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Duba ISCC Green Power Plant 1 is a large power infrastructure project taking place in the North West of Saudi Arabia, on the Red Sea. The project, based on the ISCC technology (Integretad Solar Combined Cycle) is a combined Gas (500 MW) and Solar (additional 50MW) power generation plant.

For Duba Green Power Plant, Dextra supplied its Geotec Double Corrosion Protection (DCP) Permanent Steel ground anchors to prevent soil movement in the perimeter of the excavation.

For this project, Dextra provided a “factory grouting” service, meaning that the anchors arrived at the site as pre-grouted 12-meters segments, ready to re-connect via couplers and to install.

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The Viaducto del Manglar project is a 5.3 km bridge project spanning over the Ciénaga de la Virgen (swamp), north of the City of Cartagena, Colombia. The project aims to reduce traffic congestion when exiting the city in the Zona Norte (North Area).

For this project, Dextra supplied its Headed Bar systems, used into large prefabricated caissons, in order to reduce the reinforcement congestion. That application allow designers to lower the steel/concrete ratio in eleemnts. Headed Bars are also much easier to install, as they fit on straight bar that can be inserted in the case easily.

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Louvre Abu Dhabi museum opened its door on the 11th of November! For that landmark project in the UAE, Dextra supplied between 2013 and 2014 more than 110,000 Bartec connections , easing the reinforcement connection for raft and columns, and allowing the creation of temporary openings for the passage of men and equipment.

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Dextra has recently opened a new logistics center in Newport, UK. The facility will be used as Dextra’s spare parts inventory for the European market and offer a better overall experience to our customers.

Newport will also serve as a base for our European after-sales team which maintains all Dextra equipment at distributor yards and construction sites all over Europe.

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The Bar-Boljare Highway is a key infrastructure project in Montenegro led by the Ministry of Transportation and Maritime Affairs and built by China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC). The 2×2 lanes highway spans over 40km, in seismic environment.

iNGEROP, the consulting firm on the project, required the rebar couplers to comply with ISO 15835 requirements (cyclic requirements as per class S2). For that reason, CRBC chose Dextra Bartec® solution for reinforcement connection.

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Four large diameter soft eyes have been installed in the diaphragm wall cages of the new Singapore MRT Marine Terrace Station during August 2017.

Soft-Eyes are made of GFRP rebar, which is used to substitute the steel reinforcement in the D-Walls of construction shafts. When the Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) breaks through the D-Walls, it easily cuts the GFRP bars, saving time on project schedule and money on equipment usage.

Dextra has been the pioneer of this application since its first use in the Bangkok metro project in 1998 and has extensive experience for in-house design and manufacturing of Soft-Eyes.

The D-Walls installed on Terrace Station also feature Bartec® rebar couplers, a common application which allows for the horizontal re-connection of the station slabs.

Left: Part of the Soft Eye with overlap between steel & GFRP
Right: Bartec couplers in the D-Wall will be used for slab reconnection.

Left: Raising the Soft Eye in position
Right: Vertical position. Circular shape of the TMB breakthrough target is visible in light color.

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Marine Tie Rod solutions can seem at start overwhelming at first as there are many many types of quay walls, anchorage types and ways to connect them with tie rods.

To guide designers through the creation of the perfect quay structure, Dextra has developped a comprehensive step-by-step palette of AutoCAD tool to be used in complement of our Marine Tie Rods Technical Guide. This new tool features our complete range of diameters, grades and accessories.

We hope that this new AutoCAD tool will speed up both understanding of our systems and the design of your structure. For all questions, Dextra Bar Systems dedicated engineering team remains available to support you in the system selection and drawing.

Demonstration

No Youtube access? Download the tool documentation to get a glimpse at how it is used >> Download (PDF)

How to get started ?

1. Download and install AutoCAD palette .zip >> Download (registration required)
2. Download and open Dextra Marine Tie Rods Technical Guide >> Download (registration required)
3. Gather your project loads and identify the M-size and Grade required for your project in our Technical Guide.
4. In AutoCAD, follow the step-by-step approach detailed in the application documentation. The application will help you select the right accessories based on the type of walls on your project. Draw a full system in now time.
5. Generate and add specification notes directly in AutoCAD by simply selecting the block (bar, thread, accessory) you want to specify.