers, helping them to optimize their designs and minimize the life-cycle costs of
the bridges.

Location of the bridges in Halifax, Canada

Presentation of measured data in graphic form

(tabular form also possible)

Highlights & Facts

mageba products:
Type:
ROBOCONTROL

automated monitoing

system
Installed:

2012

Bridges:
City:
Halifax
Country:
Canada
Type:
Suspension bridges
Maintained: Halifax-Dartmouth Bridge
Commission
Angus L. MacDonald Bridge
Built:
1955
Length:
4,265ft (1,300m)

Main span 1,447ft

(441m)
A. Murray MacKay Bridge
Built:
1970
Length:
3,937ft (1,200m)

Main span 1,398ft

(426m)
Viewing of recorded data on site using a tablet
computer (e.g. iPad)

Canada

USA
2012 Google

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Highway A20/A73 Interchange (Canada)

Project description

magebas scope

A new highway viaduct was constructed in

2013, serving the city of Levis in Quebec,
Canada. The viaduct, at an interchange
between Highways 20 and 73, was constructed adjacent to an existing structure
in order to increase highway capacity.

The end spans of the deck are supported

by conventional pot bearings, but the central spans, which are more prone to damage from movements, are supported by
Lead Rubber Bearings (LRB) which will protect the structure during an earthquake by
isolating it from destructive ground movements.

The viaduct is a six-span structure with a

steel girder deck, with spans of between
40m and 60m and a total length of over
300m. With a horizontal radius of 270m,
it has a prominent curve which heightens the risk of serious damage during an
earthquake and thus increases the need
for its deck to be seismically isolated from
its supports.

The highway viaduct serves the city of Levis, Quebec

Levis, Quebec

Canada
2012 Google

USA

Each internal pier has six LRBs, one supporting each of the decks main girders.
Each LRB has a vertical load capacity of
approximately 3,200 kN. Due to the structures location, the LRBs were designed for
temperatures as high as 40C (104F) and
as low as 30C (22F).

Lead rubber bearing installed in the bridge guided

type, allowing longitudinal movements

Highlights & Facts

mageba products:
Type:
Features:

Installed:

LRB seismic isolators

For temperatures as low
as 30C (22F)
2013

Bridge:
City:
Country:
Built:
Type:
Length:

Levis, Quebec
Canada
2013
Steel girder deck
317m

Lead rubber bearing installed in the bridge

multi-directional type, allowing all movements

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Ohio River Bridges Downtown (USA)

Project description

magebas scope

The Ohio River Bridges project involves the

construction of two new bridges across the
Ohio River between the states of Indiana
and Kentucky. The Downtown Crossing will
connect the downtown areas of the cities
of Louisville in Kentucky and Jeffersonville
in Indiana, and the East End Bridge is located eight miles upstream.
The Downtown Crossing project is a cablestayed bridge with three sets of twin towers. When opened in 2016, it will be tolled
to partially refinance its construction.

mageba is supplying 20 structural bearings

to support the deck of the new bridge. 10
of these are of the elastomeric type, and
10 are of the disc type. A number of the
disc bearings will be installed vertically
to primarily resist horizontal forces at the
pylons. With a service life of 50 years, the
sliding bearings feature ROBOSLIDE highgrade sliding material instead of the commonly used PTFE, to enhance resistance
to wear and abrasion, and therefore maximize overall durability.

The Ohio River Bridges Downtown Crossing connects

Louisville (KY) and Jeffersonville (IN)

Cut-out view of a mageba disc bearing

Highlights & Facts

mageba products:
Type:
Disc bearings and

elastomeric bearings
Special:
50-year service life
Installation: 2014
Structure:
City:
Country:
Type:
Built:
Contractor:
Owner:

Louisville, KY
USA
Cable-stayed bridge
20132016
Walsh Construction Co.
KY DOT

Cut-out view of a mageba elastomeric bearing

Indiana

Ohio River Bridges, Louisville

2012 Google

Kentucky

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Verrazano Narrows Bridge (USA)

Project description

magebas scope

The Verrazano Narrows, a body of water

which separates the New York boroughs
of Brooklyn and Staten Island to the south
of Manhattan, is the gateway to New York
Citys harbor. The bridge that spans the
Narrows creates a vital connection for
road traffic, carrying about 200,000 vehicles per day.

