
With an ore body 4 km long, 80 m thick and reaching a depth of 2 km, LKAB’s Kiruna is the world’s largest, most modern underground iron ore mine.

Since mining began at the site over 100 years ago, LKAB has produced over 950 Mt of ore, yet only one third of the original ore body has been extracted.
The extraction-process requires large amounts of sprayed concrete to secure the excavation. Since 2008 Sika is the main supplier for admixtures and technologies at Kiruna.


The Brenner Base Tunnel is the heart of a 2,200 km long railway axis running between Berlin and Palermo and considered a priority project (the TEN-1 axis) by the European Union, since it is one of the key train routes through Europe.

The only way to cross both the flatlands and the Alps with a high-speed line is to use a base tunnel between Innsbruck, Austria and Franzensfeste, Italy. At 64 km, the Brenner Base Tunnel will be the longest underground railway connection in the world, a pioneering work of engineering and it will markedly improve passenger travel and freight transport through the heart of Europe.


The ongoing construction of ‘Beska’ bridge is taking part between the cities of Novi Sad and Belgrade near the town of Beska as part of the full, 4-lane development of the E75 motorway (part of the Pan-European Corridor 10).

The Design-Build Contract includes planning and construction of this bridge. With 2,213 m length it is the longest bridge construction in all of Serbia and the largest bridge in Europe currently being built. Three bridge piers are constructed in the river. The bridge has a height above ground of up to 40 m. The ‘cantilever method of construction’ was used to build the wide spans of the bridge crossing the river. This girders were concreted and pre-stressed in short, balanced 5-m-sections on both sides of the piers at the same time (balance beams).
Once the centre of the span was reached, the framework carriage is moved to the next pier and the procedure was repeated until the overhanging girders joined in the middle of a span.

Further Concrete References
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1 | 67 Meter Slip Forming Chimney | References Construction (Sika at Work) | English | 0,69 MB | ||
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Greenfield Wastewater Treatment and Water Recycling Facility,
Date: 12.04.2012
33_09_saw_chimney_mesaieed_qatar.pdf
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2 | Al Areen Water Park, Bahrain | References Construction (Sika at Work) | English | 1,03 MB | ||
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Date: 12.04.2012
saw_waterpark_08_06.pdf
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3 | Bridge and Jetty Case Studies | References Construction (Sika at Work) | English | 0,45 MB | ||
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Short descriptionConcrete Repair and Protection.
Date: 12.04.2012
36_09_saw_refurbishment.pdf
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4 | Coatzacoalcos Tunnel, Mexico | References Construction (Sika at Work) | English | 1,00 MB | ||
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Short descriptionInfrastructure Projects.
Date: 12.04.2012
04_saw_coatzacoalcos_tunnel.pdf
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5 | Colorado River Bridge on the Hoover Dam Bypass Project | References Construction (Sika at Work) | English | 0,40 MB | ||
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Short descriptionColorado River Bridge on the Hoover Dam Bypass Project - a composite bridge structure with a reinforced concrete deck, over steel box girders, supported on concrete piers from twin concrete rib arches.
Date: 30.05.2017
saw_05_11_hoover_dam_bypass.pdf
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6 | Construction solutions for Friedrich Loeffler Institute in Riems, Germany | References Construction (Sika at Work) | English | 0,30 MB | ||
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Short descriptionConstruction solutions
Date: 15.07.2015
saw_Friedrich_Loeffler_Germany.pdf
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7 | Corrosion- and Fire Protection | References Construction (Sika at Work) | English | 1,03 MB | ||
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Renovation of Fire Protection System in Vienna’s Rail Network
Date: 12.04.2012
20_09_saw_fire_protection_wien.pdf
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8 | Dorobantu Wind Farm, Constanta, Romania | References Construction (Sika at Work) | English | 0,49 MB | ||
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Date: 28.09.2012
No41_saw_wind_power_plant_low.pdf
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9 | Enfidha Airport | References Construction (Sika at Work) | English | 1,01 MB | ||
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Short descriptionNew International Airport, Tunisia
Date: 12.04.2012
04_10_saw_enfidha_airport_tunisia.pdf
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10 | Fitness Island Spa, Bronschhofen, Switzerland | References Construction (Sika at Work) | English | 0,17 MB | ||
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Short descriptionSika Architectural Concrete
Date: 16.07.2015
SAW_Fitness_Island_Architectural_Concrete.pdf
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