No. 18.

12 – April 2012 Infrastructure Project

Sika at Work

Bridge Projects in Serbia

Full Range Solutions for New Construction
and Refurbishment
The ‘Beska’ Bridge – New Construction

The ongoing construction of ‘Beska’ bridge is taking part between Sika Solution
the cities of Novi Sad and Belgrade near the town of Beska as part HRWR / Superplasticizers
of the full, 4-lane development of the E75 motorway (part of the Pan- n Sika® ViscoCrete®-3077/-5380
European Corridor 10). WR / Plasticizers
n Plastiment® 20 R
The Design-Build Contract includes planning and construction of this Other Admixtures & Additives
bridge. With 2,213 m length it is the longest bridge construction in all of n SikaAer®, Separol® EP, Separol® N, Rugasol®-2 W,
Serbia and the largest bridge in Europe currently being built. The bridge Sika Antisol® S, Betonloser
is crossing the Danube river with spans of 60 m + 105 m + 210 m Concrete Repair and Protection / Ready to use Mortars
+ 105 m + 60 m. Three bridge piers are constructed in the river. The n Sika® MonoTop®-610/-620/-910 N/-412 N,
bridge have a height above ground of up to 40 m. The ‘cantilever meth- SikaTop®-122 SP, SikaTop® Armatec 110 EpoCem,
od of construction’ was used to build the wide spans of the bridge SikaRefit®
crossing the river. This girders were concreted and pre-stressed in Grouting
short, balanced 5-m-sections on both sides of the piers at the same nS  ikaGrout®-212/-318
time (balance beams). Once the centre of the span was reached, the Waterproofing / Injection
framework carriage is moved to the next pier and the procedure was nS  ikadur®-Combiflex® SG-10 M 200, Sika®
repeated until the overhanging girders joined in the middle of a span. Injection-451, Sika® Ergodur 500 Pro
Structural Bonding / Rigid Bonding / Anchoring
nS  ika AnchorFix®-2, Sikadur®-31 Rapid, Colma Reiniger
The Bridge Design was completed by Buro Stuttgart – Leonhardt, Andra
und Partner Beratende Ingenieure VBI, GmbH. Public Enterprise ‘Roads
of Serbia’ is the investor and the Main Contractor is Alpine Mayreder
Bau GmbH together with DSD Bruckenbau GmbH. The leading Sub-
Contractors are Osijek Koteks, Mostogradnja and GPS. ‘Beska’ bridge is
currently the longest bridge which is being built in Europe.

Conclusion:
Sika’s local team full support and service together with high quality
products provided intensive participation in this very important project.
Belgrade ‘beauty’
rises with Sika

The ‘Sava’ Bridge – New Construction

The new cable stayed bridge, which will pass over the tip of Ada Sika Solution
Ciganlija island, carries six traffic lanes and a double track light rail line HRWR / Superplasticizers
as well as two pedestrian/cycling lanes. The bridge is a 6 span, con- n Sika® ViscoCrete®-3077
tinuous superstructure with an overall length of 929 meters and deck WR / Plasticizers
width of 45.04 m. The main support system is a single pylon asymmet- n Plastiment® 20 R
ric cable stayed structure. The pylon is 200 meters high. Other Admixtures & Additives
n Sika Antisol® S
In the category of SINGLE-pylon cable-stayed bridges, with its 376 m n Rugasol®-2 W
main span and deck width of 45 m together with the 200 m pylon, n Sika® Betonloser
Sava bridge is the largest asimmetric cable-stayed bridge being con- Concrete Repair and Protection / Ready to use Mortars
structed in the world at this present time, with almost 16.935 m2 of n SikaTop®-122 SP
main span handing on ONE pylon. n SikaRefit®
Concrete Repair and Protection / Site Batch Mortars
With a main span of 376 m, the bridge over river Sava shall rank in the n SikaLatex® Emulsion
top 10 list of long span cable-stayed bridges constructed in Europe. Industrial Coating / Corrosion Protection
n SikaCor® EG System
n Sikagard®-177
n Sika® Permacor® 3326 EG-H
Grouting / Resin Grouts
nS  ikadur®-42
Structural Bonding / Rigid Bonding
nS  ikadur®-31
Waterproofing / Joints
nS  ikadur®-Combiflex® Plus
nS  ikaSwell®-P-2507-H
Waterproofing / Rigid Waterproofing
nS  ika®-4a
Other products
nS  ikadur®-52 Injection
nS  ikadur®-501, Colma Cleaner
The Preliminary Design was completed by Ponting Maribor, DDC
Ljubljana & CPV Novi Sad in 2006, as a first-awarded concept design
proposal on international competition in 2004. The bridge is to be con-
structed using a Design-Build approach, with the detailed design to
be completed by the contractor ‘Porr Technobau und Umwelt AG’. The
contract will be administered under the FIDIC Conditions of Contract for
Plan and Design Build, (First Edition, 1999).

