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The Formwork to The Millau Viaduct
ice Ireland
Engineers Ireland
Nov 2007
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Tonights Menu
Introduction
Background
The Deck
The Pier Bases
The Piers
The system used for climbing
Shape and the challenges in forming it
The philosophy behind the formwork engineering
On the Way Up
The completed Piers
The Toll Plaza Canopy
Conclusion
What did we get for the money
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The Framework of the Presentation
Background to the bridge
Why it was built
Where it is
Who provided initial design
How it came to look the way it does
When it started and was finished
What it is made of
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Where
A75 Motorway link from Clermont Ferrand to Berziers
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Satellite Photo of the Trace
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Why
That stretch is missing link in motorway route from
Paris to Barcelona
Before viaduct traffic drove down into the valley andthrough the town of Millau
August regularly saw delays of 5 hrs+ in Millau, which
gridlocked an entire town
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Millau
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Background to Design
Originally designed by Michel Virlogeux whose concept was taken up by
Sir Norman Fosters practise
Pont de Normandie
Wishbone Pylon and Cable Stay
Briefly the longest cable stay span in the world
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Design
The slender design of the Virlogeux/Foster Viaduct was chosen but had acontrasting pier design to the Pont De Normandie
The wide based Wishbone of the Normandie Piers had become a veryslender Y shape for Millau
High Level Wind Loads in Valley created a weak point in the wishbone
One of the Millau piers is 4 times higher than the Normandie piers
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The Open Hands Pier Design
The Single main stem with transition to Open Hands
deck support gave best accommodation of wind loads
in the upper levels of the Tarn Valley.
The Main Stem is hollow with internal cross slabs.
The point of bifurcation is solid
The twin piers are hollow
Designed for 200km/h winds at deck level
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Why was this design chosen
Slender lines had least impact on environment of the valley
Visually Stunning
Had potential to make a striking architectural statement
Kept traffic right out of Millau In March 2001 Eiffage TP won the contract to construct with a
75 year concession to operate (which can be removed if provestoo profitable!)
Deck was curved to a 20km radius to avoid sensation ofdreaming or flying, and to allow sight of all pylons
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Dont trip out at the wheel
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Framework..
The Deck
Vital Statistics
What that means for the piers Why it is curved
How it was moved
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The Deck
Is a trapezoidal Box Girder design
If made from reinforced concrete it would be 7m deep and weigh c.200,000 tonnes
By making it in steel, the deck can reduce in depth to 4m, and inweight to 36,000 tonnes
However, the reduction in dead weight on to the pier heads meantthat the deck would need stressing tendons down to thebifurcation point for stability.
This adds 6,000 tonnes load per pier
The dead weight of the single pier section is sufficient for stability
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More Vital Statistics
Carries 10,000 tonnes of tarmac on main carriageways and another
4,000 tones on hard shoulders
Each pylon anchoring the cable stays is steel and weighs 700
tonnes
Each Main Cable can take tensile load equivalent to 25 Jumbo Jets
at full thrust
Steel of the cable stays adds 1500 tonnes to the overall weight
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Deck Movement
Hydraulic Lift and move Rams - Enerpac
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The Movement of the Deck
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The Enerpac Rams
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Lets now start at the Bottom
In order to get from abutment to abutment, 14km of
road were constructed including a temporary bridge
over the Tarn.
The Pier Bases
Concentrate on Pier No.2 (P2) as this is the tallest
Soil is principally Limestone and riddled with caves and
fissures containing bacteria used in the making of the
regions main export..
