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Construction of Gabes - Medenine highway - section 1 Gabes-Mareth (42 km)

Tunisia

Project

The Project is part of the Maghreb Highway Program aiming at connecting the five capitals of the Maghreb countries. The Project concerns the Section 1 connecting Gabes to Mareth cities (42 km). This section comprises 2 packages:

  1. Lot N ° 1: Gabès-Kettana, 21 km
  2. Lot N ° 2: Kettana- Mareth, 21 km

The highway is executed in asphalt concrete pavement and is in 2x2 lanes extendable to 2x3 lanes;
The pavement is made of the following layers :

  • A Wearing course in bituminous concrete
  • A Base layer in bitumen-bound graded aggregate treated
  • A Subbase layer in wet graded aggregate
  • A Subgrade layer in crushed aggregate untreated

The works include the following structures:

  • 57 Hydraulic structures, single and multiple culverts
  • 3 reinforced concrete deck girder bridge with clear spans of 20m with deep foundations (the 3 bridges are respectively 100m, 80m and 60m long)
  • 13 Overpasses, reinforced concrete slab bridge type, with 4 spans each
  • 3 Underpasses: 2 underpasses of reinforced concrete gantry bridge type with 2m span each and 1 of small gage
  • Toll stations

Our mission

  • Verification and approval of the contractor implementation design
  • The control of works and organize site meetings
  • The Validation of the Interim payments
  • Review the Contractor claims if any
  • Drafting the monthly and quarterly progress reports
  • Provisional and final acceptance of the project