The Canada-Line-Bridge in Vancouver serves for the sky train connection of the airport with the city. It is an extradosed bridge with a main span of 180 metres and a total length of 562 metres crossing the north arm of the Fraser River.

The 24 stay cables with a tension force of approx. 8000 kN each are to be subjected to a force measurement every 6 years in the course of the main bridge examination. As already in 2016, this cable force inspection was carried out by VCE by means of the BRIMOS® method in 2023. The measurements took place during regular train operation of the sky train on 18 April 2023.
 

Location. Vancouver, Canada

Client. Structural Technologies, LLC, Fort Worth, Texas

Service of VCE. Cable force measurement

Cyber Physical Sensing for Machinery and Structures

In the research project CP-Sens the corporate partners HBK (Hottinger Brüel & Kjaer), Vestas Aircoil and VCE are developing a cost-effective DIGITAL TWIN-Framework together with the research partners University of Aarhus, University of Aalborg and FORCE Technology.

A DIGITAL TWIN-compatible system is a combination of a physical system, the so-called physical twin, and its virtual digital twin, which can be used for predicting several characteristics of the physical twin.

The physical system (e.g.: a civil engineering structure, a machine, a wind turbine) is equipped with sensors, which enable the assessment of unobserved parameters or quantities not measured (virtual measurement) in combination with simulation models. Thus, predications on the behaviour of a physical system under varying loads (weather conditions etc.) or on the remaining life (fatigue etc.) can be made. The research project shall develop and provide a cost-effective overall solution which can be easily used.

The project with a period of 3 years is financially supported by the “Innovation Fund Denmark”.

The Baltic Hub project comprises the Baltic Eagle (BE) and Wikinger Süd (WKS) wind farms located in the German Sector of the Baltic Sea, within the German Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). The intention of grouping these sites into a single project is to benefit from synergies throughout development and operation.

VCE was awarded the contract for the design, manufacture and installation of five CMS (Condition Monitoring System) units, which will be installed mostly onshore and will be completed and commissioned offshore.

The first installation trip to the shipyard in Aviles (Spain) took place in December 2022, the next is scheduled for February 2023.

This condition monitoring system monitors and analyzes wave height/direction, tower inclination, vibrations of the structure, structural stresses and material temperatures.
 

Location. Baltic Sea

Client. Scottish Power IBERDROLA GROUP

Service VCE. BRIMOS Condition Monitoring System

On 24 November 2022 the VCE innovation prize was awarded within the framework of an academic ceremony in the festival room of Gregor-Mendel-Haus at the University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences (BOKU). Outstanding engineering and scientific achievements as well as innovative technical contributions, which were written as diploma/master thesis, dissertation or habilitation treatise, are recognized by the VCE innovation prize. These papers of civil engineering comprise infrastructure, construction engineering, underground and structural engineering as well as monitoring, assessment and maintenance of structures.

“Construction engineering needs innovative and sustainable solutions and approaches to be able to cope with the complex ecological and economic requirements of the 21st century”, said Peter Furtner, consulting engineer for hydraulic engineering and water management and authorized representative with VCE Vienna Consulting Engineers ZT GmbH. “Therefore, we have the central concern to bring important research results into practice and thus strengthen the innovative power in civil engineering with the VCE prize.”

The submitted contributions were assessed according to the criteria innovation, practice / science and relevance by an expert jury consisting of Univ.-Prof. Konrad Bergmeister from BOKU (Institute for Structural Engineering), Univ.-Prof. Nguyen Viet Tue from the Graz Technical University (Institute for Concrete Construction) and Peter Furtner of VCE.

The awarded papers deal with the improvement of the climate balance and the reaching of the climate targets in the fields of railway engineering, bridge construction and concrete construction.

Peter Furtner and Robert Schedler of VCE recognized the prize winners during the academic ceremony and handed over the prize money of € 5,000.

The winners are:

1st Place. Dr. Andreas Stollwitzer
Vienna University of Technology, Faculty for Civil Engineering
“Entwicklung eines Ansatzes zur rechnerischen Bestimmung der Dämpfung von Eisenbahnbrücken mit Schotteroberbau” (Developing an Approach for the Mathematical Calculation of the Damping Value of Railway Bridges with Ballasted Track) – Doctoral Thesis

In view of the global climate targets and traffic relocation towards rail traffic associated to this for reaching the latter currently the high-speed railway network is being globally extended. Railway bridges must be examined in advance with regard to their dynamic behaviour under high-speed traffic in order to identify occurring and potentially hazardous resonance events and to take measures for avoiding them.

2nd Place: Thomas Glanzer-Unterscheider, MSc.
Graz Technical University, Institute for Concrete Construction
“Schnittgrößenumlagerungen bei Rahmenbrücken” (Load Redistributions in Frame Bridges) – Master Thesis

There is an increasing trend in bridge construction towards integral construction as maintenance-intensive bearing structures can be avoided. A further benefit is the static system as, in contrast to the single-span girder, in the frame system with the same span lower internal forces and thus lower slenderness can be realized. In the paper the load-bearing behaviour of a frame bridge with different reinforcement ratios and soil consistencies was examined, analysed and compared with the conventional linear elastic calculations.

3rd Place: DI Florian Brosch
University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences (BOKU) Vienna, Institute for Structural Engineering (IKI)
“Numerische Modellierung von Festbeton auf Basis experimenteller Untersuchungen und beispielhafte Anwendung an einem carbonbewehrten Betonträger” (Numerical Modeling of Hardened Concrete Based on Experimental Investigations and Exemplary Application on a Carbon-reinforced Concrete Beam) – Diploma Thesis

The carbon footprint of concrete components can be improved by optimizing the geometry and the choice of the material. It is essential to investigate the load-bearing behaviour of new mixture designs and new geometries to be able to evaluate their potential. Within the scope of this thesis the feasibility of calibrating numerical material models was investigated on the basis of experimentally determined material parameters.

On the photo (from left to right): Univ.Prof. Dr. Christian Obinger, vice chancellor for research and innovation at the University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences; Peter Furtner VCE; Dr. Andreas Stollwitzer; Thomas Glanzer-Unterscheider, MSc.; Florian Brosch; Robert Schedler VCE; Univ.Prof. Dr. Eva Schulev-Steindl, LL.M., vice chancellor University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences

Photo credit: Christoph Gruber - BOKU-IT

Koridor RRTS Dillí – Ghaziabad – Meerut je 82,15 km dlhá dvojkoľajová železničná trať, ktorá vychádza z konečnej stanice v centre Dillí a vedie až do Meerutu. Trať zahŕňa 68 km nadzemného viaduktu a zvyšná dĺžka je v podzemí. Projektová rýchlosť je 160 km/h (návrhová rýchlosť 180 km/h).

