Palm Island, Dubai

Client: VolkerInfra

Contract Value: £300k

Services provided: Provision of engineering consultancy and supervision of onshore section of sub-marine cable connection. Much of the cable installation was undertaken overnight to avoid over-heating of machinery during daytime ambient temperatures of 40 deg C.

• Installation of 132kV DC cables.
• Cables pulled via pre-installed directional drill between islands
• 80t cable drums floated into position on pontoon barges
• Cable installed with the aid of electrically powered push-pull machines

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