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Replacement bridge Äusserer Talbach

  • Client: Canton Valais 
  • Construction Manager / Reference Person: Dario Micic sbp Ingenieure
  • Construction Foreman: Pierluigi D`Onofrio 
  • Foreman: Orlando Truffer  
  • Construction time: May 2021 - October 2021
  • Construction costs: 750'000.-

Technical specifications:

  • 1'100m³ excavated material 
  • 300m² wall formwork 
  • 50m² bridge formwork  
  • 25to reinforcement 
  • 200m³ concrete 
  • 350to pavement 

Object description:

The existing bridge will be replaced by a new angular skew frame bridge, which has a span of about 4.20m and a width of about 10.30m. The bridge deck as well as the abutment walls are about 0.35 m thick and the abutment walls have a height of 3.20 m. The structure is founded on a continuous base slab about 0.40 m thick and a channel is constructed above it by means of a concrete block camber.

Special requirements:

  • Short construction time 
  • Work in water
  • Wall formwork type 4.1

Special features:

  • Dewatering 
  • Creation of temporary detour

Contact persons

Pierluigi D'Onofrio

Department Manager Pollutant Remediation
Technician HF / Construction manager SBA

+41 79 368 63 62

+41 27 948 05 48

pierluigi.donofrio@volken-group.ch