The North Luzon Expressway project (NLEx) is a large road project, partly elevated, taking place North of Manila, the capital of the Philippines. The objective of the project is to provide a robust North-South road link on the Luzon Island. The total length of the project exceeds 80km.

For this project, Dextra supported contractor Leighton Philippinese with its popular
Bartec solution, popular rebar splicing method in South East Asia.

Bartec is very popular in Asia as it offers contractors a reliable way of connecting rebar. The unique sequence of the Bartec rebar preparation, which starts by cutting/enlarging the bar end, allow to uniformize the rebar before threading, making it reliable over time, evene between different lots of bars.

Between 2015 and 2017, Rebar couplers were used on the elevated segment of the orth Luzon Expressway project project, at the top of the bridge pylons. Couplers allowed the connection between the pylons and the head of the precast beams, which will ultimately support the road.

For this application alone, more than 78,000 rebar couplers were used, in diameters D28 & D36. Bartec range of diameters supported is one of the widest among the Dextra range, for more information, please refer to our Technical Datasheet available in the Download Section.

Bezons Viaduct is part of the extension to the suburban train line E (Eole) of the Regional Express Network, an hybrid transit system in Paris, France, serving the capital and its suburbs.

The viaduct connects the train line E to the existing network with a 96m-long bowstring-arch bridge that allows the lines to pass over the existing railway line on ground.

A proper concrete tensioning system was required to ensure the stability of the 2,000 tons structure: Dextra and its Tension Rods stepped in for that purpose.

The key success factor of this project, both in terms of design and customer care, was the strong collaboration between Dextra and its local partner Freyssinet.

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The Zuari bridge is a 640-meter long 8-lane cable-stayed bridge laying across the massive river Zuari in Goa. The project also includes 450-meter long elevated approaches with only 2 pillars, along with a 12-kilometer detour. The total value of the project is estimated at $227M.

This new bridge will solve the long commute problems across the two banks of the river. Additionally, with the wider span than the old one, this shall also take care of the growing vehicular traffic which its predecessor built some 30 years back.

With the new bridge, the Public Work Department (PWD) aims to improve road safety and ease traffic flow. Two towers and viewing galleries will also be added for tourism purposes. Being started in 2016, the project is planned to be finished in 2019.

Parallel-threaded rebar couplers for the bridge’s pile cages and pylons

For this massive project in Goa, Dextra has been supplying its popular parallel-threaded rebar splicing solutions Bartec for Fe 500 and Fe 600 Grade steel. More than 110K Bartec couplers are getting installed in Pile cages and Pile caps. This is one of the iconic bridge project, may be one of its kind, with Fe 600 grade steel to be a part of Pile caps and Fe 500 grade steel in piles up to 48 meter deep. Pylon is 103 meter in height and designed with Fe 600 grade steel as well.

Bartec is a full performance mechanical rebar couplers, with no reduction of cross-section area of the bar thanks to their parallel-threads. This characteristic makes the rebar connections a strong point of the structure, and can also simplify the project’s inventory: one type of coupler for both standard and position applications.

The bar-end preparation is also supported by 3 high-productivity machines which prepare each bar in sequence: cutting, cold forging and threading.

Dextra post-tensioning bars for precast elements and segment castings

In addition to Bartec couplers, for the bridge’s precast segments, the contractors also opted for Dextra post-tensioning bar systems. PT bars helps the project’s stakeholders carry out the erection of precast segments and the casting of the segments in time, and in a quality controlled manner.

More than 500 sets of pt bars were delivered to the project as of November 2018. Dextra has made supplies to Dilip Buildcon for Yard applications and Launching.

Also, for phase III of the project, Dextra has made supplies to NRS for PT bars and accessories.

The Indonesian Ministry of Public Works (MoPW) commissioned the construction of a new twin bridges project, crossing the Mahakam River in Samarinda, in the East Kalimantan province. The Mahakam IV project includes two separated bridges: the 1,388m cable stayed bridge has a span length of 220m, width of 17m and a vertical clearance of 22m, while the 740m long main bridge has a width of 14m and a vertical clearance of 25m.

Dextra was already involved at the early stages of the project, providing BIM tools in order to integrate the tension supporting system into the overall structural design.

At the end of the process, more than 60 carbon steel tension rods of various lengths were delivered at the construction site. The system’s forks and turnbuckles allow length adjustment to match site requirements.

Dextra’s tension rod system allows for an optimal absorption of the tension loads of the structure. A number of different strength grades and surface finishes are available to fit all project’s technical and aesthetic requirements.

The project was completed and opened to traffic in 2019.

The National Highway 44 (NH 44) is the longest highway of India, spanning 3,745km from Srinagar to Kanyakumari.

As time moved forward, the cities close to the highway expanded at such a pace that the neighborhoods adjoining the highway mushroomed to very significant numbers.

As a result, the pedestrians and light vehicles along the two sides of the road often affect the flow and speed of long route heavy vehicles. It also poses a big risk for those local lighter vehicles and pedestrians.

To solve this problem, the Highway Authority of India proposed the road widening to be coupled with flyovers over the stretch wherein the highway is running through densely populated towns.

The 34-km long elevated stretch of highway in Nagpur-Hyderabad area is being constructed to improve the road network between Nagpur and the capital city of Hyderabad.

The authorities selected a segmental construction technology for the elevated bridges, and each heavy segment was casted in the quality-controlled environment of precast yards.

