Projects

Singapore – Jurong Island Phase 4 and Tuas View Extension

 
 

Project

  • Reclamation to extend Jurong Island.
  • Reclamation to extend Tuas Peninsula.
  • Construction of Jetties for mooring VLCC’s
  • Dredging of Fairways

Size : dredging and reclamation 550.000.000 m3
Slope protection 12,2 km (850.000 m3 rocks)

Location : Singapore
Client : Jurong Town Corporation Singapore Government
Contractor : J.V. Penta – Koon – Dredging International – HAM - Boskalis
Share Dredging International : 20 %
Period : July 2000 – November 2005

  

Scope of work

Reclamation
Slope Protections
Civil Works
Dredging Works
Jetty Construction
Pipeline Installation
     

General Information

Jurong Island and the Tuas Peninsula are located in the southwest corner of the island of Singapore.

The government of Singapore decided to create a major oil and chemical platform in Singapore by linking up seven existing islands to one Jurong island.
This contract involves an enlargement of Jurong Island.
Also an extension to the Tuas Peninsula forms part of the same reclamation contract.
Furthermore it involves fairway dredging and widening, and the construction of two jetties for VLCC oil tankers .

 

Description of the works

The project Is basically a reclamation contract.
The extension of Jurong Island increased the land area of Singapore with 540 ha, Tuas Extension with 920 ha.

The reclamation contract is to be completed in 64 months.
The dredging works and the jetty construction in 24 months.

The 550 mio m3 of sand, needed to create the 1460 ha of reclamation, Is brought in by large trailing suction hopper dredgers from sand sources in Indonesian and Malaysian waters.
The 25 mio m3 of dredged mud and clay is dumped by barges in the new reclamation areas.

Scope of Works :

In order to execute the reclamation, following works have been performed:

  • Dredging of sandkey trenches
  • construction of sandkeys
  • construction of general reclamation
  • slope trimming
  • construction of armour stone slope protection
  • levelling and compaction of reclamation.
  • drainage works
  • soil testing
  • surveys
  • protection of existing structures
  • dredging of fairways
  • rock blasting
  • design of two jetties
  • jetty construction
  • pipeline installation
  • removal of existing SBM’s and pipelines

 

Main Equipment

Hopper suction dredgers :

  • PEARL RIVER
  • NILE RIVER
  • LANGE WAPPER
  • PACIFIQUE
  • GOGLAND