How we innovate. Force-Activated Coupling System
How we innovate - Video Interview with Webuild Engineering - Director Design Services, Nicola Valiante
In this video, Webuild Engineering - Director Design Services Nicola Valiante illustrates the Force-Activated Coupling System, the innovative technology used to build the Snowy 2.0 project in the Australian mountains in New South Wales.
In the hydraulic tunnels serving the hydroelectric plants the water covers large level differences in just a few metres, which therefore causes very high pressure on the tunnel’s reinforced concrete surfaces.
In order to better manage and in a safer way too this pressure, engineers and technicians of the Webuild Group were engaged in a study project with field testing that after over two years of work led to patent the FACS, an innovative assembly method used for the concrete segments to make the hydraulic tunnels safer.