Danube Bridge II Vidin - Kalafat [Bulgaria : Romania]

[Turnovec]

2 October 2010 Update

Preparation of shuttering for Pier PB9


Shuttering of the second stage of a pile at Pier PB10


einforcement of the first stage of a pile cap at Pier PB12


Assembly of the shuttering for the construction of the deck of the Bridge


Execution of the cast-in situ segment between Piers PB4 and PB5


Execution of a stage of the piles at Pier PB9


Execution of the super structure of the Bridge




Adjoining Infrastructure:

Execution of the formwork for the super structure at road overpass Novo selo


Execution of the formwork for the super structure at road overpass Novo selo


Shuttering of an abutment for railway overpass Novo selo


Levelling of a terrain.near the Freight station


Execution of a drainage ditch along the new railway route


Road works at the road junction at Vidin. Entrance

[Turnovec]

11.10.2010 Update on danubebridge2.com

Originally Posted by guster_bo

Bridge:

Assembly of a segment at Pier PB6


Concreting the first stage of the pile cap at Pier PB12


Bridge Construction Works



Adjoining Infrastructure:

Excavation Works at Passenger station


Execution of the platform at Passenger station

[nenea_hartia]

Hi, guys! These are the latest developments of the adjoining infrastructure on the Romanian side:

Originally Posted by most

[nenea_hartia]

Another set:

Originally Posted by most

[Deadeye Reloaded]

Thank you all for the updates! It´s nice to see the progress of the construction works in your pictures!

Great picture! A battalion of truck mixers in a landing craft!

[Turnovec]

New update 18 Oct. 2010

Originally Posted by guster_bo

Bridge:

Execution of trial stone piles at the approach roads of the Bridge



Execution of trial stone piles at the approach roads of the Bridge



Assembly of platform and bearings at Pier PB7.



Shuttering of pilons at Pier PB9.




Preparation for concreting a stage of the pile at Pier PB10.




Preparation for concreting a second stage of the pile cap at Pier PB11.




Reinforcing a second stage of a pile cap at Pier PB12




Construction works for building the Bridge






Concreting a second stage of the pile cap at Pier PB11.





Infrastructure:

Shuttering of an abutment for railway overpass Novo selo



Execution of the formwork for the super structure at road overpass Novo selo

[Turnovec]

25 Oct. 2010 Update

Originally Posted by guster_bo

Bridge:


The last two segments of the bridge super structure in the non-navigable channel



Re-positioning of the launching girder from PB6 to PB7



Transportation of a bridge segment along the super structure, with a wing cantilever cart.


Assembly of segments of the super structure of the bridge at Pier PB7


Assembly of segments of the super structure of the bridge at Pier PB7


Assembly of the eighth impact vessel protection at Pier PB9


Execution of a stage at Pier PB10



Infrastructure:

Execution of the new platform at the Passenger Station Vidin


Concreting of abutment of the railway overpass “Novo selo”.


Concreting of the road overpass “Novo selo”.

[BG_PATRIOT]

[Turnovec]

Originally Posted by guster_bo

The last segment of the superstructure, 16.11.2010

The assembly of the last segment of the superstructure of Danube Bridge Vidin-Calafat in the non-navigable channel of the river was completed – from the first to the eight pier. The total number of the assembled concrete segments is 292. Each of them was produced according to individual parameters in the production plant of FCC Construccion, situated in the vicinity of the construction. The length of the superstructure in this part of the river is 650 meters.

In the navigable channel of the Danube the superstructure will be made with bigger segments, which are being produced and stored in the production plant.

Cantilever wings are being constructed on both sides of the deck of the superstructure with the help of self-moving cantilever installation.











http://www.danubebridge2.com/

[Turnovec]

FCC waved the flag over the erected pier PB9, 24.11.2010

http://danubebridge2.com/241110eng.php



The construction of pier РВ9 of Danube Bridge Vidin-Calafat in the navigable channel of the river was completed. The pier is 38,68 meters high. There are 24 piles in its foundation at a depth from 68 to 80 meters. One thousand and seventy-six tons reinforcement and 6277 m3 concrete were used for their construction. The pile cap, built in the form of a truncated pyramid over the piles, is 6 meters high. Four hundred and fifty-eight tons of reinforcement and 2400 m3 concrete were used for its construction. The pier erected over the pile cap, on which the segments of the superstructure shall be laid in the navigable channel is 11,50 meters high. Eighty-five tons reinforcement and 358 m3 concrete have been used for its construction. In the upper part of the pier PB9 there are two pylons erected, each of height 27,18 meters. Sixty-three tons reinforcement and 332 m3 concrete have been used for them. Nineteen pairs of ship impact protections will be mounted there each of weight from 80 to 120 tons.
The work in the navigable channel of the Danube is executed with the help of barges which transport all the necessary materials and machines. In this part of the river there are four piers which are at different stages of construction. The span between them is 180 meters. Their height will make the passing of all types of ships possible without the necessity to disassemble the forebridge of the ships.

Pier РВ9 is constructed by the companies: “FCC Construccion”, “Terratest”, “BBR PTE”, “PERI” and “ALCOR”.

After the completion of the assembly of the superstructure of the bridge in the non-navigable channel (from the first to the eight pier), the construction of the cantilever wing, on both sides of the assembled segments, is going on.

The bridge construction is 60% completed, and the Adjoining Infrastructure – at 45%.

At the moment the people employed for the construction of Danube Bridge Vidin-Calafat are 975 persons, 80% of which are Bulgarians and 20 % - foreign workers.

Traditionally, in Bulgaria and in Spain the constructors, fix a flag when they execute the height limit of a construction.

