Trade Journals for the Concrete Industry

Having been awarded the contract to manufacture and deliver three cut-and-cover tunnels with the longest comprising of over 5,000 individual elements, Derbyshire based Sateba UK turn to Kraft Curing Systems GmbH to provide a unique solution. The brief is to reduce production cycle times by providing accelerated hardening of the uniquely-shaped precast tunnel segments. A two-step curing cycle allows the casting forms to be returned to use promptly while ensuring the element strength development can be controlled over a prolonged period, in line with stringent strength and quality standards.