Twin Syphon under the new Suez Canal


Suez Canal

Location:
Suez Canal


Client:
Concord for Engineering and contracting


Consultant:
Consulting Engineering office


Year of construction:
2014


Project description:
Concord for Engineering and contracting company awarded Bauer Egypt the construction of 4 circular shafts for lunching and receiving the TBM required to construct 4 tunnels, each is 3.2 meter diameter to underpass the irrigation water canal (El - Sheikh Zayed Canal) under the new Suez Canal.


Scope of Works:
• Diaphragm Wall Works:
  - Construction of 2 no DW shafts dia. = 18.3, Depth = 58 m
  - Construction of 2 no DW shafts dia. = 18.3, Depth of 120 m

• Soft Gel Grout Plug Works
  Supply & construct 2 no soft gel plugs at the deep shafts 120 m, plug thickness 10 meter.

• Micro piles works
  Construct of 240 no of uplift piles capacity 120 ton to a depth of 120 m