BEING MOBILE - Rhomberg Bau

Centre for railway technology
RCR (Resources Center Rheintal) offers a pleasant
working environment
The new centre offers plenty of space
and a great level of comfort for our
employees. Three tracks, a test pit and
an inspection pit now have a “roof over
their head”. Both pits can be driven
over by trucks when covered.
A supply network of installation shafts
offers connections for electricity and
compressed air. Two overhead gantry
cranes each capable of lifting 12 tons
add to the capabilities of the RCR.
During the winter months the building
can be temporarily heated, and a small
office and sanitary facilities are also
available.
Planning for the railway technology
centre started back in the autumn of
2006. All building work and structural
steelwork was carried out by our own
departments. The access route to the
western gate was also electrified.
Simon Gallus Aberer
A first modern station for railway technology has
been built in the Resources Center Rheintal (RCR).
Railway link for the stone quarry
The entire area of operation of the RCR will profit from the new options
The new construction of the railway link
together with associated unloading
facilties is a milestone in the development
of the entire area of operations.
During the course of the project,
processes in the stone quarry have also
been modernised to run in the most
environmentally friendliest way possible.
KEY FEATURES OF THE PROJECT
• To start with, the existing tracks were
removed and the bridge over the
Fallbach river was rebuilt.
• All work was carried out without
interruption to rail traffic (processing
of the rail-bound projects of the
Rhomberg Group: Arlberg tunnel and
Feldkrich station).
• After the extensive deep foundation
work (vibro-compaction stakes,
sheet piling, soilcrete jet grouting,
GEWI tension piles, in-situ concrete
vibro-stakes and high-performance
displacement stakes) the reinforced
concrete work for the unloading
facilities, the foundations and the
unloading tower were delivered in a
very short space of time.
• At the same time as the excavations
and earthwork, construction of the
track and catenary wire systems was
moved forward and in parallel to this
the entire connecting track and the
outside installations for the company
Blum were created.
• Mid-August 2008, the plant manufacturers
started with the construction
of the fully-automated unloading
system with a throughput capacity of
1,000 tons per hour.
In accordance with the decision taken
by the executive board, the construction
of the new displacement building
was realized in the space of just two
months at the same time and without
any interruption to any of the operations
in the quarry.
Thanks to the excellent cooperation
between all parties involved and the
optimized construction progress, the
project was a total success in every
respect.
Roland Marte, Construction Supervisor,
Underground Engineering
RAILWAY LINK “IN STÖCKEN” IN THE
WALLENMAHD AREA OF OPERATION IN
DORNBIRN/AUT
Construction period The deadline for commissioning
and opening celebrations was already
set at the start of the project as the 9 th of
October 2009.
Planning and official procedures were tackled in
the spring of 2008, and the large-scale project
got under way in March 2009.
Total construction costs 8.2 million for the
railway link to the quarry, plus an additional
Euro 1.2 million for the railway link to the
company Blum and the outside installations.
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