Innovations and PatentsEvery civil engineering project is a new challenge. Even though we can draw on several decades of experience in the planning and execution of large projects, we are always ready to use new and innovative solutions – with highly impressive results.
Innovations and Patents:- Driving sheet piles by DGPS (Protective piling in the Elbe Tunnel)
- Spherical grab with multiple shears (Puente Centenario)
- Heavy load carrier (Taiwan High Speed Rail Line)
- Back-up system for tunnel boring machines (Herren Tunnel, Luebeck)
- Automatic vertical transport of excavated material (Hofolding Gallery)
- SPACE: Earthquake monitoring system with vibration dampers (Taiwan High Speed Rail Line)
- Offshore installation and foundations in deep water (Fino research platform)
- Tower-mounted cable crane (Svinesund Bridge)
- BRIMOS: Bridge Monitoring System (Svinesund Bridge)
- TEMP!Riss: Simulation software for temperature and tension fields in concrete (Leibis-Lichte Dam)
- Non-destructive test methods (Goeggelsbuch ICE High Speed Railway Tunnel)
- Gallery lining machine (Gotthard Base Tunnel)
- Thrust boring and bridge insertion (Forchheim Road Tunnel)
- Grouting and laying method for slab tracks (Nuremberg–Ingolstadt ICE High Speed Railway Line)
- Self-compacting concrete (Schirnding Bridge)
- Segmental bridges with a reduced need for prestressing steel (Four Bears Bridge)
- Concrete components in contact with the ground containing special concrete (Mannheim Large Power Station)
