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Construction—South America—Peru—Slope Stabilizations The Megaplaza in Jaén, Peru: DYWIDAG Soil Nails stabilize an Excavation for a new Shopping Center In the town of Jaén, Cajamarca in northern Peru, DSI Construction Peru recently contributed to the construction of a new shopping center owned by the company Megaplaza. The project with an investment volume of more than 15 million US Dollars is the town’s first shopping mall and, when completed, will include restaurants and a cinema in addition to shops on an area of 18,000m². Photos reprinted courtesy of FLESAN ANCLAJES S.A.C., Peru The new shopping center was completed within 8 months’ time. For the construction of the center, some side hill cuts had to be comprehensively stabilized. As a specialist company, FLESAN ANCLAJES was awarded the contract for installing the soil nails that were necessary for the slope stabilization. It is the second major project in which DSI Construction Peru worked hand in hand with FLESAN ANCLAJES. To build the cuts near the excavation, DSI Construction Peru supplied a total of 139 pieces of 32mm Ø DYWIDAG Soil Nails. The passive and very resistant system stabilizes the side hill cuts during the digging of the excavation and the construction of the basement floors. The soil in the area of the excavation consisted of backfill overlying layers of clay and silty sand. In addition, there were several groundwater springs near the jobsite that were located very close to the surface. Owner INMOBILIARIA EBURNS S.A.C., Peru General Contractor FLESAN ANCLAJES S.A.C., Peru Contractor FLESAN ANCLAJES S.A.C., Peru In the area with the largest difference in elevation, the DYWIDAG Soil Nails were installed in as many as 5 levels. In the area with the smallest difference in elevation, 3 layers of the passive anchor system were installed. The installed DYWIDAG Soil Nails had lengths of 11.8m each. DSI Unit DSI Peru S.A.C., Peru DSI Scope Production, supply DYWIDAG Products 139 32mm Ø DYWIDAG Soil Nails 171