[Ivanski]

railroad cargo station


Construction site of FCC in the Free Trade Zone


the bridge

[BG_PATRIOT]

btw, the main projects of the Danube strategy for the territory of Bulgaria and Romania is the construction of two other bridges Oryahovo-Bechet and Silistra-Călăraşi

[AlexisMD]

Originally Posted by BG_PATRIOT

btw, the main projects of the Danube strategy for the territory of Bulgaria and Romania is the construction of two other bridges Oryahovo-Bechet and Silistra-Călăraşi

nice, some specific time frame ?

[BG_PATRIOT]

Nothing specific except that they will look for financing during the 2014-2020 program period. Here is the article from where I read this information, I used Google Translate

Danube Bridge 3 and 4 are priorities in the Danube Strategy

In January the European Parliament will examine key documents

Author: Construction City

The strategy will own financing because the various programs of the region in 14 countries not only from the European Union with 100 million people were granted 100 billion

Among the priority projects adopted on 8 December by the European Commission strategy Danube River bridge are 3 and 4 in Silistra - Calarasi and Oryahovo - Becket, which has already signed memoranda with Romania.

Conceived nearly two years ago Danube strategy is about to start working.

The initiative of the three "no" - no particular self-financing, administration and rules, the symbol of an integrated approach to European policy, to be examined by the European Parliament in January 2011, announced Minister of Regional Development Rosen Plevneliev first in a series of informational meetings Strategy for the Danube. Work of Bulgaria was under the motto "Unlocking the Potential". The objective is formulating priorities and projects that receive funding from other European instruments, yet during this programming period, and the remaining to be priority set for the next programming period 2014 - 2020 г.

River is symbolic river that passes through the richest and poorest regions in Europe. It is much less operated by the Rhine as giving potential for development and conservation of its biodiversity - one of the largest on the continent. This is the strategy of the 14 countries with 100 million people, who together try to solve their common problems and to promote the region along the River. So Natalie Vekshel Directorate General for Regional Development of the European Commission presented a summary of the strategy.

The rationale behind the strategy excludes new funds, because the current provided over 100 billion for the regions along the river valley. With the approval by the Parliament in January will be determined and the Member under the various coordinators of the strategy, such as tourism or infrastructure, for example.

The strategy actually creates a second "macro" of the EU after that in the Baltic Sea. Priority axes include mobility, energy, pollution, employment and security.

Development of the strategy will allow for priority funding of projects when they start negotiations for the next programming period 2014 - 2020, the said Deputy Minister of Regional Development Liliana Pavlova.

The strategy includes specific targets and deadlines, such as increased freight transport on the Danube by 20% by 2020 and restore the ecosystem of the Black Sea by 2020 in the state since 1960, and permanent tasks such as promotion of the Danube region as a tourist destination, construction of treatment plants for wastewater, where appropriate, and more.

Among the projects are symbolic objects such as Danube scenic route from the Black Forest to the Black Sea or cycling route along the River.

Development strategy for the Danube Region unites 14 countries, of which eight are EU members.

Danube Strategy - development plan for the largest but also one of the poorest regions in Europe, will be implemented in all Danube countries in the period 2014 - 2020 D. In this year the document was one of the most widely discussed in the community.

Based on the idea of EU regional policy in the next programming period should be based on partnerships between stakeholders, the strategy seeks to make general strategic planning of a large geographical region, to create a program for implementation of specific projects relevant to the development of the Danube and held throughout European Union.

http://sg.stroitelstvo.info/show.php...014076&ref=rss

[PhirgataZFs1694]

Originally Posted by guster_bo

Мост/Bridge:


Монтаж на защитни елементи за фундамента при стълб РВ11
Assembly of impact vessel protections for the foundation of Pier11


Демонтаж на кран-фермата след завършване на връхната конструкция в неплавателния участък на Дунав
Disassembly of the launching girder after the finalization of the upper structure of the Bridge in the non-navigable channel of the Danube river


Армиране на участък от пътната плоча на моста
Reinforcement of a section of the deck of the Bridge


Бетониране на участък от пътната плоча на моста
Concreting of a section of the deck of the Bridge

Инфраструктура/Infrastructure:


Изкопни дейности по временната варианта на жп линията при пътен възел Ново село
Excavation works for the provisional railway route at road junction Novo selo


Подготовка за облицоване на откосите под пътен надлез Брегово
Preparation for facing the fill slope of road overpass Bregovo


Подготовка за облицоване на откосите под пътен надлез Брегово
Preparation for facing the fill slope of road overpass Bregovo

[Evil78]

Great updates! Thanks.

But guys, PLEASE don't put so many big photos in one post. This page is getting almost impossible to view.

[Nyuszi]

Originally Posted by Evil78

Great updates! Thanks.

But guys, PLEASE don't put so many big photos in one post. This page is getting almost impossible to view.

The photos are perfecty visible even on a 17 inch LCD screen.

[Evil78]

Originally Posted by Nyuszi

The photos are perfecty visible even on a 17 inch LCD screen.

Yes, but i am using my iPhone... just kidding.
Who said that the photos are not visible?
Somethimes it takes seconds to load the page, and it's difficult to scroll, because there are too many photos and because of their size (in bytes, not in inches ).

[PhirgataZFs1694]

Originally Posted by Evil78

Yes, but i am using my iPhone... just kidding.
Who said that the photos are not visible?
Somethimes it takes seconds to load the page, and it's difficult to scroll, because there are too many photos and because of their size (in bytes, not in inches ).

7 photos per post, ok?

[PhirgataZFs1694]

New page=new luck

Originally Posted by guster_bo

Мост/Bridge:



Construction-installation works at Abutment A2



Supervision of the finalized super structure of the Bridge



General view of the completed part of the Bridge in the non-navigable part of the river



Disassembly of the last elements of the launching girder



Work on the struts at Pier PB9



Preparation of the shuttering for the struts at Pier PB9