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Space for 13.2 million barrels: Tank farm at Saldanha Bay

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Crude oil storage tanks in Saldanha Bay: 24 football pitches large, 17 m high and storage capacity for 13.2 million barrels: at South Africa's Saldanha Bay, a huge crude oil storage facility was realised.

Instead of a conventional slab formwork solution, the engineers designed a construction variant using formwork carriages. Thereby, a framework construction supported the slab formwork.

Each casting segment realised 880 m² of slab area per storage tank in regular 5-day cycles.

The tank slabs are supported by a total of 2,400 concrete columns.: The reinforced circular column formwork had to be cleaned and oiled while in a vertical position.

Using 75 m² units, the tank walls as well as all the walls of the pumping station and the concrete casing of the pipelines were formed.

During the construction, project participants were able to draw on a large amount of information. 3D models simplified the coordination and facilitated fast execution and control processes.

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