Projekt bude realizovaný s prefabrikovaným systémom Slab Track Austria pre úsek viaduktu, tunely, stanice a depá. NCRTC poverilo PORR Bau GmbH ako dodávateľa koľajového systému a VCE poverilo návrhom koľajiska. Konštrukčný balík pre dodávateľa koľajového systému pozostáva z prípravy typickej konštrukcie PORR Slab Track so všetkými dokumentmi potrebnými na vypracovanie detailného projektu.

Po uvedení do prevádzky to bude najrýchlejší, najpohodlnejší a najbezpečnejší spôsob prímestskej dopravy v regióne hlavného mesta.
 

Miesto. Dillí, India

Klient. Porr Bau GmbH

Služby VCE. Dizajn trate

The cable-stayed bridge of the A4 eastern motorway over the Danube Canal was repaired in 2009. The works were supported by VCE by means of accompanying cable force measurements. Since then the cable forces of all 64 stay cables have been checked by measurements and analyses every 3 years. The current measurement was performed by means of the BRIMOS® method. In this process all stay cables were instrumented with 3D accelerometers, the cable forces were determined from the vibration behaviour of the cables by means of eigenfrequency analysis and compared to the results of the previous measurements.
 

Location. Vienna, Austria

Client. ASFINAG

Service VCE. Cable force survey

The project is located in the southern part of Doha in the vicinity of Wakrah and Wukair municipalities and is part of the sewage networks of these locations. The project comprises the design and construction of a 13.3 km long TBM sewage tunnel in double-shell construction with 4500 mm inner diameter and up to 61 m depth, 8 access shafts and drop structures, which are all part of the Wakrah - Wukair and Industrial Area sewage network.

On 5 and 28 February 2022 the two tunnel boring machines with a boring diameter of 5,885 mm were successfully started. The two TBMs will bore the 13.3 km long tunnel expected until May 2023 and establish the tunnel’s outer shell by means of segments. Since the start of construction already all temporary shotcrete shafts with a maximum diameter of more than 20m and a depth of up to 63m have been excavated. In the shotcrete shafts the erection of the permanent shaft structures has already begun and the construction measures shall be concluded in early summer of 2024. The design is carried out using the Building Information Modelling (BIM) method.

Location. Doha, Qatar
Client. PORR-HBK-MIDMAC Joint Venture
Services VCE. static and structural design

The motorway subsection Počitelj-Zvirovići is part of the project corridor Vc motorway project in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. With a total length of 702 km, Corridor Vc is part of the international E-road network, connecting Hungary, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. The longest part of Corridor Vc goes through the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and is a key part in the development of the country.

The Počitelj – Zvirovići subsection is 11.75 km long, and the most significant structure on the subsection is the Počitelj Bridge with a total length of 945 metres and a maximum height of 100 metres, the construction of which will connect the two banks of the Neretva River. In addition to the bridge, an interchange will also be built together with a toll station and access roads to the Buna – Domanovići regional road and the M-17 main road as well as three viaducts, a tunnel and an open route.

Currently the pylons and the 1-kilometre-long tunnel have been largely completed. The bridge deck will be erected in the next few months in cantilever method with 2x2 cantilever carriages. In addition, the construction of an 800-metre-long slope section in steep rock with 60 high berms and two smaller bridges is under progress.

Location. BiH

Client. Autoceste Federacije Bosne i Hercegovine ltd. Mostar

Services VCE. technical assistance

After conclusion of building phase 1 the building measures of building phase 2 were started in summer 2021. In the course of safety restoration at the Vienna University of Technology the evacuation system is reconsidered, and a link of the existing corridors is established. Appropriately, new hydrant risers and boxes are erected. Safety and corridor lighting as well as the electric lines are completely renewed. Furthermore, new seminar rooms are built in the Panigl wing in building phase 3.

Currently the completion of building phase 2 is in progress. The last painting activities are carried out so that operation can start in Karl’s wing in the summer semester. At the same time the first demolition measures of building phase 3 have started in Panigl wing.

Location. Vienna, Austria

Client. Consortium PM1 + ITAC

Services. Statical and structural design and check engineer according to the Viennese Building Code

Due to the high traffic load the southern ring motorway through the town of Groningen (A7, Ring Zuid) is repaired on a total length of 12 km and is partly newly built. In this process the existing motorway is demolished between km 197.6 and km 198.9 and will run underground in future. Building 19, established in this connection, is a double-cell tunnel construction in open construction method with 4lanes each per direction. The approx. 35 m wide structure has both open trough areas and "classical" closed tunnel areas.

Planning was carried out using the method Building Information Modelling (BIM). This included the modelling, plan derivation from the models and above all the 3D coordination with fixtures and outbuildings under consideration of the construction stages. Subsequently the model is being used by the construction company for documentation and work preparation.

The progress of the execution works differs over the 1,2 km long structure. In some excavation pit (building pit compartments), the underwater concrete slab was poured and in the next step the base slab of the final construction will be casted. In other excavation compartments, the shell construction of the structure has already been completed and the next step contains the entire architectural and electro-mechanical equipment of the structure.

Location. Groningen, The Netherlands

Client. Combinatie Herepoort

Services of VCE. Submission Design, Construction design, structural design und Tracking implemented solutions on the construction site

Kömürhan Bridge is a newly built cable-stayed bridge over the Euphrates near the city of Elazig in Turkey. The bridge has a total length of 660 metres with a main span of 380 metres and a pylon height of 160 metres.

The bridge was equipped with a permanent monitoring system by VCE. This monitoring system comprises 56 sensors with 86 measuring channels. All measurement data are automatically evaluated and visualized in the password-protected BRIMOS web-user-interface and provided to clients. The scope of services additionally included a load test after completion of the bridge.

Location. Elazig, Türkei
Client. Dogus-Gülsan Kömürhan Santiyesi
Services of VCE. Concept, preliminary design, detailed design for the monitoring system; supply, installation and acceptance test; evaluation software, web-user-interface; load test

The bridge deck has been completed on 22nd of September 2021 with the casting of the stitch in the middle of the bridge. The remaining works include tensioning of the remaining pre-stressing cables, activation of bearings, tuning of stay-cable forces, installation of parapets and barriers, application of asphalt and installation of expansion joints, lighting, drainage, road signs etc.

