Transporting, lifting and moving at Ben Gurion Airport

The project's description:

Transporting the 190-ton engine from Ashdod Port to Ben Gurion Airport, lifting it from the support leading to the sliding system, sliding it into an existing structure and placing it on its designated base.

The engineering work planning included several focal points:
• Planning the lifting from the ship in Ashdod port.
• Planning the transport configuration of the cargo.
• The travel route from Ashdod Port to Ben Gurion Airport - including obtaining all engineering permits from the authorities (Israel Road authority company, Bridge Engineering Company, Bezeq, Electricity Company to name a few). Planning the lifting at the destination site
• planning the sliding of the engine
• planning the location of the jacks to place the engine on its designated base.
The lifting of the engine from the ship in Ashdod port was carried out by two 500-ton cranes directly to the support carrying the engine to its destination.
Transportation with a total height of 6,625 mm was carried out on a route bypassing low bridges while passing under precisely measured bridges that were along the route.
Upon arrival at the airport in Israel, the cargo was transported to its destination within the port through the shuttle routes in the field.
The brigade's special works team prepared the skid system in advance, while a 500-ton crane was positioned to unload the cargo.
The lift was carried out and the engine was placed on the sliding system that slid the cargo into the building while passing through the building's marginal opening.
After the engine was slid along the longitudinal axis of the structure, it was necessary to raise it with jacks, rotate the sliding system by 90 degrees and slide the engine into its final position over its base springs.
All that remains is to raise the engine with jacks, release the sliding system and place it in its final position.