Tachmag Dimona

The project's description:

Transportation of 2 transformers weighing 294 metric tons each, from the Port of Ashdod to Tachmag Dimona for the Israeli Electric Company.

The electrical company order from the division of engineering projects to transport 2transformers from Ashdod port to Dimona .
The engineering department began planning the transportation to locate the most suitable transporting route. The route was inspected by Israeli Road Authority company and after several inspections, it was approved.

The perfectly carried out coordination with the Israeli Police included a comprehensive patrol along the route, definition of nighttime or needed repairs parking spots and the process of passing through every intersection. Once the coordination process was completed, the determination of the final route, the definition of the number of transport nights, and the dates for transporting the cargo were set.
Additional coordination was made with the Kastro company, that made all the required changes along the route, such as, dismantling railings, road signs, other signs, Including evacuation of parked vehicles, if necessary, in transit through the city of Beer Sheva.

Two 500-ton cranes lifted the 2 transformers at the Ashdod port storage facility to wait for the dates set by the police.

The engineering projects division was preparing the Girder Trailer, adapting it to the engineering transformers transporting plan, and checked its integrity.
First stage - the dismantled girder support was moved to the port.
Second stage - the Girder Trailer was assembled in the port and the first transformer were lifted into the trailer using  500-ton crane and 700-ton crane.
Third stage - the first transformer was transported from the Port of Ashdod to an overnight parking in a nearby parking lot near Beit Kama interchange.
Fourth stage - the transformer was transported from Beit Kama Interchange to Dimona.
Fifth stage - 500-ton crane and 700-ton crane lifted the transformer onto the sliding system. the team slide the transformer into it's final position and jacked it to its base. the Girder Trailer prepared to be transported back to the port.
Sixth and last step, we transported the large beam support back to Ashdod port so that it would be ready for the next transformer in the convoy.

The transport for the second transformer was carried out after 2 weeks exactly according to the same stages as the first transformer.