Gewan Island Stay-cable bridge provides a connection to the newly constructed Gewan Island, located between The Pearl, Qatar and Lusail.

The bridge design by Dar Al-Handasah defines a complex bridge geometrie with an S-shape in plan view, two pylons on pile foundations and a concrete deck supported by 72 parallel strand stay-cables.

Because the construction has to be performed while traffic on the main traffic connection with the luxury residential area The Pearl Qatar has to be maintained, the bridge is constructed using the free cantilever erection method. Both pylons, the abutments and parts of the deck will be cast in-situ, while the biggest part of the deck will be constructed from pre-cast concrete segments.

Bridge length: 70m+110m+70m=250 m
Height pylons: approx. 50 m

Location. Doha, Qatar
Client. PORR-MIDMAC
Service. Construction Engineering

Webcam.  gewanislandentrancebridge.com

The university at Vienna’s Schillerplatz has been elaborately rehabilitated and extended for the last three and a half years. By autumn the final works shall be concluded and the Academy of Fine Arts shall shine in new splendour. The normal study programme shall be resumed at the beginning of the winter semester 2021/2022.

The listed building with 17,300 square metres of existing useful area and 500 square metres of new useful area as well as 1,000 square metres of open areas was erected between 1872 and 1877 according to plans by the architect Theophil Hansen.

In the course of the construction works extensive restoration of floor, wall and ceiling areas, furniture as well as ceiling frescoes was carried out. Historic doors and windows but also parquet and terrazzo floors were renovated. One of the new elements of the Academy is the establishment of a subterranean depot including a study room in front in one of the courtyards of the building.

Due to the renewal of the technical building equipment as well as a reinforcement of the exterior windows and roofs it was possible to create a modern university site from the historic building.

Client. BIG-Unternehmensbereich Universitäten

Services in consortium with FCP. Site supervision, health & safety engineering

Baurat h.c. Dipl.-Ing. Peter Fritsch died at the age of 81 after a longer illness on 7 June 2021.

Peter Fritsch was born in Vienna in 1940 and joined the Viennese office of the bridge construction pioneer Kurt Wenzel after his studies of civil engineering at the Technical University in Vienna in 1966.

From the beginning of his professional career Baurat Fritsch had been always closely involved in bridge construction and the big bridge structures which were built in Austria in the 1960s to 1980s. Thereby he acquired an excellent reputation as a bridge construction engineer.  

Together with his congenial partner Gerd Chiari Mr. Fritsch already realized at a very early stage that Austrian bridge design competence was also in great demand internationally and thus he spread this know-how under the name VCE Vienna Consulting Engineers as far as to Taiwan and South Korea. Highlights were doubtlessly the design services for the Olympic Grand Bridge in Seoul and for the Kao Ping Hsi Bridge in Taiwan. Mr. Fritsch had the honour to accept the Austrian Award for International Consulting for both of the outstanding cable-stayed bridges with ground-breaking dimensions for that time.

Peter Fritsch stands for entrepreneurial spirit combined with expertise in FCP.VCE.

Apart from his wife, Peter Fritsch leaves behind two adult sons, daughters-in-law and several grandchildren. We wish his family a lot of strength in these difficult days.  

The FCP.VCE company group will always keep respectful memories of Baurat h.c. Dipl.-Ing. Peter Fritsch. His spirit will live on in our company.

On 26 April 2021, a passenger train passed the eastern Gasworks Tunnel to the railway station King’s Cross for the first time in 40 years again. The ballast-less track was designed by FCP together with the executing company Rhomberg Sersa UK.

The East Coast Main Line connects Edinburgh in Scotland with the railway station King’s Cross in London. Directly before the terminal King’s Cross there are the three Gasworks Tunnels (West, Middle and East), which were built between 1852 and 1892. The tracks in the eastern tunnel were removed and closed in 1977.

Within the scope of a major modernization in 2020 and at the beginning of 2021 extensive construction measures were carried out at the East Coast Line and in particular in the area of the railway station King’s Cross. As part of it the eastern Gasworks Tunnel was equipped with two tracks and respective overhead power supply systems so that the railway station can now be reached by two additional tracks, which considerably increases the total capacity. Due to the constricted space available in the existing tunnel the ballast-less system Slab Track Austria by the company. Porr using track base plates with a width of 2.12m was especially suitable. The route in the tunnel partly runs directly below a residential building which is why the track base plates were equipped with elastic mats at the bottom side for a mitigation of vibrations in this area. In the tunnel a transfer point with the system LVT was established as well.

The ballast-less track was designed together with the executing company Rhomberg Sersa UK:

• detailed structural design of track base plates according to UK standard for soled and unsoled systems
• calculation and determination of the vibration-related properties for the soled track base plate
• design of the expansion joint between slab track and earthwork with transition module V-TRAS
• design of ballast-less track in the tunnel (track base plate and turnout), the transition areas at the adjoining earthwork incl. drainage in BIM at a collaborative overall model (Project Wise, Bentley Open Rail), which displays all subsections as a whole

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Bridge construction in a different way? 300m of a bridge formed, reinforced and concreted on only 30m? Among many tried and tested bridge construction methods one is particularly standing out, the incremental launching method (ILM). In this method the whole bridge is built in sections (incrementally) at one bridge end (in the so-called “base”), the individual sections are connected by means of prestressing and then shifted along the longitudinal bridge direction by means of hydraulic presses. This happens until the leading end of the bridge arrives at the “correct” position.

Two further features of this construction method: incremental launching is done in a weekly cycle: on Monday prestressing and shifting is done, up to Friday reinforcing and concreting of the next section and hardening over the weekend. Thus 20-30m of bridge per week are created. In order not to stress the structure too much during shifting, a so-called launching nose helps: the latter is connected with the first section and reaches up to the next pylon – consequently a continuous beam is established from the beginning.

On the project: On behalf of ASFINAG the company. Massivbau builds three new bridges in ILM along the new S7 Fürstenfelder Express Highway. The bridges have total lengths of 310, 180 and 265m with maximum spans of 38.5, 32.0 and 40.0m. As originally another construction method (formwork carriage) was planned and contracted, a special challenge has to be coped with: rescheduling to the new building method in the coursed of detailed design.

Incremental launching has already been started at the first bridge, for the other objects the substruction is just being established – as in all three bridges the same launching nose is used, they are built one after the other. Therefore, some weeks will pass until the last bridge is completed.

