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STEEL BRIDGES

SIDEC has collaborated in the development of the highway network of the country with the design, fabrication and erection or more an then seventy steel bridges for highways and railroads off all types, in accord with international specifications or special client requirements.SIDEC has built bridges from 10 m to 200 m free span, for one, two or more traffic lanes, has designed and built all types of steel bridges such as: plate girders with and without composite action, tied arches, hinged arches, trusses with upper roadway, through trusses, suspension bridges, etc.Bridge construction is one of the SIDEC’s special fields.
 

INDUSTRIAL INSTALLATIONS

 
In the field of industrial installations SIDEC has provided design, stress analysis and construction of different types of reinforced concrete structures or steel structures including foundations works, infrastructure, superstructure and finishes, such as buildings, aircraft hangars, covered steel structures for sport events, factory installations, space structures and plane frames. SIDEC S.A. also taken part in the fabrication of metal towers for microwave communications, transmission towers, lighting towers, elevated water tanks, overhead cranes, floating docks and port installations.All these products are elaborated under the pertinent technical specifications such as ASTM, API, AASHTO, ACI, ASME, AWS, AWWA, INEN, JIS, Ecuadorean Building Code, etc.
 

OIL FIELD AND HYDROELECTIC PROJECTS

 
SIDEC has participated in the fabrication and erection of: penstocks, forked branches, pipe suspension bridges, pressure vessels for LPG and air, and large tanks for crude oil, its subproducts and liquids in general.The main projects executed by SIDEC in the last years, in this field, are:
Fabrication and erection of the furnaces for the capacity increase of the Esmeraldas Refinery, acting as a subcontractor for Tecnicas Reunidas.
Erection of the GLP bottling plant in Salcedo for Congas.
Supply of two 2000 kg LPG containers for the Marriot Hotel, in Quito.
Design, fabrication and erection of a 100.000 gallon diesel tank for Italpisos, Cuenca.
Design, fabrication and erection of a overhead travelling crane for a pumping station for City Investing Oil Company and fabrication of galvanized gratings.
Design, fabrication and erection of bridges over the Arajuno River and over the Nushiño River for Kerr Mc Gee Ecuador Energy Corporation (former Oryx Ecuador Energy Company). These bridges were designed, fabricated and erected within 35 days each and were designed for a special load train of 81.100 kg.