2005 - Putzmeister

ContentsLatest News2PM 3723 GB34Latest NewsRecord number of participantsInformation from VDMAColossal hangars for superjumbosTitle StoryRefurbishment121525Not as easy as you think –Diamant Mühle Hamburg refurbishmentBuilding constructionLarge construction site16Power station constructionin Canada's wildernessBackground102024Technology14"Quintuplet" adapts itselfBetween sun and seaNumerous concrete pumpsat Germany's largest construction siteSpecial concrete2226New machinery means ideallyequipped to competeHigh quality requirements even in theconstruction of model concrete pumpsTen in a rowFlexible 20 m "quad" –Universal truck-mounted concrete pumpwith an unfolding height of just 3.9 mConcrete placement on 109 m high pitframeLarge boom concrete pumps inject"Bügelbauten" bookend buildingsApplication28Concreting on water2252043 4new!1621462426101278910Record number ofparticipantsIn December, the Putzmeister Academy islooking forward to a record number ofseminar participants for the 2005 trainingseason. Within a year, over 1,100Putzmeister guests from all continents willhave achieved further qualification in 61customer seminars. The one- to five-daycourses are held either at Putzmeister's premisesin Aichtal or directly at the customer'spremises. The contents are aimed atthe operators of concrete pumps and at themachine maintenance staff (mechanics,workshop managers).In order to reach as many participants aspossible in their respective mother tongues,the PM Academy trainers offer the individualcourses not only in German andEnglish, but also in French and Spanish.Translation into other languages, such asArabic, Russian, Chinese, etc. is carried outon-site by qualified interpreters, dependingon the composition of the group ofparticipants.For seminar season 2006, the PutzmeisterAcademy has again extended its range ofcourses. For more information, and to registerfor a seminar online, see:www.pm-akademie.deInformation from the GermanAssociation of Machine andPlant Engineering (VDMA)The Chinese STATE DEVELOPMENT &INVESTMENT CORP is planning toinvest approximately USD 17.3 billion inthe construction of six hydroelectric powerstations at the upper reaches of theYangtzee (Sichuan Province). One of theprojects has already been approved by theresponsible authorities and is to join themains supply by 2012.It is estimated that the construction of theMessina bridge, one of the largest Italianinfrastructure projects, will start in spring2006. The contract to construct the 3.3 kmlong suspension bridge over the Strait ofMessina was awarded to a consortiumunder the management of the Italian constructioncompany IMPREGILO. The consortiumalso includes the Japanese companyISHIKAWAJIMA HARIMA HEAVYINDUSTRIES, the Spanish companySACYR VALEHERMOSO and otherItalian construction firms. The two towersof the bridge will be higher than the EiffelTower, at 383 m each. The costs of thebridge designed for road and rail traffic, isestimated at EUR 3.88 billion.Colossal hangarsfor superjumbosDubai International Airport, the majorinternational gateway in the United ArabEmirates, has been expanding since 2002thanks to investment totalling $ 4.1 US billion.The project mainly involves the constructionof a third passenger terminal, twoconcourses and one enormous air cargocentre. Completion of the project will triplethe airport’s annual capacity from 22 millionto 60 million passengers. This increase incapacity will be made possible by theintroduction of modern superjumbo aeroplanes.In addition to the expansion of the takeoffand landing strips of Dubai InternationalAirport, there is another major projectunderway. A gigantic hangar complex isunder construction in which it will also bepossible to carry out demanding maintenancework on any of the models in therapidly expanding fleet of EMIRATESAIRLINE and its contractual partners. Thehangars are dimensioned to even be able tohouse AIRBUS A380 superjumbos with awingspan of almost 80 m. EMIRATESAIRLINE has already ordered 45 of thesesuperjumbos, which have ample room forup to 850 passengers.The new “Emirates Engineering Center”includes eight hangars, workshops, a washingzone, an aeroplane painting facility,office space, two taxiways, a mosque and apowerplant. The Putzmeister BSF 42.16 Hshown below will also be used for theextensive concreting work.113PM 3723 GB