Al Khobar Water Intake Tunnel

Description

TOTAL IMMERSED LENGTH: 549 m
FABRICATION METHOD:
Single-use sheet-pile casting basin adjacent to coast in
ocean.

Al Khobar,

Saudi Arabia

Sketch of cross section

Contractor

Hyundai, South Korea

Contractor’s designer

Parsons Brinckerhoff

Length of elements

183m

Total immersed length

549m

End date:

1982-04-30

Number of elements

Number of Lanes / Tracks

Three tubes

Unusual features

Fast-track plans and specifications produced in five weeks.

Fabrication method

Single-use sheet-pile casting basin adjacent to coast in
ocean

Placing methods

Positioned using survey towers on roof and lowered into trench

Foundation Method

Screeded gravel (assumed)