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INNOVATIVE ANCON
REBAR CONNECTORS
USED IN ICONIC
RUSSIAN SKYSCRAPER
Innovative and quick-to-install reinforcing bar couplers from
Ancon replace time-consuming lapped joints and minimise
reinforcement congestion in the gigantic concrete superstructure
of Europe’s tallest building; the 87-floor, 462m high helicoidal
Lakhta Tower in St. Petersburg.
The use of Ancon’s high-performance mechanical rebar coupling
systems also helped maintain build quality. By eliminating lapped
joints and hooked bar ends, Ancon’s couplers and headed anchors
allowed the wet concrete to flow more effectively through the
reinforcement grid during casting.
125,000 couplers, a combination of Ancon CXL threaded and MBT
bolted systems, are installed in the tower’s immense 3.6m thick
concrete foundation raft, where 32mm diameter reinforcement
is arranged in 15 layers. The raft’s construction registered as the
Guinness World Record’s largest-ever continuous concrete pour
at the time. Continuity of reinforcement between the concrete floor slabs and
the central core is achieved through rows of Ancon KSN threaded
anchors and Ancon CXL Coupler Boxes. Both continuity systems
enabled simple plain-faced formwork to be adopted throughout
the build.
In the central cylindrical reinforced concrete core of the tower, the
innovative Ancon CXL Type B Couplers were used which are rotated
from one bar to the next to form the connection; ideal where
rotating long, heavy rebars into couplers would prove difficult. Contact Ancon on 0114 275 5224 to discuss the specific
requirements of your next reinforced concrete installation or
visit www.ancon.co.uk to review the available product range and
major project portfolio.
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