Client. Massivbau

Services. Detailed structural design (structural analysis, formwork, reinforcement) incl. rescheduling to the ILM method

Big rocks are thrown from a bridge over the Sill river – what is behind all this?

> VIDEO of the 3 drops

The motorway bridge of A13 over the Sill river in direction of Innsbruck, shall be removed and replaced with a new structure. The scenario to be checked is that the deck slab and the pillars are conventionally removed and the remaining hollow arch is blasted.

The vibrations through the detonation itself have already been determined by in an experiment and are not subject of the present study. What has to be analysed is the following collapse of the arch, its impact on the valley bottom as well as on the slopes and the resulting vibrations of the neighbouring bridge objects, the A14 bridge in direction of Brenner as well as the Sonnenburg railway bridge of the ÖBB.

An experimental approach was chosen in which three defined falling weights (boulders of approx. 5t) were thrown from the A13 bridge in direction of Brenner in such a way that they hit the valley bottom and produce a defined vibration with their known kinetic energy. The aim was to perform an impact both on the bare rock and on the gravel bank (orthographically the left, northern bank).

The punctiform vibrations at the two concerned bridges and the pylon were documented by measurements and the local dissemination characteristic along the orthographically right river bank was determined in the course of the experiment.

On the basis of these measurement data, dissemination laws, energy relations and transfer functions the measured vibration signals of the punctiform impact of the falling weight were assembled to a linear excitation with the expected impacts according to the blasting concept (concrete parts of max. 8m³, approx. 9.2t) with their energy (total mass of 1470t, falling height of max. 65m) and the expected timing (in accordance with the arch and valley geometry) and their effect on the bridges to be inspected was determined. In order to be able to assess the spectrum, several impact conditions (rock, gravel, inclination) as well as the assumptions were varied.

Client. ASFINAG

Service. Concept, test planning and execution, forecasting, survey

At the beginning of September the MQ Libelle, a modern pavilion for use as a culture and event site, was opened on the roof of the Leopold Museum, which is part of the Museum Quarter in Vienna’s city centre.

Thanks to the transparent facade design and the ample roof terrace areas the guests will be offered an impressive view on Vienna’s city centre.

MQ Libelle was designed by the architects Laurids and Manfred Ortner, who have realized the area of the Museum Quarter area in its current form. Artistic interventions: installation pools of light by Brigitte Kowanz and facade design of the pavilion by Eva Schlegel.

Client. Museumsquartier Errichtungs- und Betriebsges.m.b.H.

Services. Design-build, tender procedure, construction coordination, site supervision, check engineering according to Vienna’s building code, building dynamics & vibration protection

After a multi-stage renovation the project "Adaptation and Extension of Rudolfinerhaus" was completed in autumn 2020. Five new wards were put into operation in the private hospital in Vienna-Döbling with a total of 80 patient-friendly single rooms with sunny loggias and terraces. The clinic also opened the new Wilczek Pavilion and the Rudolfinerhaus Campus for health and nursing education.

In the first construction stage (February 2018 - March 2019) the Billroth Pavilion was heightened and rehabilitated and in this connection 37 new patient rooms were erected.

The second construction stage with a construction period of 15 months (July2019 - September 2020) comprised the redesign of the forecourt and the entrance area of the Rudolfinerhaus private hospital. A generous and barrier-free access to the building for picking up and dropping off patients was created and the subterranean garage was linked to the building by erecting porches. The entrance and foyer area was modernized and reconstructed to an attractive area thanks to a new light-flooded design. Parallel to the construction measures on the forecourt the partial demolition of the Wilczek Pavilion and the new erection of the pavilion with southern side patient rooms as well as the extension of the attic for the teaching programme on the Campus started at the beginning of July 2019.

Client. Rudolfiner-Verein Rotes Kreuz

Services. Site supervision, health and safety engineering, electrical and HVACR design

The 700 m long section of Neubaugasse between Mariahilfer Strasse and Burggasse was converted into a shared zone and opened on 3 September 2020.

In this new shared zone the bus line 13A as well as the bicycle traffic is possible in both directions. Thus, the stops were also newly designed. Green areas – partly also with trees – as well as seating , pavement cafés, trellises, bike parking areas and loading zones were established on both sides of the driving surface. Parking spaces are no longer provided.

The objective of the newly designed shared zone Neubaugasse is to increase the quality of stay and therefore to considerably promote Neubaugasse as a shopping street. Above all the integrated green elements shall bring about an essential improvement of the urban climate. This new green “backbone” will create a haven of tranquility during the coming extension of the underground railway in the district. After the construction works this quality shall also be implemented in the neighbouring road sections.

The second section between Burggasse and Lerchenfelder Strasse is planned for 2021.

Client. Wiener Linien / MA 28

Planning of free spaces. DnD Landschaftsplanung ZT KG

Project services. Traffic design, technical surface design, information of citizens

An institution for health prevention is erected in Sitzenberg-Reidling near the Renaissance castle Sitzenberg. The centre for prevention and preventative health care accommodates 120 single rooms for patients as well as training and seminar rooms and an indoor swimming pool with wellness and spa-area. The structural work is almost completed. During these days the shelter for the approx. 14-meter cantilevered guest wing is being dismantled.

From the beginning of the project there was close cooperation with the planning partners with a central 3D model. It serves as digital basis for communication and discussion. The geometry of the building is directly imported from the model into the calculation software for structural analysis and building physics. Furthermore, the construction plans are based on it.

Client. Versicherungsanstalt öffentlich Bediensteter

Services in joint venture with F+P. general consultant, structural design, tender, health & safety engineering, measurement, building physics, architecture

VCE and ÖIAV (Austrian Society of Engineers and Architects) host the Symposium "Modern Earthquake Engineering".

WHEN. Thursday, November 19, 2020
DURATION. 12:30 – 6:00 p.m.
WHERE. Haus der Technik, Palais Eschenbach, Eschenbachgasse 9, 1010 Vienna

Save the date and register for free at eesd@vce.at.

At the already existing site of a home in Wiener Neustadt the Institute Haus der Barmherzigkeit establishes a new modern, completely barrier-free nursing home with nine residential groups. The new nursing home will have 162 beds, a canteen kitchen and a café as well as a kindergarten with four groups and garden areas.

Furthermore, places for assisted living and subsidized flats shall be created on this area of approx. 18,300 m².

