SPECIAL PROJECTS

Concrete Batching Plants

1989-1990 – MOBILE MIXING PLANTS FOR THE GROUP CIMENT FRANCAIS (France)

Twenty-two mobile mixing plants named EUROMIX manufactured in co-operation with BETP

company (Guerande - France), each one equipped

with twin shaft mixer model MSO 2500, supplied

to the Group Ciment Francais for concrete production required within different projects in

France, such as: the triumph arc “La Defence” in

Paris, the enlargement of landing strips in Paris

and Lyon airports, the high-speed railways of TGV, the enlargement of Marseille port docks.

1990 – EUROTUNNEL PROJECT

Eight concreting trains manufactured in co-operation with the company Demler-Maitrap

(Paris) designed for mix ing and distribution of

concrete inside the tunnels under the Brit ish

Channel: each train has been equipped with two different twin shaft mixers, one unit model MSO

3700 and one unit model 9000 Super (capacity 7

cb.mt. per cycle of compacted concrete - the

biggest twin shaft mixer in the world). When the Eurotunnel project was completed, all the mixers

have been sold and installed for ready-mix

concrete production within the plants of different

companies in Belgium, Holland, Germany and France.

1993 – NEW HONK KONG AIRPORT (China)

Three continuous concrete plants

manufactured in co-operation with the

company Planters & Co. for the client ACG in Hong Kong, installed for the

construction of the landing stripes of the

new airport of Hong Kong. The

Flowbeton 500 plants each have a MDC 500 continuous mixer for the production

of up to 300 m³/hr of zero slump

concrete.

1994 – SYDNEY 2000 OLYMPICS PROJECT (Australia)

Three concrete mixing towers,

manufactured in co-operation with local

steel fabricators, under commitment of the company CSR Co. - Ready Mix

division in Paramatta, designed for the

construction of the new 2000 Olympics

quarters in Australia; each plant has been designed equipped with two units

MSO 4500 twin shaft mixers, suitable to

achieve a 200 cb.mt. hourly production

capacity.

1994 – PETRONAS TOWERS (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia))

Complete Wetbeton 120 Special plant

has been installed on the construction site of the highest twin towers in the

world where Pioneer was awarded as the

concrete major supplier. The

configuration of the plant was designed with MSO 4500 twin shaft mixer

completed with dry/wet by-pass system

for switching the production process

according to the requirements of the different areas of the construction.

1995 – GRAN STADE PARIS (France)

Two concrete mixing plants, designed

and manufactured in cooperation with the company Imer France, under

commitment of the Group Bouygues-

Dumez, for the construction site of the

new super-stadium in Paris, where the World Football Championship was

organised. Each plant was equipped with

one MSO 3000 twin shaft mixer, for an

hourly production up to 100 m³ concrete with variable slump.

1997 – TOKER DAM (Eritrea)

The joint venture between ASI RCC – USA

(spec ialised in the production of RCC) and

Keangnam Ent. Ltd. – Korea (construction division of the Daewoo Group) built a dam in

the Toker river, necessary for the distribution

of water and electricity in the capital Asmara.

Simem supplied two complete plants: one Wetbeton 65 with a capacity of 65 m³/hr that

was used for approx. 9 months and one

Wetbeton 160 with a capacity of 160/240

m³/hr that was in function for about 5 months. The Wetbeton plants were chosen

espec ially because of their modular

composit ion, which made it possible to install

the plants on the steep mountains that run along the river.

1997 – GHAZI BAROTHA DAM (Pakistan)

Two wet batching plants manufactured in co-

operation with the company Planters & Co.

for the client Dong Fang, installed for the

construction of the Ghazi Barotha dam in Pakistan. They required a concrete production

of 240 m³/hr and the concrete could have a

maximum temperature of 26 °C. The two Wetbeton 120 plants were combined with two complete plants for the production of flaked

ice.

