Penny’s Bay and Kai Tak Community Isolation Facility (CIF) are quarantine units managed by the Hong Kong government’s Security Bureau (SB) Anti-Epidemic Task Force in response to the surge in COVID-19 cases in 2022.

The quarantine units consist of four-story buildings made of containers, with Fortec+ couplers used for each module connection. These facilities were designed for temporary use and will be dismantled once the COVID-19 situation improves.

Fortec+ – BD-Approved Mechanical Splicing System

Fortec+ is a parallel-threaded mechanical splicing system that includes a set of four bar-end preparation machines: cutting, 冷镦, threading, and thread quality testing.

Fortec+ is an approved system by the Hong Kong Buildings Department (BD), ensuring compliance with local construction standards. Read more about the approval

The International Commerce Centre (ICC) is a landmark skyscraper in Hong Kong, located in West Kowloon. This commercial building stands 484 meters high and features 108 floors. To this day, it remains the tallest building in Hong Kong and is the 13th tallest building in the world.

Dextra’s Contribution

Vertical reinforcement is a crucial factor for skyscrapers of this height. Consultant ARUP and contractor Sanfield selected Dextra for the splicing of reinforcement throughout the structure. Notably, both stakeholders had previously worked with Dextra on the Two IFC project, another iconic 400m+ skyscraper completed a few years earlier.

For this project, Dextra supplied more than 800,000 福泰克 rebar couplers, which were used primarily for vertical connections, especially in columns.

Additionally, rebar couplers provided connection points for second-phase rebar reconnection, typically between:

• Columns and slabs
• Columns and beams

In these applications, rebar couplers were aligned horizontally and cast in concrete. The reconnection process was performed later by simply screwing in second-stage rebar.

Preferred Splicing Solution in Hong Kong

福泰克 is the preferred reinforcement splicing solution among contractors in Hong Kong, as it is officially recommended in the Hong Kong Building Material List.

Dextra also operates its own rebar threading workshop in Hong Kong, providing rebar preparation services to its customers.

With a total height of 829.8 m and a roof height of 828 m, Burj Khalifa is currently the tallest building in the world, holding this record since its topping out in 2009.

Originally named Burj Dubai, the tower was renamed in honor of Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the ruler of Abu Dhabi and president of the United Arab Emirates.

This iconic skyscraper quickly became a symbol of Dubai’s ambition to transform into a global tourist hub and gain international recognition.

Structural System

The tower’s structure consists of reinforced concrete construction from the foundation up to Level 156. Above Level 156, the structure transitions into a steel-braced spire. The construction required 330,000 m³ of concrete and 55,000 tons of steel rebar.

The foundation system is a piled raft, consisting of a 3.7 m thick raft supported by 1.5 m diameter bored piles, each extending 50 m below the raft base.

Dextra’s Contribution

Extensive pile load tests were conducted on the tower’s foundation. Additionally, Crosshole Sonic Logging (CSL) testing was performed to ensure the integrity of the concrete foundation, using 20 km of Dextra 索尼泰克 tubes.

索尼泰克 is a fast, simple, and reliable solution for CSL testing, compliant with ASTM D6760, the standard for ultrasonic cross-hole integrity testing.

Moreover, more than 100,000 巴特克 couplers were supplied for the piled-raft extension and reinforcement.

Sobha Dream Acres 是一个占地 81 英亩的大型住宅综合体，位于印度班加罗尔以东。这个雄心勃勃的房地产项目拥有 13 座 14 层高的塔楼，采用预制施工方法，并由配备 Vollert 机械设备的专用工厂提供支持，以创纪录的速度建成。

对于该项目，Dextra 为业主和承包商 Sobha 提供了两种不同的耦合器解决方案，并提供螺纹服务支持。

在 Sobha Dream Acres， 格鲁泰克 预制解决方案用于快速连接预制构件，无论是连接到基础还是直接连接到另一个预制构件。与传统的湿式现场接头方法相比，这确保了高性能连接，并显著加快了安装速度。

