Sub-contract No.

0603
Construction of Seawater Intake
Taweelah Power and Water Plant New “B” Extenstion, U.A.E.

CLIENT
Taweelah Asia Pwer Company (Employer)
Arabian Construction Company (Main Contractor

ENGINEER
Raymond Professional Group (Europe) Ltd.

CONTRACTOR
Leader Marine Contracting L.L.C.

CONTRACT VALUE
AED 1.54 million

CONSTRUCTION PERIOD
May 2006 to Sep 2006 Overview of seawater intake upon completion of installation
 Driving of sheet pile wall prior to
Seewater pipeline trench excavation
MAJOR WORKS CONSISTED OF:

Excavation and backfilling of pipe trench,
both above and underwater, for
installation of seawater intake pipes
including installation of temporary earth
support

Laying 48m long of 3 x 2.8m diameter
GRP seawater intake pipes including
design and installation of associated
intake anchor blocks

Design, fabrication and installation of
double silt curtain prior to any
dredging/excavation works

Reinstatement of existing basin side
slope after completion of pipe
installation/backfilling works
Excavation / dredging of existing sloping seawall
for seawater intake pipeline installation
Installation of “double” silt curtain prior to excavation
and dredging works
HIGHLIGHTS:
This project involved the installation of 3 nos.
seawater intakes, including the design of
concrete anchor blocks, for the Power and
Desalination Plant New ‘B’ Extension in
Taweelah, UAE. Since the construction works
have to be carried out in the existing basin of
the desalination plant, maintaining the water
quality of the basin was a major concern. To
prevent the pollution of the nearby water in
the basin, silt curtain with double layer was
designed and installed to enclose the works
area. To further minimize the disturbance to
the existing basin, it was proposed to precast
the concrete anchor blocks on site. Each
anchor block weighted more than 90 ton and
by making use the buoyancy force, they were
lifted and installed underwater by a 500-ton
mobile hydraulic crane sitting on temporary
steel H-piles driven near the edge of the
temporary cut slope. Subsequent intake
pipes were installed underwater by divers. It
has proven that the double layer silt curtain
was performed very well with no deterioration
of water quality observed during the course
of construction.