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Hyosung LPG Cavern

Hyosung LPG Cavern

This multi-phase project handled by Hyosung Group will include a propane dehydrogenation (PDH) production plant, a polypropylene (PP) plant, a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) storage tank, and warehouses for LPG and petrochemical products.

The whole complex will cover 60 hectares of the Cai Mep Industrial Zone in Ba Ria-Vung Tau, located near Ho Chi Minh City.

Dextra is supporting the construction of the 240,000-ton LPG underground storage facility by supplying 30,000 units of glass fiber reinforced polymer (GFRP) rock bolts to consolidate the cavern rock face around the 150m deep excavation area.

Injecting sea water inside the rocks around the cavern will create a water curtain that will effectively prevent any oil leakage: in this high corrosive environment, GFRP is the ideal solution.

Dextra GFRP Rock Bolts are cuttable mining anchors based on fully threaded GFRP tendons. The bolts are available in 7 diameters from 20mm to 40mm, delivered with GFRP plate and nuts. Due to GFRP’s lightweight nature, it is easy to handle, transport and installation inside the tunnel.

The facilities are expected to begin commercial operation in 2020.

New International Airport for Mexico City

New International Airport for Mexico City

Mexico City New International Airport is a new infrastructure project designed by Sir Normal Forter and launched in 2014. It is aiming to provide Mexico’s capital with a new state-of-the-art airport hub by 2020. The project is located to the East of Mexico City. The project will install an annual passenger capacity of 68 million passengers, more than the previous Benito Juarez Airport (41.7 million passengers annually, already the busiest airport of Latin America). The project features a X-shaped passenger terminal, 3 runways and a control tower.

For this, the largest infrastructure project in Latin America, Dextra has been involved with the supply of its Bartec Rebar Couplers for the foundations of the terminal building (contractor ICA), the transport building (contractor Sacyr) and the control tower (contractor Aldesa).

Bartec coupler, often prefered in seismic areas such as Mexico, substitute on this project all reinforcement lapping of large ASTM #12 rebar (equivalent 38mm). On such large diameters, it is both faster and cheaper to connect bars with couplers rather than traditionnal overlapping.

Bartec rebar coupler equipment a the New Interational Airport of Mexico construction site
Dextra has provided Mexico Airport with up to 10 sets of Bartec equipment (a total of 30 machines, with each set delivered in a container) for all rebar preparation operations. The impressive setup has been supported by our local After Sales team, training the machine operators and maintaining equipment to achieve optimal productivity.

Singapore MRT Thomson-East Coast Line Extension

Singapore MRT Thomson-East Coast Line Extension

The Thomson-East Coast Line is a future Singapore MRT system line that will connect the Thomson Line and the Eastern Region Line. The 43-km link will add 31 new stations to the existing rail network, with 7 interchange stations.

For that project, Dextra supplied numerous packages, including for example the Marine Terrace Station, where 4 large diameter soft eyes have been installed in the diaphragm wall cages in 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 for most station packages in order to reconnect slabs horizontally in underground stations. Bartec couplers are also used more generally for vertical connections in foundation piles and slabs.

Chennai International Airport

Chennai International Airport

Chennai International Airportis the main airport serving the southern city of Chennai in India. The airport, located south of the city, is the fourth busiest airport in India.

Dextra has been involved in the construction surrounding the airport renovation efforts, which took place between 2008 and 2012.

For Chennai Airport, Dextra delivered its popular Bartec rebar coupler solution, which is the main rebar coupler solution used on large projects in India.

The main contractor on this project was Herve Pomerleau International (HPI) – Consolidated Construction Consortium Limited.Contractor chose the Bartec solution to splice reinforcement in all columns and piers (vertical connections) as well as for the beams and foundation mats.

Thanks to its parallel thread technology and rebar prepared with various thread length, Bartec offers a very high level of performance while requiring only one coupler for standard applications (when one bar can be rotated inside coupler) and positional applications (when no bar can be rotated).

Dhaka MRT Line 6

Dhaka MRT Line 6

Dhaka Metro Rail is a mass rapid transit system under construction in Dhaka, the capital and the busiest city of Bangladesh.

MRT Line 6 consists of 16 elevated stations that are each 180 meters long and 20.1 kilometers of electricity-powered light rail tracks. Except for the depot and some of the LRT (Light Rapid Transit) that would run beside it, Line 6 will be elevated over current roadways, largely above road medians, to let traffic to flow beneath it, with stations likewise elevated.

Dextra supplied various solutions to the project.

  • 50,000 linear meters of Sonitec, an easy-to-assemble and time-saving tube solution used for the CSL (crosshole sonic logging) testing of foundation piles.
  • 1,000 sets of Shear Key system, a post tensioning bar system that acts as a permanent seismic restrainer for the connection of elevated metro precast segments.
  • More than 50,000 pieces of Bartec coupler were also applied for the reinforcement of the station structures.
  • Construction of Line 6 is anticipated to be completed in 2022.

