Project

TAP Project -Tunnel Boring Machine recovery at tunnel Italian side exit (Brindisi)

Air Diving Services

Client

Jan de Nul

Main Client

Saipem SpA - Trans Adriatic Pipeline AG

Rana Scope of Work

Basic Scope – Tunnel Boring Machine recovery

  • Assistance to flooding operations of the Tunnel Boring Machine at the microtunnel exit
  • Excavate the soil around the TBM
  • Pre-set slings underneath the TBM that will be connected to the lifting frame
  • Recovery of the Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) at the microtunnel exit

 

Project Data

Location

Brindisi - Italy

Dates

06/12/2019 to 25/01/2020

Diving techniques

  • Surface-supplied air diving

Duration

51 days

Resources

Vessels

  • MV Mimar Sinan

Diving Systems

  • Air Diving System
  • Dive Craft for Mobile / Portable Surface Supplied Diving (SRP)

Personnel

Diving team: 33

Main equipment

  • Lifting and installation aids
  • Hydraulic tools
  • Hydratight tensioners
  • HyTorc wrench