The size of the biggest construction site in Europe can only be seen from
the air.
Built in approximately four years, RWE Power AG’s Neurath BoA project is
the world’s largest brown coal power station. With around 10,000 m² of formwork,
NOE-Schaltechnik has contributed a significant share of the formwork technology
and materials.
With the 10,000 m² formwork for the machinery halls, ancillary buildings
and the desalination plant, NOE-Schaltechnik has provided the bulk of the
material for the site in the Rhine valley brown coal fields, as well as
technical support and works planning.
For structural engineering reasons the deck slabs and downstand beams in
the ancillary buildings had to be cast at the same time, therefore Strabag
decided to use NOEalu L manual formwork for all the 3,780 m² of wall formwork.
The heavy duty frame formwork NOEtop was also used in the ancillary
buildings. 12 metre high walls, some with special formwork and columns of 2.0 x
2.40 m in cross-section were concreted in one pour with NOEtop
The side formwork to the downstand beams in the machinery halls and the
desalination plant was constructed with approx. 1,200 m² of heavy duty wall
NOEtop panels.