The bridges existing finger joints, each accommodating enormous deck movements
of 2,700mm (approx. 9ft) are to be replaced with new finger joints. Due to the
great length of the individual fingers, they
will receive intermediate support at midspan. The challenge of designing and supplying these exceptional joints is increased
by the need to tailor them to precisely
match existing geometry and conditions.

The double-decked suspension bridge has

a central span of 4,260 feet (1,298m), and
was the longest suspension bridge in the
world from the time its upper level opened
in 1964 until 1981. Currently, it has the
longest bridge span in the Americas.

The bridge spans the Verrazano Narrows - the gateway to New York Citys harbor
New York

New Jersey

Verrazano Narrows Bridge

2012 Google

Various single gap joints, also tailored to

suit the existing structure, are also being
supplied to accommodate much smaller
movements at other locations.

The bridges sliding finger joints, designed for enormous movements, must be replaced

Highlights & Facts

mageba products:
Type:
Features:
Installed:

Sliding finger joints

Enormous movements
2015

Bridge:
City:
New York, NY
Country:
USA
Construction: Suspension bridge
Type:
Road bridge
Built:
19591969
Length:
4,260 feet (1,298 m)
Contractor: Tutor Perini
Owner:
City of New York

3D view of a new sliding finger joint, facilitating

longitudinal movements of 2,700mm

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Bayonne Bridge (USA)

Project description

magebas scope

The Bayonne Bridge connects the City of

Bayonne, NJ with Staten Island, NY. After its completion in 1931, the Bayonne
Bridge was the longest steel arch bridge in
the world, but today it sits in fifth place.
In 2013, prompted by the expansion of
the Panama Canal, a $743.3 million project was awarded to raise the bridge deck
within the original steel arch in order to
accommodate larger post-Panamax class
ships. The significance of this project cannot be overvalued as fully 12% of all USbound international container ships currently pass under the Bayonne Bridge.

To support the newly raised deck, mageba

is supplying 158 RESTONDISC bearings.
All of the approach span bearings are being specially fabricated with the capability
to be temporally locked against longitudinal movements during the construction
phase, but allowing free movement after
construction is completed.

The bridge is one of three that connect Staten Island,

New York to New Jersey

A RESTONDISC bearing featuring custom pintle pins

for easy installation in the approach span

The new bridge deck will also be equipped

with 18 TENSAMODULAR expansion
joints, designed with up to 6 gaps to accommodate 17.7in (450mm) of movement, and 4 TENSAFINGER sliding finger
joints to accommodate 31.5in (800mm)
of movement. Additionally, mageba is supplying sliding plate expansion joints for the
shared use pedestrian and cycle paths.

Highlights & Facts

magebas products:
Type:
TENSAMODULAR LR

expansion joints,

TENSAFINGER GF sliding

finger joints,

RESTONDISC bearings
Features:
Uplift Bearings
Installation: 20142016
Bridge:
Location:
Type:
Completed:
Length:
Contractor:
Owner:

Staten Island, NY, USA

Steel arch
1931
5,780 ft (1,762 m)
Skanska Koch-Kiewit JV
Port Authority of NY and NJ

Deck movements will be facilitated by modular joints

(as shown) and sliding finger joints

New York
New Jersey

Bayonne Bridge
2012 Google

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John James Audubon Bridge (USA)

