Al Faris Group recently completed two major power plant expansion and upgrade projects in the UAE. Both the jobs involved transportation, lifting and installation of various components such as heat recovery steam generator (HRSG) modules, condensers, steam drums, generators and tanks. The projects were completed in different stages over a period of six months.
Power plant project 2: Fifteen modules were installed using a Liebherr 1000t crawler cranes, and 270 customized stools were manufactured in-house for storage of the modules on-site.
At one of the sites, Al Faris Group completed over 50 heavy tandem lifts including installation of HRSG modules. The entire project was carried out with utmost safety and compliance to site regulations. Lifting of all the various components was completed using 800t, 650t, 400t and 250t crawler cranes, and transportation was completed using conventional hydraulic trailers and self-propelled modular trailers.
For the other project, a total of 15 modules ranging from 160t to 353t were installed using a Liebherr 1000t crawler crane. The transportation was completed using conventional hydraulic trailers and self-propelled modular trailers. Al Faris fabricated 270 customized stools in-house for storage of the modules on-site.
Lifting of 36m suspended bridge in Ras Al Khaimah
Al Faris Group lifted the longest suspended bridge in the Northern Emirates that connects the two buildings of the new Mövenpick Resort at Al Marjan Island, Ras Al Khaimah.
The 36-m-long bridge was lifted in two sections using a Liebherr 600t crawler crane with SL2DB configuration and 96m main boom. The bridge was erected at a height of 50m from the ground level, and the maximum weight lifted with the crane was 165t including the hook block and lifting gears. The weight of the bridge section was 150t and that of the hook block and lifting gears was 15t.
Regional expansion
Al Faris Group started operations in Iraq this year with a brand-new fleet of heavy lifting and heavy haulage equipment supported by a highly experienced team headed by general manager Alberto Pittaluga, who has over 20 years of experience in challenging markets including Iraq.
Al Faris’s fleet of equipment in Iraq includes Liebherr cranes ranging from 100t to 600t, hydraulic trailers, SPMTs, semi-trailers and low-bed trailers. The company also provides alternative lifting solutions like jacking and skidding in confined spaces with hydraulic gantries and other modular push-pull skidding systems.
Since the company’s market entry, Al Faris has completed projects in the West Qurna 1, West Qurna 2 and Al Faw regions in Iraq. With over 10 regional offices and a workforce of more than 3,200 employees, Al Faris Group operate across the MENA region with its headquarters in Dubai, UAE, and corporate offices in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Bahrain.
