Bearings
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The appearance is stunning: a wooden roof floats above the reconstructed and expanded Portland airport terminal. Y-columns support the roof. The visio... [more]
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Due to particular static conditions, the Neue Strom-brücke in Magdeburg was equipped with extraordinary bridge bearings in the course of its rehabilit... [more]
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The world-famous Chain Bridge in Budapest was com-pletely renovated – both in terms of its art history and its function. The greatest technical challe... [more]
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At the Weißenthurm-Neuwied bridge over the river Rhine, the worn PTFE pot bearings were replaced with spherical bearings equipped with the special sli... [more]
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Once completed, the new railroad bridge over the Drava River in Carinthia, Austria, will function with a unique combination of sliding isolation pendu... [more]
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The world’s first SIP®-A bearings were installed in a research institute in Mexico City to protect it against earthquakes. The bearings react in two s... [more]
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Highly sensitive measuring equipment located next to busy traffic routes and in a seismic area: To protect the laboratory, MAURER developed the new SI... [more]
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How do loads really develop during the construction phase of a bridge? The planners in Madrid wanted to know precisely how and therefore asked MAURER.... [more]
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For the first time, a hospital in Chile was isolated with Double Sliding Isolation Pendulums. The innovative building design is the outcome of intense... [more]
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Spherical bearings are not very widespread in Canada. However, high superimposed loads, a large temperature difference, and unusual challenges during ... [more]
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Colombia: Horseshoe shape of the Yarumo Blanco Viaduct challenges engineers. [more]
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Double sliding isolation pendulum bearings reduce construction costs and secure hotel operations on the Pacific coast even during the strongest earthq... [more]
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For the new Kattwyck Bridge and the older one it replaces as a railroad bridge, MAURER was responsible for the installation of the bearings. For the l... [more]
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MAURER supplies all bridge bearings for the Pumarejo cable-stayed bridge in Colombia, the longest road bridge in the country. Challenges are strong ve... [more]
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The Pelješac Bridge, situated at the picturesque Croatian coast, will become one of the most impressive cable-stayed bridges. From 2022, it is suppose... [more]
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The new major airport Felipe Ángeles (AIFA) is about to be built, near Mexico City. To protect the huge terminal against earthquakes, it will be isola... [more]
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At the next Grand Slam in Paris, the top matches will take place without breaks due to rain – thanks to a new retractable roof. MAURER equipped the sl... [more]
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The listed Olympic Stadium in Helsinki is being modernized which includes the addition of a new roof that covers the stands around the entire oval. Th... [more]
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Mass is usually a problem under seismic loading. But when you convert the heavy roof slab of a concrete structure into a tuned-mass damper, then it be... [more]
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Singapore has put a gem into its architectural crown, the “Jewel Changi Airport”. The largest single-layer steel-glass construction and the world’s la... [more]