The new nursing home is constructed during uninterrupted operation of the existing home and is carried out in several construction phases. The current works of construction phase 1 comprise the extension works, works at the building shell as well as installation works of the HVACR subsections.

Client. Institut Haus der Barmherzigkeit

Services. Competition management, project control, measurement of ambient noise

The Symposium Earthquake Engineering will be postponed to satisfy governmental restrictions concerning COVID-19. However, we are glad that more than 80 participants already registered, and we are locking forward to welcome you to the Symposium at VCE head quarters at another date.

Stay tuned for information of alternative dates!

Interested in novel earthquake engineering?

Check out VCE’s Symposium to boost the “safe application of modern methods in earthquake engineering”.

WHEN . Thursday, March 26, 2020

WHERE . Headquarter FCP.VCE, Entrance Level, Marxergasse 1 B, 1030 Vienna

REGISTRATION . eesd@vce.at

The section of this project runs from Ashgabad to Turkmenabat – up to the border of Uzbekistan. The total length is approx. 600 km and comprises a 2 x 3 - lane motorway with dozens of underpasses, bridges, railway crossings and intersections enabling a signal-free passage between Ashgabat and Turkmenabat.

Client . CJSC Closed Joint Stock Company "Turkmen Awtoban”

Service of VCE . Quality Control Engineer (QCE)

After a construction period of more than two years the new Paracelsus spa + health resort was inaugurated on Friday, 11 October 2019.

The Paracelsus spa + health resort is located directly in the heart of Salzburg and near the world-famous Mirabell garden and offers outstanding architecture, state-of-the-art equipment and a breath-taking view of the historic centre of Salzburg. The distinctive building with the completely glazed bathing world on the third floor is quasi a visionary project and an oasis for recreation.

Tender. Architekturbüro Berger+Parkkinen

Service. Tender

In June the so far greatest technical challenge regarding the construction of the new additional bridges for the Voest Bridge was successfully completed.

For this purpose, four large-size construction components with up to 92 m length and 1,400 tons weight were floated in or transported in and the bridge parts were lifted or hoisted to the already mounted bridge parts. The assembly of the pylon and the installation of the cables will be performed in August. The second bridge completion shall take place by the end of 2019 and in mid-2020 the Voest Bridge extended to eight lanes shall be approved.

Services were the check engineering of detailed structural design, shop drawings and assembly design for these objects. Furthermore four prestressed concrete bridges, three reinforced concrete bridges, two cycle bridges and a bridge extension as well as a multitude of small objects like abutments, underpasses, water protection plants and temporary construction pit systems as well as the respective supporting structures for construction were checked within the scope of this project. The erection of these objects is already in good progress.

Client. ASFINAG

Service. check engineering

The annual BIM event at FCP.VCE is just 14 days away.

Please register now if you do not want to miss this event on the development of BIM and its utilization in construction work.

WHEN .Tuesday, 4 June 2019, 01:00 to 06:00 p.m.

REGISTRATION . linsbauer@vce.at

PDF . Einladung + Programm

You are cordially invited to attend our 7th annual BIM event.

This year the event focuses on the implementation of BIM on the building site.

WHEN . Tuesday, 4th June 2019, 01:00 to 06:00 p.m.

Further information and a detailed programme will follow.
Should you wish to attend, please register your interest with Viktoria Linsbauer: linsbauer@fcp.at

PDF . Save-the-Date

The area between Schlossbrücke and Grünbergstrasse is the last part of the area in front of the Schönbrunn castle to be modernized.

A new coach and car parking area is being established between the underground railway and the Wien river on the one side and the Schönbrunner Schlossstrasse on the other. In addition the access from the underground railway exit to the castle is newly structured and a new arrival building is designed.

The existing parking spaces for coaches in front of the castle are relocated to the new coach parking area and therefore an undisturbed view on the castle building is enabled. A new car park is established on the existing parking area. The new coach parking area will have 48 parking spaces for coaches and the car park will accommodate 230 parking spaces.

By means of attractive green design – including approx. 300 new trees – and state-of-the-art lighting a parking area corresponding to the requirements of a World Heritage site is created.

The total costs are fully borne by the operating company of Schönbrunn.

Completion of the 1st construction phase “coach parking area” is planned by September 2019 and the completion of the “car park” by March 2020.

Client . Schloss Schönbrunn Kultur- und Betriebsges.m.b.H

Services . detailed structural project – technical surface and traffic design, tender, project management and site supervision

Lecture . Structural Monitoring and Evaluation by European Smart Sensor Technology (BRIMOS®)
Speaker . Mr. Martin Fritz, VCE
Date . 31. January 2019
Venue . Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

In the course of the seminar the bridge inspection of RAMA VI Bridge (Railway Bridge in Bangkok) using BRIMOS® technology and the results will be presented.

Take a break and join us on our journey to the North Pole!

At VCE challenges of various levels of engineering tasks are on the daily agenda. But deep down VCE is also a home for creative minds. In the course of a “Santa’s Workshop” BIM competition they let their imagination run wild.

Join us on a short tour: Video Santas Workshop

On Tuesday, 2 October 2018 the new school centre “Spielmanngasse” was officially opened in Vienna’s 20^th district (Brigittenau) in the area Dietmayrgasse-Spielmanngasse. Two existing elementary schools were extended and additionally a new secondary modern school was constructed.  

In total 20 new classes for elementary school and secondary modern school were established. Thus, the existing sites were extended by 9,100 m² of gross floor area.  

Client .Vienna municipal authorities (MA 56) represented by WIP Wiener Infrastruktur Projekt GmbH

Services in consortium with CPPA & Fellerer Vendl . Design-build, static and structural design, health and safety engineering, site supervision, building physics, check engineering according to Vienna’s building code, building records, cost control and tender

Wolf-Dietrich Denk and Frank Mettendorff presented their experience with BIM by means of two project examples – Hotel Motto and Pilgramgasse U2/U4 – at the practice day Building Information Modeling by Austrian Standards on 26 September 2018.

The next presentation takes place in the Building Academy in Steyregg, Upper Austria, on 11 October 2018.

LINK . Praxistag Austrian Standards

The Investment and Partnership Forum "Turkmenistan – Heart of the Great Silk Road" was held in Vienna on September 5-6, 2018.  On this occasion VCE signed a contract on the further cooperation in the infrastructure area with Turkmenian investors. We are looking forward to the cooperation!

Ongoing Loadtest on Lusail Marina Bridge No.8 in Katar - VCE Permanent Structural Health Monitoring system is working perfectly!