2000 – MONTBLANC TUNNEL RECONSTRUCTION (Italy)

One unit Wetbeton 120 plant

installed for the client Calcestruzzi

(Italcementi Group) in Courmayeur

for the supply of “spritz beton” and structural concrete for the

reconstruction of the MontBlanc

tunnel after the fire acc ident

occurred in 1998. The plant has been intensively producing 24

hours a day for 15 months for

matching the schedule of the

tunnel reconstruction.

2001 – SUSA DAM (Italy)

Two units Wetbeton 120 plants

installed for the client Calcestruzzi

– Italcementi Group within the

construction site of the Susa Dam in Northern-West Italy. The plants

have been producing both low

slump concrete for the dam

construction as well as self-compacting concrete for the

finishing cover of the dam walls.

Aggregates adopted for the project

were spec ified up to 150 mm size.

2001 – CINDERE DAM (Turkey)

Complete double WB160 plant

supplied to the company Ozalt in in

Turkey for the construction of the

RCC dam named Cindere Dam, for the production of 220 m³ x hour

with aggregates rated up to 80

mm, flaked ice and chilled water.

The plant has been spec ified with two units MSO 6000, standard

version, complete with washing

system, filtering system and mixer

mind.

2002 – SE SAN DAM (Vietnam)

Complete WB 120 plant supplied to

the company Song Da 12 in

Vietnam, for the construction of the RCC dam named Se San Dam,

for the production of 100 m³ per

hour with aggregates rated up to

160 mm.

2002 – KURICHU DAM (Buthan)

Complete WB 120 plant supplied to the company Hindustan Construction Company, one of the biggest

contractors in India, for the construction of the RCC dam named Kurichu Dam, for the production of 100 m³ x hour with aggregates rated up to 120 mm, flaked ice and chilled water.

Actually the WB 120 plant is used for the Tala Hydro-electric Project in Bhutan which is being implemented as a part of bilateral trade agreement between Government of India and Royal

Government of Bhutan is another important project being executed by HCC. The project is one amongst

the largest hydro power projects in the world. HCC's scope of work here inc ludes the construction of a

dam, desilt ing chamber and head race tunnel.

2003 – CHALILLO DAM (Belize)

Client

China Hydropower Engineering Consulting Group

Co. (CHECC) is a government administrat ive

agency responsible for engineering and

construction of water resources and hydropower projects.

Requirement

The client had been awarded Chalillo Dam project

located high in the Pine Ridge Mountains in Belize.

Our solution

FLOWBETON 500

• Production capacity 500 Ton./h.

• Aggregate storage with 4 compartments, total

capacity 70 m³;

• Aggregate weighing and extracting system with

four dosing belt conveyors and one extracting belt

conveyor;

• One cement weighing system by volume with rotary feeding valve;

• One volumetric water dosing system;

• One volumetric admixture dosing system;

• One SIMEM MDC500 continuous flow mixer.

2003 – KOUDIAT ACERDOUNE DAM (Algeria)

Client

RAZEL, a French contractor and part of the

Bilfinger Berger Group, with more than 100

years of experience in c ivil works projects, dams, roadwork, etc.

Requirement

Construction of the RCC dam Koudiat

Acerdoune in Algeria.

Our solution

FLOWBETON 500 DOUBLE:

• Production capacity 2 X 700 Ton./h

• Aggregate storage system with 4 double

compartments, total capac ity 240 m³;

• Two independent aggregate weighing

systems with two extracting belts (one per

mixer) and double dosing gates;

• Four independent powder weighing systems (two per mixer);

• Two independent volumetric water dosing systems;

• Two SIMEM MDC 500 Continuous Flow

Mixers.

2003 – KOUDIAT ACERDOUNE DAM (Algeria)

2004 – JAGHING DAM (Iran)

Client

Jyane Construction Company, established in 1959,

has been active for 45 years in c ivil engineering contracts in Iran.

Requirement

To construct the first ever RCC dam in Iran.

