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2019.05.16
Singapore TTP1 Site’s Last Caisson (No. 221) Installation Ceremony
Singapore TTP1 Site’s Last Caisson (No. 221) Installation Ceremony
Daelim employees and those from the client participate in the caisson installation ceremony
The Singapore TTP1 site held on April 23 a ceremony to celebrate the installation of caisson No. 221 as a key process of the site. Daelim Executive Kim Min-soo, Singapore’s Transportation Minister, CEO of the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (client), Korean ambassador to Singapore, and Belgium’s ambassador attended the ceremony. The site shortened the construction period by 7 months compared to the contracted construction period since it commenced caisson(Box-shaped concrete structure used as foundation for quay wall, breakwater, and bridge) manufacturing in April 2016. Daelim manufactured the 221st caisson in April 2018 and completed the offshore installation of all caissons on March 23, 2019.
View of the 2nd-stage project construction site.
The caisson process was completed after installing the last 221st caisson.
The caisson process was completed after installing the last 221st caisson.
The Singaporean TTP1 site is in charge of the 2nd-stage project building 20 berths (20 million TEU in size) in the mega 4-stage project of building 66 berths where ships can anchor in the 1,400ha site, targeting 65 million TEU annually. The project was started in February 2015 and is slated to be completed in December 2020, and the current process rate is about 91.6%.