Photo 2012, Jason Griffith, All Rights Reserved

Project description
In 2011, The John James Audubon Bridge
opened in southern Louisiana. With a
1,581ft (482m) main span supported by
two 492ft (150m) towers, and an overall
length of 12,883ft (3,927m), the John J.
Audubon Bridge became the longest cable
stayed bridge in North America. The structure carries four lanes of traffic 65 ft (20 m)
above the Mississippi River and replaces
the unreliable ferry service. It is the only
Mississippi crossing between Natchez and
Baton Rouge, a distance of approximately
93 mi (150 km).
magebas scope
TENSAFINGER sliding finger joints, Type
GF and Type RSFD, were selected to fulfill
the requirements of both the client and
the designer. Finger joints were preferred

The bridge spans the Mississippi River in Louisiana,

upriver from New Orleans
USA

Louisiana

Mexico
2012 Google

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by the client for their low maintenance demands, and the specific type of finger joint
was determined by the movement demands of the bridge at each joint location.
Cantilever finger joints, type RSFD, were
chosen to facilitate the smaller movements of 12in (305mm) at one bridge
axis, while sliding finger joints, type GF,
were chosen for the bridge axes requiring
movements of 28in (710mm) and 49in
(1,240mm). The GF joints feature sliding
support for the ends of the finger plates
which span across the bridge gap, and a
downward pre-tensioning of the finger
plates to ensure that they remain in contact with the sliding surface below. Weighing 24 tons each, the joints, which allow
49in (1,240mm) of movement, are the
largest sliding finger joints of their type
ever manufactured.

Sliding finger joint with transportation and installation frame, ready for delivery

Highlights & Facts

magebas products:
Type:


Installation:

TENSAFINGER joints of
Type GF (sliding) and
Type RSFD (cantilever)
2010

Structure details:
City:
New Roads, LA
Country:
USA
Built:
20072011
Type:
Cable stayed bridge
Length:
2.44mi (3,927m)
Main span 1,581 ft (482m)
Contractor: Audubon Bridge

Constructors (Flatiron

and others)
Owner:
LA DOT

Installation of a TENSAFINGER sliding finger joint

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Manhattan West Development (USA)

Project description

magebas scope

Manhattan West is comprised of seven

million square feet of office, residential,
hotel, retail and open space located in the
Hudson Yards District of Manhattan, New
York City. Two office towers will soar up
to 67 stories above railroad tracks leading in and out of Penn Station (at 65 feet
below grade). Post-tension segmental
bridge technology is being used to build a
120,000-square-foot platform (of 16 precast box girders, each weighing 2100 tons
and spanning 240 feet) over these tracks,
allowing for the construction of the office
towers without disrupting the passage of
the trains.

To support the enormous platform that

will enable the towers to be constructed
above the busy railway tracks, mageba
supplied 64 RESTONSPHERICAL bearings. These bearings, of types KF (fixed),
KA (free sliding) and KE (guided sliding),
are designed to carry vertical loads of up
to 23,000 kN (5,680 kips). They all feature
ROBOSLIDE high-grade sliding material instead of the commonly-used PTFE,
maximizing strength and thus minimizing
the size of the bearings. ROBOSLIDEs far
superior resistance to wear and abrasion
also maximizes durability, ensuring a long
service life.

The development is located just one block from Penn

Station in west Manhattan, New York

Construction site with railway tracks to Penn Station

being covered by the huge box girders

Highlights & Facts

magebas products:
Type:
RESTONSPHERICAL

bearings
Features:
ROBOSLIDE
Installation: 2014
Structure:
Country:
Location:
Completed:
Type:

Contractor:

USA
New York
2015
Platform beneath
building development
Rizzani de Eccher USA

A RESTONSPHERICAL bearing (guided sliding type)

before installation to support a box girder

New York
New Jersey

2012 Google

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Lerma Building Telmex (Mexico)

Project description

magebas scope

Telmex, the largest telephone company in

Mexico, owns several buildings in Mexico
City. One of these buildings is currently
obsolete due to the new seismic specifications in the city. The Lerma Building is
a 17-floor structure including 4 parking
levels, 12 office floors and 1 penthouse.
The buildings dimensions is 25m x 15.3m
with an area per floor plan of 393m2. The
high risk of damaged in a highly likely
earthquake, motivated the development
of a retrofitting plan. After a detail evaluation of the options, it was decided to add
dampers in different levels in order to improve the dynamic response.

