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Panama Canal Appurtenances Site Installation - Colon and Panama.

PANAMA CANAL EXPANSION

Extension program involves the construction of two lock three levels each with three water saving basins per level, one on the Pacific side and one on the Atlantic side.

It is also part of the program the widening and deepening of existing navigation channels Gatun Lake and the inputs of the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic as well as the deepening of Culebra Cut .

To connect the Pacific locks with the Culebra Cut excavation carried out in a dry new access channel 6.1 km long.

Meanwhile the floodgates have an approximate weight of 3,100 tons and have estimated a 20-story building , something compared to the headquarters of the Comptroller General in Panama height. They began construction in October 2011 by Cimolai , one of the most advanced metal construction , which operates in Italy and abroad , specializing in the construction of bridges, viaducts , stadiums, residential and industrial buildings, military installations , welded for marine and coastal industries beams, doors corrugated stainless tankers , cylindrical and polygonal steel poles for transmission and telecommunications power , thick tubes and helmets in diameter and ship .

This Italian company is responsible for the construction of the Third Set of Locks in the expansion draft , Dynamic Constructions , Inc was the company chosen by Cimolai to install all the accessories involved in the installation of new lock chambers .

Cliente: CIMOLAI - GUPC