Saudi Arabia’s Saline Water Conversion Company (SWCC) has awarded Pöyry with the owner’s engineer services assignment for the Shuqaiq Phase 3 Water Transmission System
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The Shuqaiq Phase 3 Water Transmission System (WTS) is composed of three packages:
Package B1: Pipeline for Shuqaiq – Majardah WTS (SMWTS);
Package B2: Pipeline for Pipelaying for Shuqaiq – Abha WTS (SAWTS-3), Shuqaiq – Samta WTS (SSWTS-3) and Baysh Dam – Shuqaiq WTS (BSWTS);
Package C: Construction of Pumping Stations PS1, PS2, PS3, PS4, PSQ, PSJ, PS-TI and PSU.
Besides the complexity of having several EPC Contractors working on the project’s three different packages, the Shuqaiq WTS is one of the most complex water transmission systems in the Kingdom: on its route from the Shuqaiq 3 desalination plant on the Red Sea coast, the pumped water has to overcome a positive gradient of more than 2000 m as well as cut through several mountains by means of tunnels; hence, converting this project is an exceptionally challenging hydraulic and tunnelling engineering exercise. The total water transmission capacity of Shuqaiq Phase 3 WTS, once integrated with Shuqaiq Phase 4 WTS, will be of 650 000 m3/day.
Pöyry’s scope includes Review of Contractor’s Engineering Services and Supervision of Construction, Erection and Commissioning.
