121 Project information Short project description Nemetschek Engineering User Contest 2011 - Category 2: Civil Structures Category 2: Civil Structures 2 The upper lock head of the Born lock is built up of approximately 6.200 m3 of reinforced concrete. In the walls, which consist of reinforced concrete up to 7.1 m thick, the culverts and valve shafts are situated. The reinforced concrete intermediate floor forms the roof of the stilling basin. In the stilling basin underneath the gates columns and walls are provided to break the water flow. The sill is constructed as a tubular hollow section girder of reinforced concrete for the transit of cables. The steel lock gates retain the water. The maximum water level difference over the steel lock gates is 11.25 m. Owner Rijkswaterstaat Maaswerken Architect Rijkswaterstaat Maaswerken General Contractor Combinatie Besix-Mourik Engineering Office Lievense Construction Period From May 2010 to August 2011 Location Born, The Netherlands New Upper Lock Head Born, The Netherlands
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