Wagenborg Nedlift wins ESTA award 2012
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
At the annual meeting of ESTA (the European
Association of Heavy Transport and Lifting companies) on April
19th in Paris, Wagenborg Nedlift won the ESTA
Award in the category ‘lifting jobs up to 120 tons’.
The prizewinning job was executed in June
2011. In order to supply the new built Magnum Powerplant in
Eemshaven with gas, a new gas pipeline had to be constructed from
the Gasunie grid in Spijk up to the new power plant. This gas
pipeline crosses the one and only main road to Eemshaven industrial
park. It was not permitted that this road would be blocked during
construction works on the gas pipeline. Therefore, the main
contractor chose for a horizontal drilling operation underneath the
main road.
Wagenborg Nedlift took care of handling the 24
inch pipeline with a length of 400 meters (!) and a gross weight of
77 tonnes during drilling operation.
Keeping the pipeline in a perfect entry angle
at the front of the drilling hole without overloading one or more
of the eight cranes used on this job was a major challenge. This
challenge was met by accurate height measuring and flawless
communications. “A fine piece of co-operation within our
project team”, says managing director Ton Klijn, who was more than
happy to receive the award. “Working closely together on both
engineering, project management and operational level, offering our
customer a unique and safe solution: this exactly is our strong
point at Wagenborg Nedlift”.
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