Berding Beton GmbH

Egg-shaped pipes for combined sewer

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Approx. 560 m of egg-shaped reinforced-concrete pipes
were installed at Alexanderstraße in Oldenburg

Photos (4): Berding Beton GmbH

Photo: Berding Beton GmbH

Berding Beton GmbH manufactured the pipes in compliance with the quality guidelines of the FBS

Photo: Berding Beton GmbH

Apart from the excellent hydraulic properties, the egg-shaped pipes are convincing, in particular, owing to their high resistance to sulphate

Photo: Berding Beton GmbH

The manufacturer contributed to the fact that the building project could be completed before the planned finishing day

Photo: Berding Beton GmbH

A combined sewer has recently been rebuilt in the German city of Oldenburg. Egg-shaped reinforced-concrete pipes manufactured by Berding Beton GmbH in compliance with the quality guidelines of the FBS – the German Trade Association for Concrete Pipes and Reinforced-Concrete Pipes – were laid along approx. 560 m of the overall 705 m long construction section.

The comprehensive sewer construction project was primarily supposed to prevent floods such as had often occurred at the construction area in heavy rain events. “Any sewerage system reaches its limits in case of very heavy rainfall,” states...