Construction—North America—Panama—Structural Repair Solutions
Afterwards, bore holes were drilled into all
sills into which horizontal and vertical tendons
were installed for strengthening. The tendons
used were 180 66mm Ø, St 150, 10.97m long
DYWIDAG Bar Post-Tensioning Tendons.
DSI Construction USA supplied the bar
tendons complete with 180 nuts and 180
steel anchor plates. The individual bar tendons
were vertically installed into the sills using
1,000 spacers and were stressed afterwards.
DSI also provided the 4 stressing jacks needed
for post-tensioning and provided on-site
technical assistance.
Owner
ACP – Autoridad del Canal de
Panamá, Panama
General Contractor
Joint Venture Grupo Unidos por el
Canal, S.A. (GUPC SA), consisting
of Sacyr S.A., Spain, Salini
Impregilo S.p.A., Italy, Jan De Nul
Group, Belgium and Constructora
Urbana