VSL's innovations Dampers on test Penny's Bay in HK

EDITORIAL
Jean-Philippe Trin
ISSUE ONE • 2004
Adding value
with innovation
VSL has been investing in innovation for more than 40 years. Dedicated specialist teams and
effective R&D programmes ensure that our projects benefit both from new developments
and from continuous improvements in established techniques.
Any new technology must fulfil four key criteria: better quality; better reliability and long
term behaviour; better productivity; better cost-effectiveness. Recent VSL developments
that have achieved these demanding specifications include new post-tensioning systems,
high performance grout and dampers for stay cables. Such <strong>innovations</strong> provide even more
value than before, helping our clients as well as ourselves to gain a competitive advantage.
The VSL network believes that the sharing of know-how and best practice is a key factor in
providing top quality services. We have launched an internal web-based technical forum to
boost the process of spreading information throughout our 35 local subsidiaries. This
allows us to exchange advice on best practice and ensures that good ideas are put into use
straightaway, to the benefit of our clients.This feedback
ensures we adopt the best possible approach in the
package solutions we offer, especially for segmental
bridges and complex superstructures. In particular, our
recent jobs in Asia and South America have provided us
with case studies showing how the quality of projects can be
improved with more global technical input.
VSL specialists thrive on applying "good ideas made
workable" to special projects. I also look forward to
meeting our clients on projects around the world
and presenting the full range of our innovative
technologies that will add value.
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