Our solution

WET BETON 160 DAM:

• Production capacity 160 m³/h;

• Aggregate storage system with five

compartments, total capac ity of 160 m³;

• Five double pneumatically operated dosing gates

for aggregate with one extracting belt conveyor;

• One aggregate weighing system;

• One cement dosing;

• One fly ash dosing system;

• One water dosing system;

• One ice dosing system;

• One SIMEM MSO 6000DAM Twin Shaft Mixer.

2004 – JAGHING DAM (Iran)

2008/2009 – CHANGUINOLA DAM (Panama)

Client

Pihl is Denmark’s most active contracting company

internationally and is among the 80 largest contracting companies in the world. During the last

twenty years Pihl has completed projects in more

than 40 countries.

Requirement

The Project consists of the construction of two

hydropower plants on the Changuinola River in the

Bocas del Toro Province in Panama.

Our solution

WET BETON 160 DAM TWIN

• Production capacity 2X160 m³/h;

• Aggregate storage system with 3 + 2 double

compartments, total capac ity 560 m³;

• Four independent aggregate weighing systems

with four extracting belts (two per mixer) and

double dosing gates;

• Two independent cement dosing systems;

• Two independent water dosing systems;

• Two independent ice dosing systems;

• Two independent admixture dosing systems;

• Two SIMEM MSO 6000 DAM Twin Shaft Mixers.

2008/2009 – CHANGUINOLA DAM (Panama)

2008/2009 – M.O.S.E. PROJECT (Italy)

Clients

Three specialized Italian companies specialized in ready-mixed concrete.

Requirement

MOSE (Modulo Sperimentale Elettromeccanico) project consists on the achievement of 79 steel sluice gates placed on the seabed at the three outlets of Venice Lagoon. These sluice

gates, hollow inside, are filled with water and remain on the bottom because of weight, making it so invisible from the

surface. As high water, measuring 110 cm set in the sluice gates would be emptied by a system of pumps pressure or compressed air, and then lifted up like a drawbridge to reach

an angle of 45 degrees.

Our solutions

• Calcestruzzi Spa purchased two mobile plants SIMEM

SuperMobyMix 100 currently installed on Pellestrina island near the outlet of Malamocco: each plant can reach a production

capacity of 100 cubic meters/hour;

• Unicalcestruzzi Spa purchased two mobile plants currently installed on Pellestrina island near the outlet of Chioggia: one

SIMEM MobyMix 3000, a plant with a production capacity of 90 cubic meters/hour and one SIMEM Super Moby Mix 130 with production capacity of 130 cubic meters/hour;

• Laguna Calcestruzzi srl purchased two mobile plants SIMEM MobyMix 3000 with production capacity of 90 cubic meters/hour, currently installed in Punta Sabbioni near the

outlet of Lido.

2008/2009 – M.O.S.E. PROJECT (Italy)

2008/2009 – M.O.S.E. PROJECT (Italy)

2009 – MAXXI MUSEUM (Rome, Italy)

The MAXXI_National Museum of the XXI Century Arts is a new inst itut ion of the Ministry for Cultural

Heritage. Thus, in the adventure of an inst itution

so projected towards the future, it was dec ided to

seize the opportunity to carry out a grand public work with the innovative and the spectacular

architectural forms of the architect Zaha Hadid.

Integrated manufacturing solut ions, test ing

materials, site-specific applicat ions and optimized

job site management, are some elements that

explain the complexity of this job executed by a consortium of Italian companies. Among them,

Calcestruzzi Spa (Gruppo Italcementi), with a

SIMEM MOBY MIX 1500, supplied the Self-

Compacting Concrete.

Given the dimensions of the concrete pours (more than 200 m3 of concrete) and the quality of the

concrete itself, self-compacting and quick drying, it

was necessary to install the SIMEM concrete mixing

plant on site to mix the self-compacting concrete (SCC). In fact, this material, in order to ensure

quality control, requires the constant monitoring of

the humidity of the aggregates and the overall

granulometric composition of the mixture.

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