Events

Project Visit Bessoux Terminal Luik

On June 14, Zinkinfo and Infosteel organized a project visit to the Bressoux terminal of the Liège tramway. The city of Liège will have a streetcar that will serve 23 stations. On the Bressoux site, at the end of the line, there will be the maintenance center, the washing area, the streetcar’s storage area and a P+R parking garage.

The 4,200 m2 maintenance center is a metal structure of about 300 tons consisting of portals supporting walkways and maintenance corridors. The 3,900 m2 storage center is 234 m long for about 150 tons and consists of metal beams resting on one side on a metal column and on the other side against a concrete building of the P+R parking garage.

The washing station consists of concrete walls raised by steel columns and beams that support the roof panels and glazed frames. Railings and steel walkways complete the structure. Besides the economic and aesthetic nature of the material, the choice of a steel structure (hot-dip galvanized) was logical because of the ease and speed of execution.

During the event, participants were hosted at the Public Transport Museum of Wallonia, where they attended presentations by Zinkinfo (Bruno Dursin), TEC/Tram Liege (Daniel Wathelet), Architectural Firm Greisch - BAG (PierreFrançois Geenen), Lemaire Study Firm (Hugues Wilkin) and Ateliers Mersch (Thierry Mersch).