Sliding a 20,000 tonne structure

On 31 October, FreyssinetFrance Agence Câbles etManutentions, a subsidiaryof Soletanche Freyssinet(VINCI Construction), set a newrecord when it moveda 20,000-tonne motorwaystructure a distance of60 metres beneath the tracks,at Belval, of Luxembourgrailway operator CFL. Thissliding operation, taking14 hours to complete at a rateof 4 m/h, involved the use ofthe Autoripage® Freyssinettechnique which, in particular,enables an extremely largeengineering structure to be slidalong while keeping trafficdisruption to a minimum.