Project
The Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge – formerly known as the Third Bosphorus Bridge – is a hybrid cable stayed/suspended system of total length of 2,164m, with a main span of 1,408 m, designed by the French engineer Michel Virlogeux and Jean- François Klein from the Swiss engineering office Tingénierie.
Services
setec tpi is commissioned for :
- The expertise and the certification of the project on behalf of the highway’s concessionaire, the Italo–Turkish Joint Venture Içtas-Astaldi.
- The counter-calculation of the effects due to wind, fatigue of steel components, as well as the dynamic behaviour of the stays.
- With the help of setec its, also checked the electrical & mechanical facilities: dehumidification, fire hydrant system, low and high voltage equipment, lightning, maintenance lifts etc.
- terrasol analysed the project’s foundations.
Overall, more than 5,000 documents were reviewed over the course of the project (3 years).
Key information
Client: ICA ICTAS-ASTALDI ADI ORTAKLIGI
Partners: terrasol, setec ferroviaire, setec its
Duration: 2012 – 2016