To improve the seismic response of the

building, the engineers in charge of the
seismic retrofitting studied multiple configurations of dampers, evaluating variations of loads, displacements and number of devices. After a detailed analysis
of several configurations, it was decided
to install 76 mageba RESTONSA (Shock
Absorbers) in strategic location along the
building.

The structure is located in Mexico City, Mexico

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Two types of SA were chosen, one for 800

kN of maximum load (50 units), and another one for 600 kN (26 units). The displacement capacity of both types is 50 mm.

Typical RESTONSA shock aborbers similar to the

ones to be installed in Lerma Building

Highlights & facts

mageba products:
Type:
RESTONSA

(800&600 kN)
Installation: 2014
Structure:
City:
Country:
Completed:
Type:
Contractor:

Mexico City
Mexico
2014
Office Building
CTBR SA de CV (Telmex)

RESTONSA ready to be shipped for installation on

a building

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Hotel Via Vallejo, Mexico City (Mexico)

Project description

magebas scope

This building will be housing two different Marriot hotels, the Courtyard and the
Fairfield. The whole building will be constructed on top of a large new mall called
Via Vallejo, located in the centre of Mexico
City.

To improve the seismic response of the

building, the engineers in charge of the
structural design performed complex dynamic analysis, which confirmed that the
best strategy was to seismically isolate the
hotel from the large mall. Therefore, it was
decided that 18 mageba LASTOLRB (Lead
Rubber Bearings) will be supporting the
entire hotel. These devices will isolate the
structure, which is rather flexible, from the
much stiffer malls structure.

The 10-floor building will has been designed to not only withstand the effects of
the severe earthquakes in Mexico City, but
also to ensure the serviceability of the hotel during and after the seismic event. To
do this, the engineers have chosen to use
seismic isolation as a protective strategy.

The structure is located in Mexico City, Mexico

This strategy has been confirmed after extensive three-dimensional dynamic analysis of the structure seismic response.

3D-View of one of the LASTOLRB (seismic isolators)

to be installed in the building

Highlights & facts

mageba products:
Type:
LASTOLRB Lead Rubber

Bearings (Isolators)
Installation: 2014-2015
Structure:
City:
Country:
Completed:
Type:
Contractor:

Mexico City
Mexico
2014
Gallegos Consultores
SIESA

Three-dimensional model of the hotel including the

mageba LASTOLRB supporting the hotel

Mexico

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Oceania Business Plaza (Panama City)

Project description

magebas scope

Oceania Business Plaza is a perfect example of Ultra-Contemporary architectural

design. A great tower with all the modern
comfort and luxury located in dowtown of
Panama City. Belonging to one of the highest skyscrapers of the city, the Oceania
Business Plaza constitutes an innovative
structure within a group of buildings which
have been erected on the latest economical boom. The complex Oceania Business
Plaza is conformed by two towers which
are connected by a 2-levels bridge at store
30. The highest skyscraper is 204 meters
tall and 53 stories high. magebas scope
was the supply of bearings for supporting
the bridge and allowing both structures
move independently. Bringing into service
is planed for end of 2011.

For this project mageba supplied 15

RESTONSPHERICAL bearings types KA,
KE and KF. Bearings were produced at
magebas 100% mageba-owned subsidiary
mageba-Shanghai.

The Oceania Business Plaza located in downtown

Panama City

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Design requirements demanded bearings

which should be able to take max. vertical
loads up to approx. 850 kN, min. vertical
loads of 0 kN, horizontal loads of 1332 kN
and movements of 410mm. The structure
is supported by 15 bearings. The Bridge
structure is fixed to one of the buildings
through one fixed spherical bearing at
each level. On all other positions, support
is provided with respectively two KA and
two KE bearings, allowing bridges dilatation and buildings movements due to
wind and other external forces.

