High board over the Danube – A giant diving board on Batthyány Square

One of the most spectacular venues of the 2017 Budapest World Water Championships was created with the involvement of our experts. We were the ones who carried out the piling works of the 65-ton steel diving board set up on Batthyány Square overlooking the Danube. The structure and the pool below were built onto a 17×47 meter reinforced concrete foundation in the riverbed. The work had to be performed from barges anchored on the Danube which was also hampered by the sudden flooding too. With the support of Soletanche Bachy’s French engineers, the substructure of the tower was completed in time, following a 24-hour work schedule.