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Thursday January 19th, 2017
Since November 2015 more than 100 site workers from Bouygues Energies & Services have been working to build a next-generation thermal power plant in Gibraltar. The aim of the project is to replace three fossil fuel power plants dating from over 30 years ago, which no longer meet European requirements. The biggest challenge in the […]
Since November 2015 more than 100 site workers from Bouygues Energies & Services have been working to build a next-generation thermal power plant in Gibraltar. The aim of the project is to replace three fossil fuel power plants dating from over 30 years ago, which no longer meet European requirements.
The biggest challenge in the project was undoubtedly transporting six 250-tonne engines and six 65-tonne alternators by sea, taking into account strict logistics and optimum weather conditions.
The big day came on 5 December 2016. One year after works began, the cargo was shipped from Finland on boats fitted with 400-tonne cranes. The engines were then loaded at Saint-Nazaire for shipping to the port in Gibraltar.
The engines were unloaded in one day and brought from the port to their final location in the power plant using special machinery.
Take a look at pictures of the key stages of the project, which were all carried out successfully.
Arrivée des 6 moteurs de la centrale thermique de Gibraltar
La cargaison a été acheminée de Finlande par un bateau, équipé de grues de 400 tonnes
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Moteurs Centrale Gibraltar3
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Arrivée des 6 moteurs de la centrale thermique de Gibraltar
Arrivée des 6 moteurs de la centrale thermique de Gibraltar
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Arrivée des 6 moteurs de la centrale thermique de Gibraltar
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Arrivée des 6 moteurs de la centrale thermique de Gibraltar
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Arrivée des 6 moteurs de la centrale thermique de Gibraltar
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Arrivée des 6 moteurs de la centrale thermique de Gibraltar
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Arrivée des 6 moteurs de la centrale thermique de Gibraltar
Télécharger l‘imageBuses, underground systems, trams, car-sharing or short-term rental cars, car-pooling, mini-cab services, bikes, mopeds and self-service scooters, with or without stations: with the proliferation of forms of mobility, the residents of major cities have never had so many means of travel available to them.
Mehdi Hafsia, research engineer for the R&D division, attended the 19th International Conference for Construction Applications of Virtual Reality (CONVR19), an international event dedicated to new technologies in our sector. He would like to share his feedback with us.
On Tuesday 19th of June, an epic milestone for the Bouygues UK's UCLH site in central London took place. The cyclotron, the device that will supply the power for the proton beam therapy (PBT) centre at UCLH, was successfully delivered and installed.
Of the 130 projects entered for the third BIM d'Or awards, organised by Le Moniteur, 31 were nominated in the 11 pre-established categories. Five Bouygues Construction projects that were selected in the first round are still in the competition!
Bouygues Construction is inaugurating its demo for Wizom Connected, the group's smart and connected accommodation offer. The demo, which is open to both employees and clients, features full-sized examples of the equipment included in the comprehensive digital offer.
Alan Mossman is Managing Director of The Change Business Ltd, a lean design and construction consultancy. He is an occasional author and professor of lean construction at universities such as Loughborough and Nottingham Trent. If BIM is about technology, then lean is about the people who use that technology! Alan Mossman tells us about it today, through his favourite field, lean construction.
With the digital ecosystem, we are transitioning to a new paradigm that is revolutionising our economic models, our lifestyles, and our habits. What does it promise? What are its limits? As this societal revolution requires us to completely rethink building and offer new services, we have assembled a group of experts to consider how digital […]
Meet Emmanuel François, Chairman of the Smart Building Alliance (SBA).
We propose you this week, to discover the construction sites, of our subsidiary Losinger Marazzi SA, in Switzerland: Faubourg 1227, l’Hôtel Palexpo (GE), Les Jardins de Louis, la Route de Berne, le Collège Alpin International Beau Soleil... www.losinger-marazzi.ch 0
