.A.S.A. is erecting a waste incineration plant in Zistersdorf 60 km north of Vienna, at the site of an old brick-macking plant with an area of ten hectare. The plant has a capacity of 130.000 tons waste/year, the turn-key contractor is Von Roll Umwelttechnik GmbH. The heat generated during the incineration of waste is recovered… Read more »
In 2009, along the S36 Murtal highway in the municipality of St. Stefan ob Leoben noise barriers with a total length of about 2.250 m and an effective heigth of 2 – 5 m were built. On behalf of ASFINAG Bau Management GmbH, the entire technical and creative planning, tendering and offer evaluation was performed… Read more »
ÖWGES (Austrian Residential Building Cooperative) is erecting 79 (1. construction phase) and 42 (2. construction phase) pre-financed flats with sizes between 52 – 131 m². Each apartment has a basement and two car parkings in the underground garage. The architectural design was done by Arch. Dipl.-Ing. Kurt Fandler. The structural analysis was done by convex… Read more »
A multifunctional center is developed on a 12.000 m² plot of land in the district Lyulin of Sofia. The site is situated optimal with regard to traffic, on a main road leading to the city centre of Sofia. The metro station, bus and tramway stations are on the site resp. very close to the site…. Read more »
The Styrian Hospitals Organisation (KAGES) built a new nursery at the Federal Hospital Graz. The nursery, that is a stock up on an existing building, comprises 15 nursery rooms, a nurse base, service rooms and a connection to the escape stairway. The architectural competition for this project was won by Ederer and Haghirian Architects in… Read more »
mondi Frantschach GmbH in Carinthia/Austria has two main production areas, the chemical pulp mill and the paper mill. Within the factory premises, there are railway bridges (reinforced concrete, conventional and pre-stressed; 1- and 2-span with spans around 30 m); support constructions and one waggon weighbridge. On behalf of mondi Frantschach GmbH convex ZT GmbH carries… Read more »
The design, calculation and construction of machinery foundations requires a high degree of accuracy and competence. The failure of a turbine because of an insufficiently designed or constructed foundation can cause costs, that can be very high compared to design and construction costs. Requirements to foundations of different turbine manufacturers may differ from minimum reuqirements… Read more »
A block foundation is a rigid block, that is either placed directly on the load bearing ground or if this is encountered deeper, supported on piles. In these cases, the block foundation is being separated from the rest of the structure by means of a joint. If the block foundation is supported on springs or… Read more »
The blast furnace gas power plant Leoben is within the steel mill Donawitz of voestalpine and generates 70 MW electricity with an AE&E boiler and a SIEMENS steam turbine. The generated electricity will be mainly used for steel production. The steam will be extracted and used for district heating (co-generation). The required cooling water will… Read more »