Blog - Archive

In our blog you can find out what is coming up at GERB in the near future and

what has been going on in the past few weeks.

Here we want to keep you informed about events and promotions – feel free to browse!

Blog - Archive

In our blog you can find out what is coming up at GERB in the near future and

what has been going on in the past few weeks.

Here we want to keep you informed about events and promotions – feel free to browse!

5月 17, 2023

Protecting Basel Concert Hall from vibration & structure-borne noise

To make the acoustic performance an extraordinary experience again, GERB designed and integrated a Floating Slab Track system for Basel Tram. When the music hall was realized in 1876, the walls were built directly on the foundations of the historic city wall and the vault of the Birsig (river). The city wall itself is rigidly connected to the Birsig vault. Over the years, the components have been firmly connected to the tram via pipelines, cable tunnels and a pedestrian underpass, resulting in numerous structure-borne noise bridges. Vibrations from passing trams are transmitted to the music hall and radiated as secondary airborne noise. The music hall was opened by the Casino-Gesellschaft Basel, founded in 1824, due to the growing number of cultural events. The hall was designed by architect J.J. Stehlin-Burckhardt and is internationally recognized as an outstanding concert hall.

5月 17, 2023

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5月 17, 2023

Vibration control of an IMAX® theatre

Since 1999, GERB spring elements have been ensuring an enjoyable cinema experience without disturbing noises from the outside. With a weight of 5,000 tons, a diameter of around 44 m and a height of more than 25 m, the BFI IMAX® building in London makes its presence felt. More than two decades after first opening to the public, the cinema still has the largest screen in Great Britain, at 20 x 26 metres. The building was designed by architect Bryan Avery and has received a number of awards. Located within a busy roundabout between Waterloo Station and Waterloo Bridge, with tunnels of the Waterloo and City Line passing less than 5 m beneath the building, and a number of other underground and mainline train tunnels and bridges in close proximity, the cinema is constantly exposed to vibrations. Neither cinemagoers nor architects nor structural engineers want these vibrations to be transmitted into the building.

5月 17, 2023

Mixed-use building complex in Aachen

A vibration-isolated mixed-use complex in the immediate vicinity of Aachen Central Station, Germany. Spread over five buildings and almost 25,000 m², people will live, work and shop here in the near future. A common base at ground floor is intended for retail and gastronomy. In the two centrally located, six-storey buildings, 300 high-quality, furnished student apartments as well as a fitness area, a cinema and a bicycle parking garage are being built. A glass staircase connects the houses with each other. Towards the train station there are two eight- and six-storey office buildings with a total of 6,000 m² floor space.

5月 17, 2023

ArtHouse near King‘s Cross London

To protect the ArtHouse residential building from rail traffic, GERB designed an elastic support solution. The ArtHouse at Kings Cross is located directly above the Piccadilly underground line and consists of basement car parking, retail shops on the ground floor and seven storeys of residential accommodation. The building is a concrete frame on piled foundations and is situated along the west side of York Way approximately 500 metres to the north of King’s Cross Station. Just to the west of the building run three tunnels to Kings Cross Station.