Thursday, 15 September 2016

engineering

THE EIFEL TOWER GOES GREEN
This was one of the unique challenges that UGE International faced as the manufacturer of the turbines. “We worked very closely with the general contractor [Bateg, a subsidiary of Vinci Construction France] so that we could adhere to all the laws of the tower,” says Jan Gromadzke, UGE’s project engineer. That includes no welding, drilling, or using any lifting equipment on the tower.