Construction of the Plaza

Highlights & Facts

mageba products:
Type:
RESTONSPHERICAL

bearings
Installed:
2011
Structure:
City:
Country:
Built:
Structure:
Type:
Height:

Panama City
Panama
2011
Building
Skyscraper
207 m

The Oceania Business Plaza

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Panam City Metro Line 1 (Panama)

Project description

magebas scope

The city of Panam is currently constructing a new metro system, which is scheduled to open in January 2014.

mageba supplied bearings of type

LASTOBLOCK Type B for this project. Due
to the length of the railway lines and the
associated structures, more than 1,600
bearings were required.

Line 1 of the system generally follows a

north-south route, from Los Andes to the
Albrook bus station, and is 13.7 km long,
including 7 km of tunnel and 6.3 km of viaduct. There will be 16 stations, including
five elevated stations and a partially-subsurface station at Albrook.
The project is being carried out by Lnea
Uno Consortium (Odebrecht and FCC),
based on a detailed design by Systra.

Panam City Metro Line 1 located in downtown

Panama City.

The mageba LASTOBLOCK bearing is a

reinforced elastomeric bearing, featuring
high-strength steel sheeting vulcanized
into its core. The steel plates are fully enclosed in elastomer to ensure absolute
corrosion protection and complete freedom from maintenance an important
consideration for a transport system which
should not be subjected to closures for
maintenance and repair.

An underground tunnel

Highlights & Facts

mageba products:
Type:
LASTOBLOCK Type B
Installed:
2012
Structure:
City:
Country:
Built:
Structure:
Type:

Panama City
Panama
Since 2010
Railway
Metropolitan railway

One of the metro systems 16 new stations

Panama
Columbia

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Tocumen Airport Access Road (Panama)

Project description

magebas scope

Panama Citys Tocumen International Airport is currently being extended with the
addition of a new terminal. Designed by
Foster & Partners, it will increase floor
space by over 800,000 square feet, with
20 new boarding gates, a duty free area,
a new control tower and a third runway.

To support the structures decks, mageba

supplied 80 RESTONPOT HP bearings
with uplift resistance. These bearings are
based on the standard RESTONPOT bearing which has been a most popular bearing in magebas range for many years,
having proven its worth in countless applications. The recently developed version of the bearing, with HP standing for
High Performance, represents a major
advance in the bearings technology. Durability is much increased, thanks to the use
of improved materials, and the increased
strength enabled the bearings to be made
small enough to suit the main structures
design.

Access to the new terminal from the

Corredor Sur highway that bypasses the
airport is provided by a four-lane road,
part of which is elevated. The non-continuous elevated structure of each carriageway is supported by ten piers, requiring a
bearing solution.

The new viaduct provides access to Tocumen

International Airport, Panama City, Panama

Panama

Columbia

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Exploded view of a typical RESTONPOT bearing,

showing elastomeric pad at its core

Highlights & facts

mageba products:
Type:
RESTONPOT HP

(high performance)

bearings
Features:
Uplift resistance
Installation: 2014
Structure:
City:
Country:
Completed:
Type:
Contractor:

Panama City
Panama
2014
Airport access viaduct
Construtora Norberto
Odebrecht

A typical RESTONPOT bearing featuring uplift

resisting clamps at sides, as fabricated

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Oil refinery seismic isolation (Venezuela)

Project description

magebas scope

In the process of making an oil refinery

in a seismically active part of Venezuela
safe from the destructive effects of earthquakes, heat exchange tanks were seismically isolated from ground movements in
2012. The ongoing operation of such refineries is of great importance to the Venezuelan economy, with revenue from petroleum exports accounting for over 50%
of the countrys GDP and roughly 95% of
total exports. Venezuela has the worlds
largest proven oil reserves (20% of global
reserves), and is one of the top four suppliers of foreign oil to the United States.

mageba supplied six LASTOLRB lead rubber bearings with a diameter of 220mm
and height of 165mm including 20mm
steel connection plates. Each bearing is designed for a vertical service load of 780kN
and to allow seismic displacements of up
to 100mm. The lead core at the bearings
vertical axis has a diameter of 44mm and
provides dissipation of seismic energy,
while the natural rubber (NR) elastomer
around it provides the desired re-centering after the earthquake. To ensure proper
installation and functioning, mageba also
supervised the installation.

