forces in motion

Dampers for the Butterfly Towers of Bucharest

MAURER designs and supplies structural engineering dampers for protection against earthquakes and wind.

How to more than double the lifetime of a bridge with the least possible effort?

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Earthquake-proof railroad bridge expansion joint

… line Toluca–Mexico City is scheduled to become operational early in 2021. The special feature is the MAURER seismic protection system for two long viaducts. For this purpose, so-called guided cross-ties, the…

A jewel resting on spherical bearings

… construction and the world’s largest indoor waterfall – both resting on 14 spherical bearings from MAURER. A new showcase project of the bearing specialists from Munich. Singapore is a booming metropolis and…

Baerl Rhine Bridge: ninety meters of expansion joints replaced

… tons. “Its mere size presented a challenge,“ reports civil engineer Holger Redecker, branch manager for MAURER Northern Europe in Dortmund. MAURER was the principal contractor for the expansion joint…

Roof provides mass for seismic protection

… roof consisting of an elastically mounted mass plate. As a well-versed partner for seismic damping, MAURER was brought in. The building owner of the 9-story building is the insurance broker Consejeros. This…

Special bearings for the modernized Helsinki Olympic Stadium

… monument protection, architectural conditions, significant wind loads and high safety requirements, MAURER has developed special MSM® Uplift Spherical Bearings. They protect the new roof against uplift forces,…

Replacement of expansion joints took only 45 minutes

… A23 highway bridge. The only way to adhere to the ambitious time schedule was the use of MMBS (MAURER Modular Bridging System). The bridging system had been tested by the client, ASFINAG (Autobahn- und…

8-ton mass dampers for the tennis elite in Paris

… Paris, the top matches will take place without breaks due to rain – thanks to a new retractable roof. MAURER equipped the slender steel construction with dampers which immediately respond to vibra- tions: to…