Freyssinet completes project

28 January 2011 - New contracts - Serbia

On 9 October last, Freyssinet, a subsidiary of Soletanche Freyssinet (VINCI Construction), completed its first project in Serbia: the rehabilitation, in the east of the country, of the Gamzigrad Bridge, over the Crni Timok river.

The contract, undertaken on a design-build basis, called for the 283 m-long structure to be strengthened, to enable it to withstand increased traffic and to extend its life expectancy by at least 30 years. Three techniques were used: external prestressing, passive reinforcement with the aid of composites, and surface treatments.