    Brisbane Airport Link

    Brisbane Airport Link

    Brisbane Airport link is a motorway from Brisbane business district to the North East of the city in direction of the Airport. The Brisbane Airport links features

    The construction of the line has been done by segments. Parts of the line are already operating. Full completion is planned by 2024.

    Dextra has been involved since between 2009 and 2011 in the design, engineering and supply of large FRP Soft Eyes for TBM entry/exit points.

    Prior to D-Wall construction, Dextra engineers the FRP cage design taking into account size of the TBM, margin for error, soil forces and more design parameters.

    Thanks to the properties of FRP material, Tunnel Boring Machines cut through the D-Wall in a minimum time, saving time on schedule and ensuring the perfect condition of the TBM’s head.

    On this project, Dextra also supplied Griptec Couplers, used as vertical connections in the D-Walls, barrette piles and tunnel superstructures. More than 80,000 Griptec couplers have been supplied for the tunnels of the Brisbane Airport Link.

    Al Haffar Abu Dhabi Police Training Facility

    Al Haffar Abu Dhabi Police Training Facility

    The Al Haffar Abu Dhabi Training Facility is a project by the Abu Dhabi Ministry of Interior. Dextra has been involved on the construction of the tribune facing a police shooting training area. The project is lead by contractor Express Facility Management.

    For the construction of the seating area, Dextra supplied its Groutec precast connection solution to local precaster Techno Cast Precast to anchor the footing of large precast “L-shaped” cantilever elements, which ultimately will span over the tribunes.

    At the bottom of each pile, 18 Groutec sleeves were installed, fitting on Ø32mm rebar (Bartec threaded rebar is widely available in the UAE through Dextra network of distributors).

    Precast connection with Groutec

     

    For more information about Dextra precast solutions available in the United Arab Emirates, please contact our Dubai office.

    HCMC Metro Line 1: Ba Son Shipyard Station

    HCMC Metro Line 1: Ba Son Shipyard Station

    Ho Chi Minh City Metro is Vietnam’s first rapid transport system, serving the country’s business and financial capital.

    There will be eight lines in the metro system. The first, second, and fifth lines are in the implementation stage, while the remaining lines are in the investment planning stage.

    The project’s Line 1 is 19.7 kilometers long, with a 2.5-kilometer underground segment and a 17.2-kilometer elevated section. Line 1 will run from Ben Thanh Market in the central area to Suoi Tien amusement park in District 9. There are three underground stations throughout the underground section. Line 1 also includes a Saigon River crossing.

    The Line 1 Package 1b comprises of construction of the underground section from Opera House station to Ba Son station, including two underground stations and a 1,315-meter subway tunnel.

    Shimizu-Maeda Joint Operation selected Dextra’s concrete reinforcement solutions to minimize steel congestion in heavily reinforced areas. 230,000 headed bars were delivered and installed for shear link reinforcement.

    Mae Fah Luang Chiang Rai Airport Renovation & Expansion

    Mae Fah Luang Chiang Rai Airport Renovation & Expansion

    Mae Fah Luang Chiang Rai Airport, located in Chiang Rai, Thailand, is a vital transportation hub for the region. The airport serves as a gateway to the popular tourist destinations of Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, and the Golden Triangle. In recent years, the airport has undergone a major renovation and expansion project to modernize its facilities and increase its capacity. As part of this project, Dextra supplied over 180 tons of dowel bars to be used as construction joints for the airport runway pavement.

    The construction of a runway pavement requires a significant amount of planning and preparation. One of the essential components of a runway pavement is the construction joint, which connects the individual concrete slabs together. Construction joints are necessary to ensure that the pavement can withstand the heavy loads of aircraft and the extreme weather conditions. Without proper construction joints, the pavement can experience cracking, spalling, and other types of damage.

    Dowel bars are a critical component of construction joints, as they provide load transfer between the individual concrete slabs. Dowel bars are typically made of steel and are placed in the pavement perpendicular to the construction joint. They allow for movement between the concrete slabs while providing support and load transfer.

    For the Mae Fah Luang Chiang Rai Airport project, Dextra supplied over 35,000 dowel bars, totaling more than 180 tons of steel. The dowel bars were manufactured at Dextra’s facility in Thailand and were delivered to the construction site in stages to meet the project’s timeline.

    The project has not only increased the airport’s capacity but also provided a safer and more reliable transportation hub for the region.

    Visakh Refinery Modernisation

    Visakh Refinery Modernisation

    Visakh Refinery Modernisation Project is a brownfield expansion of the Visakh refinery located in Visakhapatnam, India.

    The project will expand the refining capacity from 8.3MMTPA (millions of metric tonnes per annum) to 15MMTPA, while enabling the production and distribution of the fuels that comply with Bharat Stage-VI, a new emission standard instituted by the Government of India.

    Dextra was involved in the expansion by supplying Unitec bolted couplers for precast beam connections.

    Unitec is a bolted splicing system designed for the connection of two rebars with no thread: its screws will lock both bar ends and complete the connection.

    The Visakh Refinery Modernisation project is scheduled for completion in 2020.

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