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Roquefort Cheese
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The Foundations
Each pier is founded on a plate or base, and four posts
or piles
The piles are each 5m diameter and extend down to amax depth of 14m
On top is the base itself, which for P2 is 6m deep
The Initial Launch pour for the pier is conventionallyshuttered
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The Base Plate
As a solid concrete entity, base was too
big to tie shutters conventionally so each
base shutter was supported with PERI SB
Brace Frames anchored into purposely
laid rc base
The piers together required 10,000
tonnes of reinforcement steel
The bases required 13, 450 tonnes ofrebar
The piles required 1,200 tonnes of rebar
The piles alone used 6,000m3 of concrete
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Pouring the Launch Pour
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The Piers
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The Piers
Slender pier designed as running, tapered octagon
Seven no. piers in total, similar shape from deck down,
but differing heights
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Pier Heights
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The Pier Elevations
Each Pier continually tapers in both planes from base to top
In general, each pier is identical from the road deck down
For a distance of 90m from the deck, a twin pier is used
90m below deck is a transition point where twin pier becomes a single pier
Pier no.2 is benchmark at 245m high
All others are cut from below
MUST FIND A WAY TO CLIMB FORMWORK 90m
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How To Construct the Pier
It was decided to pour the pier in 4m lifts using a climbing form system
Ideally it would go something like this
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So how do we climb? - We asked an Expert
An automatic rail climbing system (ACS)
Formwork Shutter and Work platforms areintegral
Hydraulic Rams push shutter and carriage up
the rail
Rail runs through shoes fixed to concrete
Rams lift rail up when carriage is fixed inposition
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Basic System Used Worldwide
Weichsel Bridge Warsaw
Petronas TowersAndromeda Tower
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Mega Bridge Bangkok
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Sharq Building Kuwait
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And Many More
North Danube Bridge, Hungary Turning Torso, Malmo
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And at Millau
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Section Through a Complete External Climbing Unit
Struts punch against
wall
Lattice withsuspended formwork
elements
Self climbing systemACS with hydraulic ram
(caterpillar)
Rail
Climbing Shoe
Pouring Platform
Finishing Platform
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One Complete Lift of the Shutter and Carriage
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How the Rail is Lifted
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Section Through a Complete External Climbing Unit
Struts punch against
wall
Lattice withsuspended formwork
elements
Self climbing systemACS with hydraulic ram
(caterpillar)
Rail
Climbing Shoe
Pouring Platform
Finishing Platform
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The Anchors
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Advantages of the ACS System
Self Climbing Can climb without crane
Carries the shutters on retracting carriage so all shutter
work can be done on board
Carries follow up platform for finishing off tasks
Can operate in 180km/h winds
Acts as windshield for rebar fixing and internal work Allows all shutter modifications
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ACS
ACS is a self contained system that allows pure
repetition of procedure with each climb, simplifying
high rise concrete construction, and offering
tremendous speed of turn round.
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Advantages of 4m lift heights
Straightforward shutter maintenance on deck
Easier control of concrete pours
Highly accurate plumbing of shutters
Greater adherence to performance tolerances
Optimum positioning of ties
One level in pour means less hole plugging
Allows 3 day pour cycle.
Allows maximum repetition of procedure actually verylogical
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Strict Formwork tolerances
All edges are sharp and straight
No horizontal board lines within the 4m
pour
Minimum no. of Ties and regular tiepattern and level
Regular and unobtrusive anchor pattern
0.5mm tolerance on vertical panel joints
Max allowed 5mm deflection over 2m
length of shutter face plate
Trapezoidal inverse beading delineates
pours
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The concrete and the shutter
60N/mm strength
Generated face pressure on shutter of 100kN/m2
Reduce ties by tying over top of pour
Consequently use steel faced and backed shutter
Waler for Tie positions
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Pier Profile
RunningTaper design means pier footprint changes dramatically
P2 starts at 27m x 18m and tapers to 14.4m x 16.13m in single section
Twin section tapers from 14.4m x 16.13m to 11m x 15.5m
Need formwork system that can accommodate that change in layout
With a pier involving over 60 pours, each one is different!!!!!,
Each subsequent pour is 4m further off the ground
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The Changing Face of the Formwork
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In Conclusion, the challenge is
To take a system based on repetition and use it on a
job with NO REPETITION in the climb whatsoever.
