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Goodco Z-Tech seismic equipments Products and projects overview Presented by Pierre Lapalme, P.Eng.

WORKSHOP: Seismic isolation and damping of bridge structures

Structural bearings and expansion joints for bridges and buildings

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Canadian Leader

Custom-designed products, for strong and flexible structures • Structural bearings

–  Seismic and anti-vibration devices • Expansion joints • Other bridge related products

Manufacturing Facility

• Total area : 80,000 sq. ft. • Production area : 70,000 sq. ft. • Lifting capacity: 60 tons

Laval, QC

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Pot bearings with self-centering springs and calibrated energy dissipation

Route 169 – Rivière la Grande Décharge | 2002 Alma, QC

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Four longitudinal isolators at the abutment Rivière la Grande Décharge – Alma, QC

Isolation testing for the Alma project École Polytechnique de Montréal

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Route 155 – Rivière Petite Bostonnais | 2008 La Tuque, QC

Four longitudinal isolators with uplift device at the north abutment

Rivière Petite Bostonnais – La Tuque, QC

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Longitudinal isolator with uplift device at the north abutment

Rivière Petite Bostonnais – La Tuque, QC

Tests on isolators for the La Tuque project École Polytechnique de Montréal

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Highway 20 – Rivière Nicolet | 2008 Saint-Léonard d’Aston, QC

Longitudinal isolator | Four at the east abutment Rivière Nicolet – Saint-Léonard d’Aston, QC

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Transversal isolator | Four at each of the three piers Rivière Nicolet – Saint-Léonard d’Aston, QC

Laminated bearings

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Highway 10 – Rivière Richelieu | 2010 160 laminated bearings

Chambly, QC

Laminated bearings at pier Rivière Richelieu – Chambly, QC

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Tests on laminated bearings for the Richelieu project Sherbrooke University

Pot bearings with fuses to free movement during an earthquake

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Arthur Sauvé Bridge – Route 148 | 2008 Laval, QC

Lac-des-Fées Bridge | 2006 Gatineau, QC

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Galipeault Bridge – Highway 20 | 2008 Montréal, QC

Highways Charest and Robert-Bourassa Interchange | 2010-2011 Quebec City, QC

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Brady Bridge | 2007 Gatineau, QC

Pot bearing with fuses and a secondary sliding interface

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