Client : Ministère de Ressources en Eau – ANBT – Agence Nationale de Barrages et Transferts
Location : Mostaganem – Algeria
Year of Completion : 2007

The contract was characterized by the construction of a reinforced concrete tube factory with an incorporated plate core.

Main data:

Land area: 118,000 m2 Earthwork: 128,680 m3
Concrete: 13,060 m3
Steel: 1,100 ton
Metal structure: 1,140 ton
Main structure: 17,100 m2
Secondary bodies: 1,200 m2
Coverage: 19,933 m2
Social facilities: 1,033 m2

Production of 6 meter long tubes
Diameters: Ø 2200 mm, Ø 2000 mm, Ø 1800 mm, Ø 1400 mm
Production capacity: 728 tubes / month (4 km)

Technology and description of main equipment:

Manufacture of the tubes: Casagrande Technology
Machine for making the joints (ends)
Machine for making sheet
core fabrics Circumference welding
machine Hydrostatic testing machine
22 Molds (3 x Ø 2200, 12 x Ø 2000, 2 x Ø 1400)
Dump truck
2 Strapping
machines 2 Coating
machines Tube deflection testing machine
6 Cranes with boom
Concrete production: Simem concrete
plant Maximum plant capacity: 175 m3/h
3 Mixers (2 x 2500 lts + 1 x 1500 lts)
5 100 ton silos each
Shuttle system for feeding the molds

Elevation means: Jaso

2 40 ton
cranes 3 40 ton cranes
4 32 ton cranes
1 16 ton crane
2 5 ton cranes

Mains:
Power: 2250 kVA (2 transformers of 1250 kVA and 1 of 1000 kVA)
Emergency generator set, consisting of 2 generator sets of 1000 kVA and 1 generator set of 100 kVA

Compressed air network: Atlas Copco GA110 compressor (19 m3/min)
3 tanks of 3 m3 each

Steam production:
2 boilers with installed power of 20 KW

Water / sanitation / fire network:
Independent rainwater and wastewater sanitation system
Domestic water treatment plant Oil
separation plant
Concrete laboratory