With a total output of 714 MW, the world's most efficient offshore windfarm will be built off the east coast of the UK. The windfarm consists of 102 7MW turbines and an offshore transformer station built on jackets at a water depth of 37 meters.

VCE was commissioned with the planning, installation and commissioning of a metrological condition monitoring system for nine turbines and the transformer station. This includes the installation of numerous sensors in the jackets (foundations), the towers of the turbines and the offshore station, including associated measurement technology, remote data transmission, automated data analysis and web user interface.

Client . East Anglia One Limited (IBERDROLA & Scottish Power Renewables)

Services . permanent Structural Health Monitoring

We kindly invite you to our annual BIM event under the slogan "Halo I BIMS!" on 13 June 2018 in Kuppelsaal of the Vienna University of Technology.

We would like to show you the latest developments and future trends of digital design in selected expert presentations.

Please register by e-mail to linsbauer@vce.at by 6 June 2018.

> PDF . Invitation "Halo I BIMS!"

Günther Achs (VCE) attended the IABSE Conference Kuala Lumpur 2018 with his paper on"Innovative Ballast-less Track System for Urban Areas".

LINK . IABSE KL 2018

The Construction Congress 2018 is over and the FCP.VCE stand was a well visited meeting point of business partners and clients, students and pupils. A special highlight of our stand was the introduction of our project Future Art Lab by means of virtual reality glasses under the motto “Experience BIM with FCP.VCE”.

The expert presentation by Ernst Forstner “Quality Control Engineering (QCE) – Quality Assurance as Engineering Service in the Middle East“ within the session “Planen & Bauen – International“ (Design & construction – international) demonstrated our know-how once more and excellently completed the total performance at this year’s construction congress. 

Structural Health Monitoring System & Load Testing . Two suspension bridges with O-shaped pylon are erected in the scope of the “Lusail Development Project”. The lengths of the two bridges amount to 204 and 186 metres. Both structures have six lanes each.

Problems arose in the course of erection, construction was stopped and the structures were partly demolished again. After redesign by the designer VCE was ordered to design, install and operate a permanent monitoring system with numerous sensors on the structure for the construction phase of one of the bridges. The objective is measurement and monitoring of the structural behaviour during construction and the examination of the planning assumptions. The services also include the measurement and instrumentation of a terminal static load test.

A maintenance-free roadway transition structure was developed at Vienna’s University of Technology (TU) for the pilot project A5.24 Satzengraben Bridge.

Despite a structural length of 120 m the road surface can be established over the integral structure without interruption.

The services of VCE comprised tender and detailed design, measurement and instrumentation as well as monitoring of the object.

LINK . Wien.orf.at

VIDEO . youtube TU Wien

The Austrian Society for Construction Technology (öbv) organized a discussion forum on Building Information Modelling in structural engineering and HVAC on 23 January 2018. Michael Pauser (öbv) asked representatives of clients, facility managers, designers, HVAC experts and contractors to answer questions from the audience. One of the experts who answered questions was René Holzer from VCE.

René Holzer (VCE),”There must be a 100% working interface between designers and constructors in order to be able to fully benefit from BIM.”

LINK . öbv
LINK . plattform 4.0

Civil engineering structures must be regularly subjected to complete visual and close condition tests regulated in guidelines, rules and standards. In particular in case of big bridges this is only possible in a limited manner and is connected with high efforts and expenses for access technology and operational constraints.

The objective of the EDISON project is the support of conventional bridge inspections and the (partial) replacement of the latter by use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV). In the project various UAV based sensor systems (e.g. high-resolution cameras, multi-spectral cameras, stereo cameras, ground radar, thermography) were further developed and tested at the Falkenstein railway bridge.

Project objectives

• High-precision, complete 3D model of the bridge from photogrammetric pictures
• Damage detection and classification of UAV data (cracks, spalling, moisture penetration, …)
• Damage localization at the 3D model, list of defects and test report

Project partners

• VCE Vienna Consulting Engineers ZT GmbH (project management)
• ÖBB Infrastruktur AG
• Angst Group
• Palfinger Europe GmbH

The launch of the approx. 500 km long traffic project Nürnberg-Berlin (VDE 8) is planned for 10 December 2017. This project shortens the travelling time from Munich to Berlin by railway to only four hours. The section Ebensfeld – Ilmenau (VDE 8.1) is a double-track electrified railway route for the high-ranking passenger and freight traffic with a length of approx. 66 kilometres and a maximum speed of 300 km/h.

VCE carried out the track system in form of a ballastless track of the sections VDE 8.2 (in operation since 12/2015), VDE 8.1 Lot Centre and Lot South on a length of approx. 160 km.

Services: Approval design, detailed structural design, as-completed drawings, participation in launching, bridge checks, noise protection design incl. foundation and noise assessment

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A shared zone was established in front of the new vocational training school in Waldegg in compliance with the citizens. The shared zone has a length of 315 m and an area of 5850 m².

For an improvement of recreational opportunities part of the existing park got a facelift by additional seating furniture and a small lake.

In due time for the opening of the shared zone on Sunday, 17 September 2017, the reconstruction of the provincial vocational school and the object for assisted living were completed.

Architect: Architect Weidinger

The project Meerwind South / East consists of the two offshore wind parks Meerwind South and Meerwind East, which were planned and constructed 23 km north of Helgoland island in the North Sea and are maintained from Helgoland. The wind park comprises a total of 80 wind energy plants with a performance of 3.6 megawatt each. The network is supplied with a performance of up to 288 MW via a transformer platform.

The foundations (mono-piles and transition pieces) of all 80 wind turbines are equipped with a condition monitoring system by Airwerk GmbH for permanent condition monitoring and monitoring of the ageing behaviour (fatigue). All measurement data are transmitted to an onshore server, analysed by software routines and all results are made available to the client in a web-user interface.

Client: Airwerk GmbH

Services: Software for data transmission, software for data analysis, web-user interface, support in the preparation of the monitoring reports for the authorities

The project provides for the new construction of a school for children aged 6 to 14 as well as an annex to an already existing elementary school building.

The new school for 6 to 14-year-olds is designed as compact structure with five floors. Attached to the back side is a structure with two half-buried gym halls. A side wing consisting of a waste disposal room and a flying roof creates an atrium as well as a rest zone on the flat roof of the first floor. The open spaces of the school are suitably designed for pupils and instruction.

The three-storeyed structure of the annex to the elementary school is compactly connected to the existing building and complements the available space with the required educational and secondary rooms.

