 | More Living Space with DSI: Modern Housing Development in MadridA few years ago, construction started on a modern residential estate in the south-east of Madrid’s urban area: the Ensanche de Vallecas (literally: enlargement of Vallecas). On an area of approximately 7 million m², the new residential area will provide space for 25,000 apartments as well as for sports and shopping centers. Some of the new apartments are targeted for residents aged 35 or younger. Since living space in Madrid’s center is often too expensive for these citizens, they frequently depend on their parents’ apartments. DYWIDAG Sistemas Constructivos S.A. (DSC) participated in the construction of one of these new apartment buildings. The seven storey building is one of the signature projects of the architects Francisco Ortiz and Lucia Esteban. The building required the use of post-tensioned flat slabs. DSC designed the slabs for the building floors with a minimum average thickness of 20cm and a total surface of 6,000m² and also supplied the necessary DYWIDAG Monostrand Tendons. A total of 28t of monostrand and 3,000 anchorages were installed in an area of 1,400m². Experienced DSC employees supervised the installation and post-tensioning of the tendons. Construction began in December 2007 and was finished in March 2008. As all of the tendons were supplied directly on site preassembled from DSC’s warehouse in Madrid, posttensioning could be carried out successfully within the time frame that had been agreed upon. |
