Campenon Bernard
Campenon Bernard was a French construction company best known for building prestressed concrete bridges and dams .
The company was founded in Albi in 1920 by civil engineers Edme Campenon (1872–1962) and André Bernard , but shortly afterwards relocated to Paris , where it soon developed into one of the major French construction companies . The Barrage du Chambon in the Isère department and the Barrage Oued Fodda in Algeria, France at the time, became famous .
In 1935 Edme Campenon made the acquaintance of Eugène Freyssinet , the inventor of prestressed concrete . After intensive discussions, they agreed to use Freyssinet's prestressed concrete system for the Algerian barrage des Portes de Fer and the concrete pipes for the associated 44 km of pressurized water pipes. The cooperation was continued with numerous dams in France and North Africa as well as numerous bridge constructions such as the Pont de Luzancy , the first prestressed concrete bridge in France.
From 1960, Jean Muller worked for the company, which he helped to achieve great success with the technology of prefabricated hollow box segments for prestressed concrete bridges , starting with the Pont de Choisy and the Viaduc d'Oléron . Between 1962 and 1970 Campenon Bernard built three quarters of the French prestressed concrete bridges. Campenon Bernard also specialized in the construction of nuclear power plants and other large projects.
In the period from 1988 onwards, a series of takeovers and regroupings took place, which led to the company becoming part of the VINCI Group as Dodin Campenon Bernard, together with the Dodin company, which is also steeped in tradition .
Individual evidence
- ↑ The information in this article is largely based on: Historique on the website of Dodin Campenon Bernard