Both school buildings are currently in the detailed structural design phase. Construction will start on 17 July 2017.

Client:MA 56 (Vienna’s municipal authorities) represented by WIP Wiener Infrastruktur Projekt GmbH

Services in consortium with CPPA & Fellerer Vendl: static and structural design, design-build, coordination of construction works, site supervision, building physics, check engineer according to Vienna’s building code

The EDRA Great Places Awards recognize professional and scholarly excellence in environmental design and pay special attention to the relationship between physical form of the built environment and human activity or experience. 

The 2017 Place Design Award goes to Mariahilfer Strasse in Vienna—a previously traffic-heavy 19^th century shopping boulevard that has been transformed into an inviting, pedestrian-friendly avenue.

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VCE invites you to the BIM event "BIM und IHR Mehrwert" (BIM and YOUR added value) in ÖAMTC’s mobility centre on 20 June 2017.

Please register by 13 June 2017 with linsbauer@vce.at

> PDF . BIM invitation

This year the charitable association LIFE+ organizes the AIDS charity event “Life Ball“, which is recognized worldwide, again. National and international non-profit organizations, which support persons affected by HIV, are funded with the net profit of the Life Ball. This year’s topic #Recognize the Danger runs like a creative thread through the weekend of events and welcomes the visitors as oversize figure at the entrance of Vienna’s city hall.

VCE supports the initiative with the service of design and building site coordination according to the building site coordination law for the “event site” Life Ball 2017 in the area of Rathausplatz and in the event rooms of the city hall.

Client: Life+ association for direct support of HIV-positive persons and persons down with AIDS

Service: Health and safety engineering

Volkstheater will be completely refurbished in three construction phases in the summers of 2017, 2018 and 2019. The main objectives are an improvement of operation and increased comfort for the audience.

Currently the project is in the phase of basic design with advanced submission of architectural design. Furthermore there is continuous coordination with the authorities and the Antiquities and Monuments Office.

Client:Volkstheater GmbH

Services:Project management, static and structural design, tender / cost estimation, building physics, fire protection design

On 5 December 2016 the new ÖAMTC headquarters in Erdberg was put into operation.

ÖAMTC concentrated the former eight administrative sites in Vienna in one new building with a size of 25,000 square metres and established new headquarters with an office area, support functions, member service and a heliport. The new centre shall take care of approx. 75,000 members and clients.

The project was handled by Pichler & Traupmann architects as general design managers in cooperation with VCE. The building was continuously planned from preliminary design up to detailed design with a joint three-dimensional BIM model.

Services: Preliminary design, design, submission design, tender design, foundation concept, detailed project, detailed design, check engineering and notification of completion according to Vienna’s building regulations, project control

WE ARE MOVING. We would like to inform you that we are moving to a new address.
We are moving to the centre of Vienna! From 12 December 2016 our new address is:

VCE Vienna Consulting Engineers ZT GmbH
Untere Viaduktgasse 2, 1030 Wien

We kindly ask you to update your database and are looking forward to welcoming you!

Important information:
Please note that our office cannot be reached by phone or e-mail between 7 Dec. 2016, 2 p.m. and 11 Dec. 2016 12 p.m.

VCE received the Special Engineering Award of the ECCS for outstanding consultancy and design services for the Botlekbridge in the Netherlands.

The European Steel Bridge Awards are given by ECCS every two years to encourage the creative and outstanding use of steel in construction of bridges.

> Link to the Award

On 7 September a topping-out ceremony and an open building site day took place on the occasion of the completion of the preliminary structural works of the underground railway station Rotes Rathaus.

The project “Lückenschluss U5” extends the previous U5 Line from Alexanderplatz to Brandenburger Tor and merges it with U55 there. Apart from 2.2 kilometres of tunnel routes, three new railway stations “Unter den Linden“, “Museumsinsel“ as well as “Rotes Rathaus” are constructed in the centre of Berlin.

Seven centrally arranged supports carry a major part of the floor load in the station “Rotes Rathaus“. The column heads look like mushrooms due to their funnel shape and shall remind of the old vault of the medieval town hall. 

Construction works and surface restoration shall take place after the completion of the structural works. The opening of the total route of the U5 is expected in 2020.

Client: BVG Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe

Design of Station Rotes Rathaus: Collignon Architektur

Services: Services in consortium with artus Architekten and Schüsslerplan: Project control, site management, site supervision of structural works, finishing works, cable routeing

The existing, approx. 95 m long, network arch bridge consists of a timber arch and a prestressed concrete bridge deck, which is suspended by means of 68 prestressed steel rods (MacAlloy system).

The aim of the current investigation was the measurement-based determination of the effective forces of all 68 rods of the network arch bridge during the individual construction phases and 12 months after completion with BRIMOS^® Structural Health Monitoring.

The basis for investigation was geometrical information on all tie rods and the corresponding product specifications. According to the bending beam theory of mechanical engineering an analysis tool for the determination of the tension forces was established on the basis of the measured eigenfrequencies and applied in the course of the attendant dynamic construction element measurements.

Services: Methodology for the determination of the tension forces in the existing construction element series, dynamic measurement of all bridge anchoring devices, periodic determination of the tensioin forces in all hangers

After numerous adjustment processes the road surface project Herrengasse was released for implementation. The privately financed road project represents an important axis between Freyung and Michaelerplatz. In this section several palaces, hotels, ministries, Vienna’s first high-rise building and the Loos house are located. Apart from Herrengasse, Fahnengasse and parts of Wallnerstrasse are reconstructed as well.

With the implementation of the project this area receives an adequate surface for underlining historically important buildings. Apart from the new high-quality pavement (Austrian granite), lighting is also brought to the state of the art. The existing traffic organization is modified to a shared zone, which creates more areas for pedestrians and pavement cafés.

The preliminary works – installation of fixtures – will start at the beginning of April 2016, the actual surface works will start at the end of May 2016. The conclusion of the works is expected by mid-November 2016.

Client: HG+ Interessentengemeinschaft Herrengasse

Services: detailed design, tender design, project control, traffic design

On 21 January 2016 the foundation stone ceremony for the new building took place with the participation of politicians, staff members of the hospital and neighbours.

Obstetrics and oncology have already been among the focuses of the St. Josef Hospital for some time. This specialization shall be even intensified in future. Core piece is an annex which shall be opened in 2018. The extension shall result in an increase of capacities from 2000 to 3000 births as well as in the realization of the development to a specialized clinic for oncology. Up to 2020 the existing building shall be also comprehensively rehabilitated. The reconstruction is carried out without any interruption of hospital operation.

