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To remove the old bridge gate from the Papendrecht Bridge, the contractor consortium Mobilis and Croonwolter&dros (CMCP) and its partners Hollandia Infra and Machinefabriek Rusthoven employed a unique method. Because the water depth near the floodwall was shallow, the consortium opted to jack the 900-metric-ton gate vertically and then move it out horizontally. This approach differs from the standard method of lifting with floating derricks. "As far as I know, this method has never been used in the Netherlands before, and possibly not even in Europe on this scale," says Rick van Lent, project manager at Mobilis. However, this is not the only unique aspect of the renovation of this bridge, which dates back to 1967.
It is not the demand for housing and infrastructure, but rather the feasibility of projects that threatens to become the biggest obstacle to the European construction and infrastructure sector. While Europe is grappling with a housing shortage of millions of homes and a growing need to modernize existing infrastructure, labor shortages, complex regulations, financing issues, and outdated practices are putting increasing pressure on […]
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