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Impregilo: Expansion of Panama Canal - Third set of locks



aggiudicato Impregilo si è nel luglio 2009 i lavori di realizzazione di a system nuovo progetto di Chiuse nell'ambito per l'ampliamento of the Canale di Panama. Il progetto per l'
ampliamento the Canale di rappresentativo an operating delle più grandi e Ingegneria civile important in the twenty-first century and involves the construction of two new sets of locks. The initiative stems from the need to respond to developments in the maritime transport market is characterized by a tendency to build ships of greater tonnage, called Post Panamax, reaching a capacity of up to 12,000 TEUs against 4,400 TEUs capacity vessels that are currently allowed to pass through the locks exist.
The new locks will consist of three bedrooms, each 55 meters wide, the length of 427 meters and a depth that ensures a minimum draft of 18.3 meters. Systems will be equipped with sliding gates that will overcome the difference in level (27 meters) between the ocean and Lake Gatun. The new locks will also be equipped with tanks of water reuse that permit recovery of at least 60% of the water used in every operation of filling the rooms. The creation of two new series of closed, one side and a side of the Atlantic Pacific, will allow the increase in commercial traffic with the transit way in the sense of large yachts, up to 366 meters long, 49 meters wide and up to 15 mt draft
The project involves the use of approximately 8,000 employees when fully operational, using about 3.5 million cubic meters of concrete and approximately 70 000 tonnes of gates and valves for the hydraulic management of the locks and the excavation of earth and rocks for about 30 million cubic meters.

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