Completion phase 1: 2018
Completion phase 2: 2020

Services: site supervision

The topping-out ceremony of the new ÖAMTC headquarters took place on 14 December 2015. After an intensive planning period and a record-breaking construction time the shell construction was completed shortly before the ceremony. Ernst Klobucnik (ÖAMTC - Austrian Automobile, Motorcycle and Touring Club), Franz Lederhas (Granit) and Architect Christoph Pichler (see photo) thank all the persons involved in the project for the excellent and close cooperation. In less than 8 months approx. 20,000 m³ and almost 4,000 t of reinforcement were used in the highly complex structure.

Services: Basic design / general design, construction design, detailed design, foundation concept, preliminary design, quantity survey, structural design, submission design, tender design

The new Botlekbrug over the Oude Maas is now officially opened for the traffic. On Sunday, July 12, 2015, the first cars crossed the bridge in the direction Rotterdam at 10 clock.

The Botlekbrug is the largest lifting bridge of the world and should solve the traffic problems between Rotterdam and the port area Maasvlakte 2.

Services of VCE: Preliminary project, detailed project, assistance with the assembly

LINK www.rijnmond.nl/nieuws/12-07-2015/nieuwe-botlekbrug-geopend

LINK nos.nl/artikel/2046521-eerste-auto-s-vandaag-over-nieuwe-botlekbrug.html

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Challenging Project for VCE

Contribution on the Botlek Bridge in Rotterdam by VCE in the bridge construction journal "Brückenbau", issue 6 - 2014 by the publishing group Wiederspahn.

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The Vienna Engineering Prize is awarded by the city of Vienna in collaboration with the Chamber of Architects and Engineering Consultants for Vienna, Lower Austria and Burgenland every two years. The Engineering Prize recognizes extraordinary engineering services and aims to contribute to a higher perception of the technical professions in the public. This year 31 applications were submitted.

Five engineering teams were nominated for this year’s 4th Engineering Prize. VCE was nominated for the planning and construction of the world’s biggest cable crane.  

> Article: derStandard, 13.11.2014 | PDF

> Certificate: Wiener Ingenieurpreis 2014 | PDF

On 13 September the first superstructure of the new Botlek Bridge was successfully assembled and deposited on the temporary bearings.

On Friday, 12 September transport on the pontoon started from the pre-assembly site at the Mammoet-Harbour in direction of the building site.

At approx. 5:00 p.m. the bridge passed the old Botlekbrug observed by many onlookers and was positioned in front of span 40-50.

On Saturday, 13 September at .5:00 a.m. lateral adjustment was started.

At 6:45 p.m. the final position was reached and lowering was begun by means of the low tide.

At approx. 10:30 p.m. the first contact with the bearings took place and at approx. 11:30 p.m. the bridge was removed from the pontoon and successfully put down.
 

Services of VCE: Preliminary project, detailed project, assistance with the assembly

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Article about Valor Engineering at TU Bygg.no

Abstract:
AF creates new engineering company
together with Austrian VCE.
Since last summer, the cooperate management of the AF Group worked to create an independent company that will engage in engineering and project management.

You will find the whole article under:
www.tu.no/bygg/2014/03/05/af-gruppen-danner-nytt-engineeringselskap

> video at vimeo

> more about Botlek Bridge

Congratulation to ISHMII Council member Dr. Helmut Wenzel, Vienna Consulting Engineers, who was honored at the 9th Annual International Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring at Stanford University, California, in September 2013.

On 24 and 25 October 2013 a seminar on the fib Model Code 2010 takes place in Vienna with a focus on fibre-reinforced concrete, shear force and punching, durability, properties of composite concrete, numeric analyses as well as several other applications.

The seminar addresses practical engineers, surveyors and architects, representatives of authorities and testing laboratories, cement and concrete manufacturers as well as graduates and students of the respective fields. All presentations are held in English.

VCE acts as a sponsor of the seminar.

From 28 to 30 August the VEESD2013 (Vienna Congress on Recent Advances in Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics) took place at the Vienna University of Technology. The 13th D-A-CH Conference, which was held in German, was integrated in the congress. All in all 330 persons from 36 nations particpated.

The congress was co-organized by VCE.

http://veesd2013.conf.tuwien.ac.at/

On Friday, 5 April 2013, the transversal girder 304 was successfully installed.

This was the heaviest concrete element of the whole project with a length of 16.80 m, a width of 4.40 m and a height of 2.61 m as well as a total weight of 224 tons.

On Saturday, 01 December 2012, an art gala organized by the district management of the 3rd district took place in Bucharest on the occasion of the national holiday.

In the scope of this gala several persons from the fields of art and music were decorated.

VCE Romania had designed the music and art school in the 3rd district where the gala took place and was awarded a diploma for extraordinary merits in architecture.

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On 18 September 2012 the foundation stone for the shell construction works at the Hospital North was laid in presence of City Councillor for Health Sonja Wehsely, Mayor Michael Häupl and Wilhelm Marold (Managing director of KAV, the Vienna Hospital Association).

By 2015 the most modern hospital in Austria with 785 beds is to be completed. A special feature of the new hospital is the complex design of the exterior area with a park landscape (healing gardens) and therapeutic function.

The biggest inner-city traffic project in Berlin has started ...

After two years of construction the Kiplev-Sonderborg Motorway in South Denmark was solemnly inaugurated by the Danish Minister for Traffic and Infrastructure on 31 March 2012. The project was carried out in the scope of a PPP model by the Strabag consortium "KMG" (Kliplev Motorway Group) within the contractually agreed deadline. The total construction costs amounted to approx. 130 million Euro. VCE in joint venture with Drees & Sommer Infra Consult fulfilled the tasks of LTA (Lenders' Technical Adviser) for the financing banks and was responsible for schedule review and quality inspection as well as check of the construction progress and the approval of invoices compliant with the services. Due to delays in construction additional services for project control and mediation were taken over on the consortium's request.

On Thursday, 24 November 2011 the jubilee celebration on the occasion of the 5th anniversary of the company VCE – Vienna Consulting Engineers S.R.L. took place in Bucharest. Among others MMag. Edith Predorf, a representative of the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber, as well as Ambassador Dr. Michael Schwarzinger from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs participated in the celebration.

The objective of the research activity is the registration of vehicle speed and weight in real time by means of the measurement of the dynamic characteristic of bridges.