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Renovation of the Plattji embankment

  • Client: Canton of Valais
  • Construction management / contact person: Canton of Valais / Martin Sarbach
  • Site manager: Jasin Ajeti
  • Foreman: Alain Ritz
  • Construction period: June – July 2024
  • Construction costs: 250,000

Technical data: 

  • 19 night shifts
  • 100 m³  pavement removal
  • 650 m³  excavation
  • 280 m of SYTEC BaFix S roadside safety barriers
  • 1,700 m² of SYTEC TT geogrid supplied and laid
  • 900 m³ of RC gravel mix B 0/45 foundation layers
  • 190 tons of pavement
  • 270 m² topsoil

Project description:

In the Plattji section between Visp and Bürchen, the embankment was renovated and stabilized over a distance of 276 m. The SYTEC BaFix S bank protection system was installed for stabilization. Due to the narrow roadway in the Plattji section, the work had to be carried out at night in several stages.

Requirements

  • Material management & logistics
  • Tight space constraints
  • Night work
  • Short construction period

Special features:

  • The road had to be reopened to traffic every morning at 4:30 a.m.

 

Contact persons

Jasin Ajeti

HF technician / SBA construction foreman

+41 27 948 05 13

jasin.ajeti@volken-group.ch

Alain Ritz

Foreman in training