在生产线上浇筑完成后，面板被运送到最终位置进行矫直和支撑安装。然后将当地采购的防收缩灌浆料注入空腔。灌浆完成后，预制面板周围的支撑仅需三天即可拆除。

Dextra 不提供灌浆，因为 格鲁泰克 旨在与可在当地采购的多个防收缩灌浆品牌兼容，从而降低成本并简化物流。

为了补充预制解决方案，Dextra 还提供了其 巴特克 解决方案。 巴特克 在整个 Dream Acres 中用于拼接现浇和预制应用的钢筋，从而可以延长预制元件的长度。

为了支持这两种解决方案，Dextra India 负责管理钢筋准备作业。钢筋 巴特克螺纹端根据Sobha的生产计划直接交付。相同的螺纹杆可以与两种螺纹杆互换使用。 巴特克 和 格鲁泰克 耦合器，因为两种解决方案都采用相同的螺纹系统。

Adjacent to the Geomatikum building, home to various departments and research centers of the University of Hamburg, the new “House of the Earth” is taking shape. Spanning over 21,000 square meters, this state-of-the-art facility will serve as a hub for geoscience and climate research. Beginning in 2018, all units of the CliSAP (Integrated Climate System Analysis and Prediction) excellence cluster will operate from this location, fostering close collaboration with the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology.

During 2016 and 2017, Dextra supplied its 格瑞普泰克 system for the splicing of cast-in-place reinforcement across various sections of the building. 格瑞普泰克 couplers, fully approved by DIBt（德国建筑技术研究所） for the German construction market, are available throughout Germany via our extensive distributor network.

For more details on 格瑞普泰克 availability in Germany, please contact Dextra Europe.

索卡塔 is an office tower located on the way to the city center of Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. It is the tallest building in Azerbaijan and the entire Caucasus region. The building serves as the headquarters of the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR).

The tower features 42 floors and reaches a height of 202 meters. Completed in 2016, it is now one of the most recognizable landmarks in Baku.

For this project, Dextra was involved in the concrete works between 2011 and 2014, supplying the 巴特克 rebar coupler solution for all rebar connections. The project was supported by 巴特克 bar-end preparation equipment sets, installed directly on-site and maintained by Dextra’s European after-sales team.

Dextra rebar couplers were supplied to contractor Tekfen for:

• Vertical bar-to-bar connections in columns.
• Horizontal rebar connections in slabs.
• Wall-to-beam connections, where the coupler was cast flush with the formwork in the first phase of concreting. After formwork removal, the connecting rebar was simply screwed into the Bartec coupler.

To enable splicing at locations where rebar had not been prepared with a thread, 维修夹具 sleeves and hydraulic equipment were also supplied for precise applications. 维修夹具 allows for the convenient splicing of rebar where the protruding length is insufficient for a safe overlap.

For more information about the availability of precast solutions in the Middle East, please contact our 迪拜办事处.

i-Towers 是一个由三栋建筑组成的混合用途房地产项目，位于博茨瓦纳首都哈博罗内新中央商务区的中心。

该项目由 Murray & Roberts Botswana 设计和建造，拥有一座 21 层的住宅楼、一座 14 层的办公楼、一座商业大楼和停车位。

对于这座新的哈博罗内地标，Dextra 提供了其 巴特克 钢筋连接器解决方案是博茨瓦纳和南非领先的钢筋连接解决方案。

巴特克 由于其钢筋准备过程的可靠性、高性能水平以及在钢筋安装过程中提供的生产率提升，它通常是高层项目的首选解决方案。

总计超过 20,000 巴特克 两座 i-Tower 的柱子和板都使用了钢筋连接器。

有关博茨瓦纳和南非耦合器产品和设备供应情况的更多信息，请联系我们的 巴黎办事处.

The Car Servicing Building at 2 Kung Chong Road in Singapore is a mixed-use, 7-story facility featuring a basement car park, a car servicing center, and office space. The building will be occupied by the Automobile Association of Singapore.

This project, built by Zhengda Corporation Pte Ltd, utilizes 预制 technology to achieve faster construction cycles. The 预制 元素是由马来西亚生产的 预制件 Eastern Pretech.

For this project, Dextra supplied approximately 6,000 格鲁泰克 couplers to the 预制件, which were embedded into shear walls and column elements.

这 预制 elements were then transported to the site and reconnected to protruding 钢筋/增强筋 by injecting non-shrink grouting mortar. Bracing around the 预制 elements is typically removed within three days of the grout injection, significantly reducing assembly time.