Merck Stadion Darmstadt

Erection of the steel structure has started

At the beginning of November, the erection of the steel structure for the new back straight “Am Böllenfalltor”, the venue of the SV Darmstadt 98, has started.

Donges SteelTec manufactures, supplies and assembles the steel roof construction for the new back straight in the Merck Stadium, Darmstadt.

Around 400 tons of steel are required for the construction of the new grandstand roof. The roof structure consists of 40 m long trusses that converge at the tips in a V-shape. The anchoring is carried out per axis via two supports and a tension anchorage, which are optimally designed for the changing stresses generated by the wind load. The main column stands on a solid steel component, which is concreted into the upper sawtooth beam of the grandstand. The scope of services also includes the roof and wall cladding.

 

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The new railway overpass in Heppenheim

Night mission went according to plan

In the night from 09 to 10 November the new railway overpass in Heppenheim (Bergstraße) was successfully lifted in. Completely manufactured and coated each of the components was transported by truck to the construction site where it was assembled in a tandem lift. The transport length was approx. 18.6 m with a unit weight of up to 100 tons.

Donges SteelTec has been contracted with the manufacturing, delivery and assembly of the steel construction for the railway overpass in Heppenheim, Germany. The railway bridge will span the railway line 3601 Frankfurt – Heidelberg via the federal road B 460 “Lorscher Straße”.

The overpass consists of two separate superstructures. Each superstructure is designed as a trough bridge with thick sheet metal. On one side of each of the two superstructures a walkway will be added.The span width of the bridge is approx. 15.40 m, the construction height 0.8 m. This results in a slenderness of L/H = 19.25. Each of the superstructures is 4.70 m wide. The pavements have widths of up to 1.45 m.

 

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With two bridges through the city.

Beginning of November 2019, two parts of the bridge for the new railway overpass in Heppenheim (Bergstraße) were transported from Darmstadt to Heppenheim. How the 80-tonne, 18.7-metre long bridges reached their final destination was recorded in a short video…

 

 

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Heidingsfeld viaduct

The superstructure of the Viaduct Heidingsfeld has reached the other side of the valley

With the sixth and last movement of the 2nd construction phase, the superstructure reached the other side of the valley as planned.

In the coming days preparations will be made for stacking the bridge, which will bring it into its final position. Subsequently, our erectors will carry out the remaining work on the steel structure,

so that by the end of next year the 2nd construction phase will also be completed and opened to traffic.

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