Microtunnelling and direct pipe

1223 – Malamocco Project (Venice – Italy)

Works:
Fusina Integrated Project (Progetto Integrato Fusina - P.I.F.): crossing of the Malamocco-Marghera channel in Fusina (VE).

Customer:
Impresa di Costruzioni ing. E. Mantovani S.p.A.

Period of Execution:
September 2009 - March 2010

Works Amount:
€ 831.000,00

Description

The P.I.F. project concerns the final discharge of urban and industrial waste waters at the treatment plant of Fusina, and the construction of a new phyto-purification system.
The Malamocco channel has been crossed with a microtunnel, using reinforced concrete pipes with integrated liner in VTR and recovering the shield in water from the barge. The microtunnel length is 415 m, and the diameter 1.400 mm.