Comprehensive expertise in precast concrete
Soletanche Bachy carries out a large number of foundation and underground works using precast concrete solutions: piles, retaining walls, quays, etc. The Group relies on strong in-house expertise and a network of subsidiaries with cutting-edge precast know-how.
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Applications
Precast concrete elements offer many advantages, such as an excellent finish quality, thanks to their production in a controlled industrial environment (temperature, formulation, setting, molding, etc.).
They also provide greater control over jobsite operations, as they are not manufactured on site and do not depend on a concrete plant. Time savings are also significant, since prefabricated solutions require no concrete setting time and can be implemented at high production rates. Not to mention that they require less excavation work and less manpower.
Finally, they can be used in a wide range of applications:
Retaining walls
Piles
Foundations for homes
Tunnels
Quays
Civil works
Soletanche Bachy’s expertise
Every year, Soletanche Bachy produces:
precast plants in 5 countries
precast design offices
Our expert subsidiaries
PREFA
PREFA is based in Colombia and is closely linked to other local business units of the Group that implement these solutions. The team has expertise in concrete casting, and is highly flexible in responding to customers’ specific geometry requirements.
Rodio Kronsa
With over 50 years’ experience, Rodio Kronsa has carried out a large number of precast concrete projects in Spain and Portugal, providing technical assistance to its customers from design to execution.
Roger Bullivant
Specializing in foundations for homes in the UK, Roger Bullivant offers a wide range of precast concrete solutions (piles, pile caps and beams), and installs a colossal number of projects every year. Roger Bullivant relies on its own platforms, in-house design teams and a modern precast plant.
Bessac
Precast concrete is at the heart of Bessac‘s skills and needs. Whether for large-diameter tunnel segments, microtunnels or concrete pipes, the supply of prefabricated reinforced concrete parts is essential to the smooth running of projects. Bessac has the ability to transfer its know-how in precast concrete to any project worldwide.
Precast concrete, an environmental solution
Precast concrete elements offer many environmental benefits:
- Less concrete consumption
- Reduced concrete volumes (up to -40%)
- Little risk of run-off
- No spoil production for piles
- Fewer transport-related CO2 emissions
- No need for on-site concrete batching plants or heavy equipment
