DFI Magazine March/April 2020 - 81

FEATURE

ARTICLE

Cable Car Network Micropile Foundations
Urban Cable Cars
Cable cars are well known at ski resorts and
tourist attractions worldwide. They also
grace many urban skylines as a public
transportation option that is integrated into
existing transport networks. Examples
include the Medellín Metrocable in
Colombia, the Portland Aerial Tram in the
U.S., France's Telepherique de Brest and the
Singapore Cable Car Sky Network. Also
known as aerial trams, gondolas, wires or
ropeways, and funiculars, these networks
offer a three-dimensional solution to mass
transportation, in line with urban growth
patterns of the 21st century that require
overhead and underground infrastructure.

AUTHORS

Some advantages of cable cars are:
* High capacity, safety and barrierfreedom
* Use of less land and infrastructure
* Quick construction timelines
* Use of an unoccupied transportation
level
* Low environmental impact
* Low total cost of ownership
This article provides a case study on the use
of micropile foundations for some of the
towers in the cable car network of La Paz,
Bolivia. In particular, it focuses on the use
of micropiles instead of massive shallow

foundations on two of the lines that have
been added since the Bolivian public
company, Mi Teleférico, opened the
network on May 29, 2014. The structural
challenges that affected installation of
certain tower foundations in the project, as
well as project geological and geotechnical
parameters, are also briefly described.

La Paz Network
La Paz is the seat of government and the
financial center of the Plurinational State of
Bolivia. The metropolitan area of the
neighboring cities of La Paz and El Alto has
a population of approximately 2 million.
The valley of La Paz has a very abrupt
topography, with a longitudinal slope of

Freddy Lopez, Friedr. Ischebeck, Mariano Saucedo, Terra Foundations Bolivia, and Daniel Gonzalez, Estudio Bellasai

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