Conclusion:
Quality of Sika product and Sika’s experience guide this project to the
successful end.
The ‘Gazela’ Bridge – Refurbishment

‘Gazela’ is the most important bridge in Belgrade across the Sava river. Sika Solution
It was built within four years (1966-1970). Structural Bonding / Structural Strengthening
n Sika® CarboDur® Lamelle S 812/S912/S1012
The bridge is 332 m long and 27.5 m wide, with three lanes in each n SikaWrap®-230 C Rolls 300 mm/600mm
direction, and total road width of 21.8 m. It is constructed as a combi- n Sikadur®-330
nation of beam and arch, with shallow-frame beam and diagonal steel- n Sikadur®-30
concrete abutments. The maximum height of the span centre is 22.8 m Structural Bonding / Rigid Bonding
at median water level. n Sikadur®-31/41 CF Normal
Concrete Repair and Protection / Ready to use mortars
The bridge is chief connection line between city center and New n SikaTop®-122 SP
Belgrade, and also carries the transit traffic on E70 and E75 highways n Sikadur®-32
through Belgrade. As such, it is extremely overloaded and a cause of n SikaTop®-Armatec 110 EpoCem
frequent congestion, as it leans on the main Belgrade’s Mostar inter- Concrete Repair and Protection / Concrete Protection
change. On average over 160,000 vehicles cross it every day (not- nS  ikagard®-700 S
withstanding the impeded flow), even it was designed to be used by nS  ikagard®-680 S Betoncolor
40,000. Water reducers / HRWR
nS  ika®ViscoCrete®-3070
Other Admixtures & Additives / Concrete Essentials
nS  eparol® N
Injection
nS  ika® Injection Packer MPS 13/115, MPS 13/70
nS  ika® Injection Pump EL1
n Sikadur®-52 Injection
Sealing and Bonding
nS  ika® Primer-3 N
n F ugenprofil 6/10/20/25 mm
nS  ikaflex® PRO-3 WF
Grouting / Cementitious Grouts
nS  ikaGrout®-212
Other products
nT  hinner C, Sika® Colma Cleaner, Sikadur®-501
Refurbishment project was done by local company ‘Mostprojekt’. The
investor is Public Enterprise ‘Roads of Serbia’ and the Main Contractor
is company ‘Strabag AG’ from Austria. The Main Subcontractor is
domestic company ‘Mostogradnja’ together with local companies
‘Beograd put’ (asphalt) and ‘zolacija’ (bridge deck insulation and anti-
skid system).

Conclusion:
Sika’s high experienced local team introduced innovative Sika’s tech-
nologies and provided all necessary technical support which leaded to
successful project realization.
These reference projects are from:

Sika Serbia
Autoput za Novi Sad 244b
11273 Zemun-Batajnica
Phone +381 11 377 43 37
Fax +381 11 377 47 31
www.sika.co.rs
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