In September we started the trial suspension of the spectacular auxiliary construction for the grit blasting and preservation of 32 slides. This auxiliary construction has been installed above the Eastern Scheldt storm surge barrier. Only this auxiliary construction will make it possible to renovate the 32 gates and realize the major maintenance. The existing paint system will be completely removed and a completely new system will be applied.
The design of the auxiliary structure is a high-profile innovation developed by the OSK conservation group BV. A joint venture between GSB Ochten and Van der Ende Infra Barendrecht. In the accompanying presentation by Peter van der Mark – project leader RWS – you get a fantastic realistic picture in the complexity of the design. It also depicts the bizarre circumstances in which work has to be done. For example, the force of the sea pounding unrelentingly on the auxiliary construction.
Compilation images trial suspension auxiliary structure