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88 Wood Street, London
Designed by architect Richard Rogers, 88 Wood Street is a fine modern day example of facade engineering.
Aaron Klug building, MEPC Granta Park, Cambridge
MEPC Granta Park, one of the UK’s leading science parks, has a newly refitted research and development facility that has been occupied by MedImmune, AstraZeneca’s global biologics unit.
Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre, Rotherham, UK
The Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) has been designed as one of the country’s first carbon neutral buildings. Situated on a brownfield site, which has been reclaimed from an old coal and opencast mine, this fully sustainable ‘factory of the future’ will test new technologies for the aerospace industry.
Arena Zagreb, Zagreb
Macalloy 460 bars in diameter M36, were supplied to support the roof structure of this new prestigious arena. With a capacity for 16,000 spectators, the new Arena Zagreb hosted the 2009 World Handball Championship.
Aréna Poprad
Tension Systems s.r.o the exclusive distributor for Macalloy products in Czech Republic has recently received the award for the building of the year 2007 at Slovakia.
Atrio Shopping Centre, Villach
Austria's first themed shopping centre, was designed to reconnect the regions of Carinthia, the Friaul and Slovenia all of which are kept apart by borders.
Burj Al Arab Hotel, Dubai
One of the tallest buildings in the United Arab Emirates is the Burj Al Arab Hotel; with construction taking 5 years at a cost of $650million, this building has become an iconic structure of Dubai's urban transformation.
Campus Square, Brno
Campus Square combines the luxury of High Street shopping with the convenience of a modern retail complex. The center includes over 20,000 square meters of shopping area, with over 50 shops, including name-brand fashion, footwear and sporting goods, home furnishings, appliances and electronics, services, restaurants and coffees, and a Tesco hypermarket. Macalloy 460 tie rods in diameters M10, M16 and M20 were supplied as cross bracing of the roof structure. The retail centre first opened to the general public November 2008.
Castleford Bridge, Castleford
Designed by McDowell Benedetti and constructed by Costain Ltd, the new Castleford Bridge, built over the River Aire was supplied with Macalloy S1030 into the concrete piers and abutments.
City of Manchester Stadium
Built for the 2002 Common Wealth games, the City of Manchester Stadium was further redeveloped to become the home of Manchester City football club. Throughout the redevelopment the temporary stand was taken down and replaced with a similar structure to the opposite side of the ground, resulting in the capacity of the stadium being increased by 12,000.
Clarke Quay
A new ETFE cushion clad roof, provided by Hightex in Germany is supported by a series of 18 new environmental ‘angle’ structures between the shop houses. Each of these structures is tensioned by use of galvanised Macalloy 460 tension rods.
Comercial BriCor, Madrid
Supplied by Macalloys Spanish distributor ICQ Arte Estructural, this Spanish superstore in the capital Madrid used Macalloy 460, comprising of 650 painted carbon steel, M30 bars in 3.2m lengths. With the bars complete with forks, pins and turnbuckles, Macalloy tendons formed the lattice metal work supporting the roof.
Cork Airport
Cork Airport is Irelands first 21st century terminal and represents one of the three international airports in Ireland.
Devonport Royal Navy Dockyard
The reconstruction of the Devonport Dockyard has included over 250 75mm Macalloy Bar anchors in the dock floor. With a characteristic failure load of 4310kN this is the largest bar anchor currently available.
District Archive Brno, Brno
Tension Systems s.r.o, the exclusive distributor for Macalloy products in the Czech Republic has recently received the award for the building of the year 2008.
Dong Energy headquarters, Phase II, Gentofte
Macalloy 460 tie rods in diameter M30 and 36 were recently supplied as roof bracing to the extension of Dong Energy headquarters, Gentofte, Denmark.
Dubai International Airport, T3
With the new expansion due for the end of 2008, the new terminal will enable the airport to cater for more than 30 million passengers a year.
Dubai Metro, Dubai
Throughout the construction of Dubai Metro, Macalloy has supplied tie rods in a range of diameters, for both the red and green line.
Elm Park, Dublin
Featuring a restaurant, apartments, fitness centre, a helipad, these just to name a few is what make Elm Park a residential development like no other.
Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
The Estádio da Luz is the home of Sport Lisboa e Benfica and was rebuilt to host many of the matches including the final of UEFA's Euro 2004 tournament.
Fabian Way Footbridge, Swansea
Replacing the old Siding Bridge, the new bridge will provide a vital link between the park and ride site at Fabian Way and the newly constructed bus lane, which runs into Swansea city centre.
Golden Jubilee Bridge, London
After years of having a reputation of being narrow and dangerous, the decision was made to replace the footbridges that ran either side of the Hungerford Bridge, with new structures.
Gorzow Arch, Gorzow
BBR Polska, the distributor for Macalloy products in Poland completed work on the new arch bridge on Gorzow bypass in November 2006.