Considering the substantial size of these precast segments, it has been necessary to source easy-to-use lifting material, capable of sustaining high loads.

Dextra hot rolled fully threaded bars were the best fit to those requirements.

More than 100 sets of fully threaded (FT) post tensioning bars for lifting and launching of precast segments with launching girder have been supplied for this project, along with accessories such as end nuts and couplers.

Dextra FT Bar systems are frequently used for temporary applications such as heavy lifting and stitching of precast elements and anchoring of steel frame supports.

In the case of permanent applications, the FT Bars can be used for the connection of girders and piers in segmental bridge construction.

Temburong Bridge, also known as Sultan Haji Omar Ali Saifuddien Bridge, is located in Brunei Bay in the northeast of the country. With a length of 30 kilometers and four lanes, it is one of the world’s longest sea bridges.

The bridge connects Sungai Besar and Mengkubau. It allows commuters to travel between the two territories without crossing Malaysia, avoiding the four immigration checkpoints on the current route, which is frequently congested.

Dextra involved in this project by supplying 34,000 linear meters of Sonitec tubes for the integrity testing of foundation piles using the CSL (crosshole sonic logging) testing method.

Construction of the bridge began in 2014 and was officially opened to traffic in 2020.

Source of images: https://www.reduper.com/industry/traffic/bridge/sea-bridge/temburong-bridge/

Barapullah Elevated corridor is a major infrastructure project in India. The main purpose of this extension is to ease traffic congestion, as well as to provide a new express connectivity between Indira Gandhi International Airport and east Delhi.

Reinforcing the elevated road with PT bars

For the construction of this flyover, Dextra has been supplying its fully-threaded PT bars, as well as its well-known Bartec rebar splicing solution to the contractor L&T Construction.
The PT bar systems were applied in temporary applications of the construction project. Dextra fully-threaded post-tensioning bars are currently being used for lifting and launching the precast elements of the expressway’s elevated structures.

The Atlantic Bridge project, also called the Third Bridge Over the Canal, is being developed closed to the Atlantic Ocean entrance of the Panama Canal. This $600M project consists in construction of a 1-kilometer cable-stayed bridge, along with access viaducts on both sides and connections to the existing roads, as well as pedestrian and bicycle lanes. When archived, the bridge will allow vehicles to cross the Panama Canal even when the locks are in operation.

One of the World’s longest concrete cable-stayed bridge with Bartec

With its 530-meter central span and its vertical clearance of 75 meters above sea level allowing the passage of Post-Panamax ships, the four-lane Atlantic Bridge is one of the longest cable-stayed bridges in the World. It is also supported by two delta-shaped main pylons, reaching 212.5 meter height.
Dextra Latin America, with its main office in Panama City, was involved in supplying its rebar splicing solution Bartec for the reinforcement of the bridge’s concrete structure.

More than 350,000 Bartec couplers were delivered to the contractor VINCI Construction Grands Projets for the reinforcement of the bridge’s pile cages, pile caps and pylons for up to #14 (dia. 43 mm.) bars. Plus, three Dextra Bartec machine sets have been used to support the bar-end preparation on site.
Moreover, in order to avoid steel congestion in the heavily reinforced areas, more than 50,000 Dextra end anchors Headed Bars are used in the bridge’s pile caps.

The Atlantic bridge is now in its final construction stage, and is planned to open in early 2019.

Phuoc Khanh bridge is a 4.7-kilometer cable-stayed bridge linking Ho Chi Minh City with Dong Nai. The bridge is part of the southern Vietnam’s longest highway, Ben Luc – Long Thanh Expressway, running through Long An province, Ho Chi Minh City and Dong Nai province.
When completed, the highway will connect the south-western region with the south-eastern region of the country, facilitating the transportation between the two parts of the country with improved traffic flow and larger lanes. The project aims to develop the socio-economic activities of this area.

Dextra post-tensioning bars for permanent applications of the bridge

For the construction of the Phuoc Khanh Bridge, Dextra is supplying its post-tensioning bar systems as permanent post-tensioning anchors.
Over 250 high performance fully-threaded post-tensioning bars and over 200 smooth bar systems were delivered to site. Also known as PT bars, they are specifically designed for post-tensioned applications. They can be corrosion-protected as is the case for the equipment supplied in the project. The corrosion protection is done in a controlled facility in Dextra’s factory, before being shipped to site.

To learn more about our products, discover Dextra’s solutions for bridges and viaducts.

The Tuen Mun–Chek Lap Kok Link (TM–CLKL) is a road project between the Northwest New Territories and Hong Kong – Zhuhai – Macao Bridge, the Airport and North Lantau.

The total length of the road is around 9 km, consisting of two elements which are the Northern Connection and the Southern Connection.
The Northern Connection will join Tuen Mun Area 40 to Hong Kong Port through an undersea tunnel, while the Southern Connection will link the Hong Kong Port and North Lantau Island on viaducts.

Dextra supplied 100,000 Bartec rebar couplers for the structure of diaphragm walls and tunnels.

Full-performance Bartec couplers are an optimal replacement for rebar overlapping, reducing both cost of material and rebar congestion at the lap zone.

Moreover, to avoid rebar congestion in the ventilation building structure, more than 50,000 Headed Bars were applied at the top of the columns. Headed Bars act as a substitute for hook and long development length with more simple and effective anchorage.

The Southern Connection was opened in October 2018. The project is expected to be fully commissioned by 2020.