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NEWS RELEASE
After a
severe storm caused a transport ship to list so heavily that 155
tonnes of deck steelwork bound for the longest Cable Stayed
Bridge structure in the world, Rion Antirion Bridge, Greece,
fell into the sea, Cleveland Bridge rallied to achieve
replacements within less than ten weeks.
Delivery of the
6 steel plate girders, which were fabricated from scratch in the
company’s Darlington facility, took place last week and the
construction programme is back on schedule.
Commenting on
the achievement, Cleveland Bridge project manager, Alan Platt (based
on site) said “The project was running a few weeks ahead of schedule
before this freak incident, needless to say the six plate girders
lost at sea were some of those that were imminently required.
The Darlington
team pulled out all of the stops and we were delighted to receive
the replacements in such a short space of time. The project is on
track and we are looking forward to the final stages of assembly
which will be in March 2004”.
ENDS
Notes to
Editors:
Cleveland
Bridge UK Limited in partnership with Pantechniki S.A. was awarded
the contract for the supply of the deck steelwork for the 2,252 m
bridge, which will be the longest cable stayed structure in the
World and the longest bridge in Greece, spanning the Gulf of Corinth
at Patras and provides a permanent link between the Peloponnese and
the western mainland of Greece.
Fabrication of the 17,000 tonnes of
steelwork took place at Cleveland’s facility in Darlington between
February 2002 and September 2003.
Cleveland was
also awarded the contract to assemble the steelwork on site. The
assembly works commenced in October 2002 and will be completed in
March 2004 with the offshore assembly complete in June 2004. The
assembly work is being carried out in conjunction with Greek
subcontractor, Metka.
The bridge is
due to open by the end of 2004.
For further
information please contact:
Claire
Davidson on + 44 (0) 207 976 5555 or via
cdavidson@policypartnerhsip.com
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