James Joyce Bridge, Dublin
Designed by architect Santiago Calatrava, the James Joyce Bridge named after the author James Joyce. Is a single road bridge spanning 40 metres across the river Liffey.
Khalifa International Stadium, Doha
Re-built prior to the 2006 Asian Games, this multi use stadium had to be increased in capacity, leading to two major developments in the Western and Eastern side of the stadium.
KL8 Footbridge, near Poznań
Footbridge KL8 used Macalloy 460 and 1030, 14 tendons Macalloy 460 M30 galvanised and 32 PT bars Macalloy 1030 M36 carbon black. The footbridge was built as a part of a modernisation of an existing road, the footbridge itself is brand new.
Korean World Trade Centre Foyer
The glass wall in the Korean World trade centre foyer is another fine example of Macalloys innovation and problem solving experience, enabling the construction of what is believed to be the world’s tallest structural glass wall.
Korean World Trade Centre Pyramid
Covering the food court adjacent to the Korean World Trade Centre, the glass pyramid is believed to be the largest of its type in the world.
La Chrysalide, Arles
The recently opened La Chrysalide, Arles, was built as an activities centre for the mentally handicapped.
Lough Key Forest Park, Co.Roscommon
After declining visitor numbers over the last two decades the Lough Key Forest Park, Co.Roscommon under went a £5m development with the aim of becoming a family focused facility.
Metro Station Střížkov, Prague
The new extension of the metro line in Prague to the large residential area of Prosek is set to transform transport links from this up and coming area to the centre of Prague itself.
Millau Viaduct
The magnificent Viaduc du Millau opened for public travel in 2004, with Macalloy bars used in its construction.
Millenium Bridge, London
Opened in June 2000 the London Millenium Bridge was the first new bridge to be built since the tower bridge in 1894.
Mosnov Hanger, Mosnov
With the main hangar structure consisting of 7 bowstring lattice trusses spanning 145m, as well as 14 square lattice columns 22m high. Using pairs of tendons in M105 in the Macalloy 520 range, the tendons were used as the bottom chords of the lattice trusses. With each tendon 6m in length, the tendons were connected by turnbuckles and terminated by forks at the end of the trusses.
Munich Airport Centre
The Munich Airport Centre was built as a shopping, business and recreation area that connects both terminals 1 and 2 together. Using Macalloy 460 in diameters ranging from M30-M100, Macalloy tendons were used to support and hold down the roof canopy, with each tendon been tensioned using the Macalloy technotensioner.
Munich Airport, Munich
Built in June 2003 to deal with huge increase in passenger traffic, Macalloy are proud with the companies’ involvement in the construction of terminal 2. Which as result enabled Munich airport to accommodated over 30 million passengers in 2006.
Munksjoe Bridge, Joenkoeping
The position of the bridge between the city centre and the open lake is unique, and requires a clear yet transparent structure to define a space, an urban space which preservies open views from the city over the water.
Navia River Viaduct, Asturias
Inaugurated in June 2006, the Navia River Viaduct is made up of 2 x 160m central spans held up by 2 arches built on a prestressed deck. The arches consist of a metallic box filled with concrete; their anchorages are connected to the deck using 84 x 40 dia Macalloy 835 x 1030 pre-stressing bars. BBR PTE in Spain carried out the inspection and stressing.
Olympiastadion, Berlin
Steeped in history, the Olympiastadion began renovation in 2000, which would enable the stadium to host 6 matches throughout the 2006 world cup.
Pasarela Fuenlabrada, Madrid
The impressive Pasarela Fuenlabrada Bridge was constructed using a series of Macalloy S460 stainless M76 tendons, holding the bridge deck in place. Once in position the M76 bar system was tensioned using Macalloy's patented Techno Tensioner. Tecpresa, designed the footbridge in conjunction with Ferrovial Agroman, one of Spain’s largest construction companies.
Poprad Bridge, Poprad
Tension Systems, s.r.o the distributor of Macalloy products in the Czech Republic recently carried the prestressing and installation of Bridge Poprad, Slovakia.
Porto Airport
The recent redevelopment of Porto International Airport called upon the expertise of ICQ, one of Portugal’s most established and experienced design and build consultants.
Qatar National Convention Centre, Sidra Trees
The Qatar National Convention Centre will open its doors in 2011, offering 40,00sqm of exhibition space in 9 halls. Setting a new benchmark in global venue design, QNCCS's expertly planned space is fully flexible, including 4,000-seat confernce hall, 2,300-seat lyric style theatre, three tiered auditoria, complemented by an addtional 52 meeting rooms all adaptable to accommodate the full range of events.
Queen Victoria Building, Sydney
Award winning architects, Sydney based Anchor, Mortlock and Woolley were responsible for restoring the QVB to her former glory, with a refurbishment that has seen six years of careful planning and implementation.