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The Shutter - How do we cope with changing Geometry ?
Adaptaptability
Identify areas that remain Constant
Vi d d Mill
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Viaduc de Millau
Description of the formwork solution
External Formwork
Basic element
Basic element
Box out
Compensationelements
E t l Sh tt Ad t ti
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External Shutter Adaptation
Adaptation to the
geometry
Telescopic Waler
Sliding Corner
T l i W l
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Telescopic Waler
Telescopic steel waler in
compensation area
Rear of Steel Shutter
Shutter rises and closes (exaggerated)
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Shutter rises and closes (exaggerated)
Corner Closes (exaggerated)
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Corner Closes (exaggerated)
Sliding Corner
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Sliding Corner
The Corner Pieces
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The Corner Pieces
Articulated corner connection Corner connection incompensation area
The Platforms need to Adapt Also
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The Platforms need to Adapt Also
Telescopic area
Removables
Internal Platforms
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Internal Platforms
Telescopic area
Internal Climbing System
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Every 8 lifts a concrete cross slab is cast internally
Prevents continued use of rail climbing system
Use conventional crane handled jump form system
PERI SKS
The Internal Climbing System
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The issues of adaption remain, but here the crane is used
to lift units up and occasionally out.
Major Internal Adaptions
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Can crane entire units out for modification
The Twin Pier Section
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Twin Pier Platforms
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Externals
Twin Pier Sections
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Internal
Dont Forget Your Packed Lunch !!!
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The Finishes
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The Concrete Finish on the less exposed faces
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What was Used
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3 complete sets of formwork and climbing kit for single pierstructures (External)
3 sets for above (Internal)
3 complete sets for twin pier structures (External)
3 Sets for above (Internal)
1 complete set for the transition area from single to twin pier(Internal and External)
Kit moved from pier to pier as programme needed
6.5km2 of formwork face
196 ACS Frames
96 SKS Frames (Internal)
12 special frames
Design Demands
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For those of you who like paperwork
800 Formwork Drawings
100 Assembly Plans
200 Method Statements
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9th December 2003
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The worlds tallest piers are all completed
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Not to be outdone
PERI l b ti littl d t
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PERIs celebrations were a little more modest
The Finish on the Exposed Faces
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The Peerless Piers
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Millau My - What a Bridge !.....
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A perspective on the height..
The Royal Gorge Bridge Colorado
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The Royal Gorge Bridge, Colorado
The Millau Toll Plaza
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The Segment Factory
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Segments or Elements cast inside factory shutter
Since segments were to be joined in final construction theneighbouring segment was cast above.
Used Ceracem instead of Reinforced concrete
The Queen Bee and her Offspring
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Pre-Cast Elements
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The Finished Article
A 98m x 28mConcrete Canopy
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Concrete Canopy
Bolted and tensionedSegments
Locates on 4 pairs oftrees
4km from viaduct
Stunning Gateway toan inspiring structure
The Millau Viaduct
2.46km Long on a 20km radius
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2.46km Long on a 20km radius
The longest multiple cable stay bridge in the world
The Tallest bridge piers in the world (244.96m)
One third taller than the previous tallest
Tip of the Pylon is 343m high
Timeline
16th October 2001 C t ti St t
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Construction Starts
November 2002
P2 reaches 100m height
26th February 2003
Deck launch begins
28th May 2003
P2 clears 180m to surpass Kochertal Viaduct and become worlds tallest pier
November 2003
Completion of the piers
26th March 2004
Southern deck reaches P3
4th April 2004
North Deck reaches P2
28th May
The Decks meet
16th December 2004
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Its Open at Night, Too
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So what do you get for your 400m Euros
700,000 visitors in first 9 months
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In summer now gets up to 50,000 vehicles per day
Of Course, you could always have .
A Regional Icon A Global Structure
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