“New Harbour” in Doha/Qatar - Putzmeister Holding GmbH

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“Big Block Builder”:
Four TBS 130 Telebelt
in action during the
mammoth project “New
Harbour” in Doha/Qatar
[The following text is based on a report from CMME,
edition 08/2012]
The long wait for the start of the World
Cup in 2022 and the reorganisation of
the “Qatar National Vision 2030” master
plan to invest in the future of the country
planted the seed of doubt in the minds of
many people as to whether the optimism
of the last year was actually genuine or
simply an illusion.
Projects such as the new international
airport in Doha, which is scheduled to
open on 18.12.2012 (a Qatar national
holiday) as well as the current deluge of
infrastructure contracts
and a huge project
for a new harbour in
Doha show that Qatar
is really serious
about
g e t t i n g
things moving.
The existing harbour is located in the
heart of the city and severely restricts the
economical development of the country.
Once the new harbour is finished, Qatar
can finally meet its obligations of delivering
the stadia, hotels and infrastructure
required by FIFA for the World Cup in
2022. In terms of cargo, the equivalent
of six million 20-foot containers will be
handled every year.
In July 2012, the first prefabricated concrete
block was laid in the 8 km long
quay wall. A total of 35,000 blocks are
required for the new quay wall – each
one weighs between 40 and 90 tons and
represents a logistical nightmare!
In the summer of 2012, a team
from the magazine CMME
(Construction Machinery
Middle East) visited the site of
the ambitious “New Harbour”
project to meet the organisational
team responsible
for operating the four
Putzmeister Telebelt
TBS 130 machines.
The project manager
from FBA (Fahad
Bin Abdulla
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