The refinery is located in Falcn State, one of

Venezuelas 23 states, in northern Venezuela

A LASTOLRB lead rubber bearing of the type supplied with 220mm diameter

Highlights & facts

mageba products:
Type:
LASTOLRB isolators
Installation: 2012
Supervision: Installation supervised
by mageba
Structure:
Location:
Country:
Type:
Client:

Falcn State
Venezuela
Oil refinery
PDVSA

The LASTOLRBs protect heat exchange tanks from

ground vibrations during earthquakes

Venezuela

2014 Google

Brazil

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Sky Building, Guayaquil (Ecuador)

Project description

magebas scope

The Sky Building in Guayaquil Ecuador will

be part of a commercial complex called
Aerocity located near the Guayaquil International Airport.

The seismic protection strategy chosen for

this building is based on the seismic isolation principle. 64 mageba LASTOLRB
(Lead Rubber Bearings) will be installed on
top of the parking levels in order to isolate
the severe movement at the ground level,
this will provide a comfortable movement
on the structure, and most importantly
the protection against any seismic damage
during the earthquake.

This 15-floor building consists of 4 parking

levels and 11 office floors. Sky Building has
been designed with the latest advances in
terms of seismic protection by the leading
structural engineering company in Ecuador. The structure has been conceived to
withstand severe earthquake without suffering damages that could jeopardize the
serviceability of the building at any time.

The building is located in Guayaquil, Ecuador

Ecuador

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There were considered three different

types of seismic isolator for different loading conditions. Additionally, 44 sliders will
also contribute with the isolation system.

3D-View of one of the LASTOLRB (seismic isolators)

to be installed in the Sky Building

Highlights & facts

mageba products:
Type:
LASTOLRB Lead Rubber

Bearings (Isolators)
Installation: 2014-2015
Structure:
City:
Country:
Completed:
Engineer:
Contractor:

Guayaquil
Ecuador
2014
Consulsismica
Construdipro S.A.

Full-Scale Sample LASTOLRB prepared to be tested under actual seismic conditions in Italy

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Chilina Bridge (Peru)

Project description

magebas scope

The Chilina Bridge in the Peruvian city of

Arequipa, opening 2014, is a segmental
continuous pre-stressed concrete viaduct.
With an overall length of 562m, it is the
longest urban bridge in the country, with
spans of up to 157m. Its two 11.3m-wide
decks are box girders with variable depths.
These were constructed by the balanced
cantilever method with 5.1m-long insitu
segments built using form travellers. It is
in a highly seismic area, requiring large
seismic movements to be allowed for in
the design.

The bridge is equipped with 4

TENSAMODULAR expansion joints - two
at each end, one per structure. These are
of type LR7 (with 7 individual movement
gaps), allowing service movements of up
to 560mm (80mm per gap). The joints
feature Fuse-Box seismic protection, designed to ensure that the expansion joint
will break free of the deck in a controlled
manner during an earthquake, avoiding
serious damage to the deck or the joint itself. This will enable the bridge to be used
in the immediate aftermath of an earthquake, when it might be needed most for
emergency purposes.

Arequipa is Perus second most populous city, with a

population 10% that of the capital, Lima

Sectional view of a TENSAMODULAR expansion joint

with 5 gaps (Type LR5)

Peru

Highlights & facts

mageba products:
Type:
TENSAMODULAR

expansion joints (LR7)
Features:
Fuse-Box (seismic)
Installation: 2014
Structure:
City:
Country:
Completed:
Type:
Length:
Contractor:

Arequipa
Peru
2014
Concrete viaduct
562m
Consorcio Constructor
Puente Chilina

The joints feature Fuse-Boxes, enabling them to break

free from the deck during an earthquake

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