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Post-Tensioning Silos with DYWIDAG Strand Tendons : The Al Arish Cement Plant in Egypt
Recently , a cement plant was extensively expanded in the northeast of the Sinai Peninsula near the coastal town of Al Arish .
2 raw meal silos , 2 clinker silos and 4 cement silos with a production capacity of 11,000t of cement per day were built in the first project phase between 2009 and 2010 . The Egyptian DSI licensee MISR DYWIDAG participated in the construction of 6 of those silos .
During the second expansion phase in 2015 , 2 raw meal silos , 2 clinker silos and 4 cement silos were built that will increase production capacity by 11,500t of cement per day .
MISR DYWIDAG carried out the posttensioning work on all silos . One raw meal silo , one clinker silo and the 4 cement silos were built together with the contractor Gama for Trading & Contracting S . A . E . The other raw meal silo and the second clinker silo were built in co-operation with the contractor SIAC .
The silos were built using the slipform method . Work was carried out in 2 shifts , with approximately 1m concreted per shift , which roughly equals construction progress of 2m per day .
For post-tensioning the silos , MISR DYWIDAG supplied and installed Type 7-0.60 " DYWIDAG Strand Tendons with a total weight of 435t and 2,840 Type SD Plate Anchorages .
Since MISR DYWIDAG simultaneously worked on 4 silos , a total of 40 technicians and 4 supervisors was on site . The fact that the silos had to be completed with two different contractors within a very limited timeframe posed a special challenge .
Owner Ministry of Defense , Egypt General Contractor Chengdu Design and Research Institute of Building Materials Industry Co ., Ltd ., China Contractor SIAC , Industrial Construction & Engineering Company and Gama for Trading & Contracting S . A . E , both Egypt Consulting Reliance Heavy Industries ( RHI ), Egypt
DSI Licensee MISR DYWIDAG , Egypt MISR DYWIDAG Scope Production , supply , installation , technical support , supervision DYWIDAG Products Type 7-0.60 " DYWIDAG Strand Post- Tensioning System with 2,840 Type SD Plate Anchorages
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