Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat
France, Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat (Côte d'Azur)
2007
With very little space

The community of Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat between Nice and Monaco extended the 50-year-old sewage system. The entry point of the HDD operation (Sea Outfall) was located at the "Pointe de la Causinière", which was situated directly next to a narrow coastal road at the foot of a hill topped with luxury mansions. The access routes are narrow and winding, the space on the jobsite is very tight. The seafloor is covered with corals. So, for environmental reasons, the muck could not be removed with bentonite.

The jobsite team employed a Herrenknecht HDD Rig HK150C. Navigating the mobile Crawler Rig to the jobsite was a precision job before it was brought in pilot-bore position to build the pipeline from ashore into the sea. The planned pipeline alignment demanded a steep entry angle of 22 degrees. This was handled by the Herrenknecht rig and the specially adapted jobsite installation without problems. The muck was removed with compressed air from a compressor installed on the jobsite.

The geology was a real challenge for the tunnelling technology: intially brittle and poros fold rock made up of clay and limestone, followed by weathered rock and sandstone formations. The first ten tunnel meters were lined with concrete to avoid a collapse of the borehole and to make the muck removal by comressed air more effective. After the pilot bore, the expansion of the drill hole and the installation of the product pipe, the construction works were completed on July 4, 2007.

Data Sheet

Country, Location

France, Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat (Côte d'Azur)

Year

2007

Application

Sewage

Geology

Heterogeneous ground
Rock
Sand, weathered rock

Tunnelling length

110 m

Machine Data

1x HDD Rig:
Diameter: 609 mm
Lining method: Pipeline
Pull force: 150 t
Torque: 70 kNm

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Steffen Dubé President and General Manager Herrenknecht Tunnelling Systems USA Inc.
Gerhard Goisser Commercial Manager Herrenknecht Tunnelling Systems USA, Inc.