The La Croix du Sud Clinic in Toulouse, France, is one of the largest construction projects currently under development in the region. To meet its requirements, Cemex supplied over 20,000m³ of concrete, including a specially formulated self-compacting mix.
In addition to 3,000m² of parking lots, the new health clinic comprises seven floors in a 33,000m² area, and is expected to be completed in late 2018.
The entire complex required 26,000m³ of concrete, supplied by
Cemex developed a special mix of highly fluid concrete for the 14m high walls of the parking space, where concrete joints were avoided for aesthetic purposes. To ensure the bases of the formworks did not break during pouring, sensors with set maximum pressure limits were placed at different heights, and funnels were used to ease control of pouring flows.
Cemex has successfully applied self-compacting concrete technology for other projects such as the Leipzig City Tunnel in Germany; the Vitri Tower, the second tallest building in Panama, and one of Mexico’s largest petrochemical projects, among others.
