Context of the project<\/h2><\/div>On the main avenue in Mexico City, Soletanche Bachy’s Mexican subsidiary Cimesa<\/a> served as general contractor on the BBVA Bancomer high-rise building project. It is a tower<\/a> with 53 floors of offices and 7 underground parking levels, which was LEED (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design) certified, Platinum level.<\/p>\n<\/div>Description of the project<\/h2><\/div>On land previously occupied by three buildings, the company built a 1 metre wide, 24,000 sq. metre perimeter diaphragm wall<\/a>, barrettes (up to 50 metres deep and 1 metre wide) and 156 circular piles (1.40 metre diameter, 50 metres deep) with pre-founded steel columns. Prior to the start of works, the cisterns and some 500 driven piles of the old building foundations<\/a> had to be demolished.<\/p>\n<\/div>Our solution<\/h2><\/div>For the underground levels, 122,000 cu. metres of earth were excavated using the top-down method to cope with the presence of very soft clays and a water table close to the surface. The underground civil engineering<\/a> works notably consisted in building the 8-metre capping beam, 42,000 sq. metres of flooring and the 6,000 sq. metres of 2 metre thick raft foundation. The works were carried out in compliance with top environmental standards.<\/p>\n<\/div>![](\"https:\/\/www.soletanche-bachy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2023\/08\/DSC1893a-slider-1024x436.jpg\")
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<\/a><\/span>Building<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div>Location:<\/h3><\/div>Mexique<\/p>\n<\/div>
Subsidiary of Soletanche Bachy:<\/h3><\/div>CIMESA<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>Project owner:<\/h3><\/div>BBVA Bancomer, S.A.<\/p>\n<\/div>
Prime contractor:<\/h3><\/div>Jones Lang Lasalle \/ Turner-Marhnos<\/p>\n<\/div>
Main contractor:<\/h3><\/div>Cimentaciones Mexicanas, S.A. de C.V.<\/p>\n<\/div>
Works period:<\/h3><\/div>06\/2010 – 03\/2013<\/p>\n<\/div>
Types of techniques:<\/h3><\/div>![\"Icon](\"https:\/\/www.soletanche-bachy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2023\/03\/Diaphragm-wall-copie.png\")
<\/a><\/span>Diaphragm wall<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div>![\"Icon](\"https:\/\/www.soletanche-bachy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2023\/03\/Barrettes.png\")
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Diaphragm wall<\/a><\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> A Soletanche Bachy expertise A diaphragm wall is a support of excavation technique used by [...]<\/p><\/div>
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Civil engineering<\/a><\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> We optimise the management and dimensioning of your project.\u00a0 Soletanche Bachy offers a [...]<\/p><\/div>
On the main avenue in Mexico City, Soletanche Bachy’s Mexican subsidiary Cimesa<\/a> served as general contractor on the BBVA Bancomer high-rise building project. It is a tower<\/a> with 53 floors of offices and 7 underground parking levels, which was LEED (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design) certified, Platinum level.<\/p>\n<\/div> On land previously occupied by three buildings, the company built a 1 metre wide, 24,000 sq. metre perimeter diaphragm wall<\/a>, barrettes (up to 50 metres deep and 1 metre wide) and 156 circular piles (1.40 metre diameter, 50 metres deep) with pre-founded steel columns. Prior to the start of works, the cisterns and some 500 driven piles of the old building foundations<\/a> had to be demolished.<\/p>\n<\/div> For the underground levels, 122,000 cu. metres of earth were excavated using the top-down method to cope with the presence of very soft clays and a water table close to the surface. The underground civil engineering<\/a> works notably consisted in building the 8-metre capping beam, 42,000 sq. metres of flooring and the 6,000 sq. metres of 2 metre thick raft foundation. The works were carried out in compliance with top environmental standards.<\/p>\n<\/div> Mexique<\/p>\n<\/div> CIMESA<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div> BBVA Bancomer, S.A.<\/p>\n<\/div> Jones Lang Lasalle \/ Turner-Marhnos<\/p>\n<\/div> Cimentaciones Mexicanas, S.A. de C.V.<\/p>\n<\/div> 06\/2010 – 03\/2013<\/p>\n<\/div> Key figures of the project<\/p><\/h2><\/div> A Soletanche Bachy expertise A diaphragm wall is a support of excavation technique used by [...]<\/p><\/div> We optimise the management and dimensioning of your project.\u00a0 Soletanche Bachy offers a [...]<\/p><\/div>Description of the project<\/h2><\/div>
Our solution<\/h2><\/div>
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<\/a><\/span>Building<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Location:<\/h3><\/div>
Subsidiary of Soletanche Bachy:<\/h3><\/div>
Project owner:<\/h3><\/div>
Prime contractor:<\/h3><\/div>
Main contractor:<\/h3><\/div>
Works period:<\/h3><\/div>
Types of techniques:<\/h3><\/div>
<\/a><\/span>Diaphragm wall<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/a><\/span>Barrettes<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/a><\/span>Civil engineering<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Related techniques<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Diaphragm wall<\/a><\/h3><\/div>
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