Renault Distribution Centre, Swindon
Built in 1983 and designed by the renowned architect Norman Foster, the instantly recognisable former Renault Buildings' bright yellow exo-skeleton has become synonymous with tensions structures.
Reykjavik Harbour
Working in partnership with Corus, Reykjavik Harbour was Macalloy's first major project in Iceland. Utilising over a 1000 tonnes of Macalloy tie rods, in diameters of M100. This prestigious project is there for all to see.
Rhein-Neckar Arena, Sinnsheim
Macalloy 460 tendons in diameters M24, M30, M42 and M56 have been supplied for use in the construction of this prestigious, new football stadium in Sinnsheim, Germany. The stadium is to have a capacity of 30,000 spectators and will host the home matches of 1899 Hoffenheim, recently promoted to the top flight of the Bundesliga. Construction was completed in January 2009.
Riverside Bridge, Cambridge
The new Riverside Bridge in Cambridge is supplied with Macalloy 1030 as holding down bolts and Macalloy 460 as hangars. This structure is the first crossing in the city since 1971, the two lane bridge will allow access of use to both cyclists and pedestrians.
Sazka Arena, Prague
The Sazka Arena it one of the most impressive ice hockey stadiums across Europe with a capacity to cope with 18,000 spectators.
Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh
After several years under construction the new Scottish Parliament designed by architect Enric Miralles was certainly worth the wait.
Shaikh Khalifa Sports City at Isa Town
This recently built project consists of a main grandstand, multipurpose sports and swimming hall, plus the resurfacing of the existing running track and replacement of the artificial turf with natural grass.
Sheikh Zayed Bridge, Contract 3, Abu Dhabi
Construction of a 912m long bridge linking Abu Dhabi with the mainland has a central span of 234m. The main bridge is a hybrid structure, consisting of central steel asymmetric arch ribs supporting pre-stressed concrete box girder decks. At the two main channel piers, the decks are supported by inclined pre-stressed concrete supports, rising vertically from the pier pile caps. The foundation comprises large diameter bored in situ piles.
Silverburn Centre, Glasgow
Silverburn is a new 'out of town' shopping centre located in Pollok, Glasgow, Scotland. Macalloy S460 tendons was supplied to support the glass façade of both the front and rear entrances. The centre first opened its doors in October 2007 and is one of the largest shopping centres in the UK.
St Paul’s Square, Liverpool, UK
St Paul's Square is the gateway to Liverpool's new Central Business District. This new development comprises of 5 building including office space, luxury apartments, a restaurant and car parking space.
Temple Bar Rebuild, London
The Christopher Wren designed temple bar monument was purchased by the borough of London, and re-built in the capital next to St Pauls Cathedral.
The Kolomoen footbridge
The new Kolomoen Bridge, Norway, was recently supplied with Macalloy 460 M76, M85 and M100 tie rods.
University Bridge, Malmö
In order to minimize the thickness of the bridge deck and maintain the open character of the harbour, the swing span was designed as a cable-stayed structure. The 52 meter long cable-stayed bridge rests on a hemispherical concrete pivot pier, which gives the impression of floating on the water.
Victoria Terminal 4, Belfast
The new state of the art Victoria Terminal (VT4) and docking facilities was supplied with large diameter Macalloy 17MHS tie rods, with additional factory wrapped Denso Tape & Denso PVC with 55% overlaps providing an effective corrosion protection system. Each tie rod complete with nut, washer and an anchorage plate provided an anchorage for tubular piled anchor walls.
Wainwright Bridge, Blackburn
Macalloy 460 M85 tie rods were used to suspend the landmark Wainwright Bridge, providing a vital road link in Blackburn, Lancashire.
Walverdang Bridge, Luxembourg
The impressively designed Walverdang Bridge comprises of Macalloy 460 48dia, each of the 4 tendons measures 20 metres. The bridge tendons required stressing using the Macalloy TechnoTensioner, the on-site work was carried out by Macalloy Site Services department.
Whitehall Footbridge, Leeds
Whitehall Footbridge crosses the River Aire just south of Leeds railway station, and provides pedestrian and cycle access from the village of Holbeck to the city centre. The bridge has two spans: the main 40m span crossing the river is a curved shallow steel box girder with a tied arch leaning away from the deck. The second span is straight, 10m in length and curved in plan and bowed in elevation.
Willow Place, Corby
As part of Northamptonshire's impressive programme of urban regeneration, a brand new retail development has been built in the centre of Corby town. Macalloy tie-rods were used to support the steel flying mast.
Wind Turbines, Uljabuouda
Located on mountain Uljabuouda in the Arjeplog Municipality, in Lapland, Sweden.
Zambana Bridge, Trento
The magnificent Zambana bridge based in the north of Italy was opened for public travel in 2008. A combination of Macalloy 1030 post-tensioning bar and Macalloy 460 M76 galvanised fork, pin and lockcovers are suspended to the deck of the bridge.