About MCE            Projects          Site Map        Contact MCE       Home

EL SALAM SYPHON UNDER SUEZ CANAL - EGYPT

EL SALHIA AGRO-INDUSTRIAL PROJECT - EGYPT

EL SHABAB LAND RECLAMATION PROJECT - EGYPT

IRRIGATION IMPROVEMENT PROJECT AT MAGHAMA AREA - MAURITANIA

PILOT PRODUCTION FARM AT L'AJRID - OMAN

Project Name

EL SALAM SYPHON UNDER SUEZ CANAL

Location

Port Said – Egypt

Owner

Ministry of Public Works and Water Resources

Client

Ministry of Public Works and Water Resources

Project Value

$ 70 000 000

Starting/Completion

1991/1999

Scope

Technical and economical feasibility studies, survey works, soil investigations, preparation of preliminary and final design (including inlet and outlet civil works), tender documents, bid evaluation and construction supervision in association with HALCROW (Consulting Engineers and Architects) Ltd.

Project Description

The project aims at conveying about 160 m3/sec. of irrigation water from the Western side of Suez Canal to the Eastern Side, in order to reclaim about 400 000 feddans in North of Sinai and this allows the establishment of new communities and agro-industrial projects.

Water will be conveyed through a syphon which is comprised of 4 pre-cast concrete parallel tunnels each with length about 750 m and internal diameter 5.2 m

   
   

Top

Project Name

EL SALHIA AGRO-INDUSTRIAL PROJECT

Location

El-Ismailia Governorate - Egypt

Owner

Arab Contractors Company "Osman Ahmed Osman "

Client

Ministry of Reconstruction

Project Value

$ 70 000 000

Starting/Completion

1982/1991

Scope

Studies, investigation, complete design, preparation of tender documents & supervision of execution

a- Studies & Investigation:

    -   Water resources complete study for: surface water, underground water,                  topographic, geological & hydrological studies.  Land survey included maps, contour lines triangle network, longitudinal sections for irrigation network, roads, electric lines etc.. Setting of buildings & structures.

-   Soil classifications included flat & deep borings, chemical & physical analysis movements, relation of different sorts of soils & drainage, the most suitable system of drainage.

-   Climatic conditions study

-   Technical & economical feasibility study

b- Irrigation network:

-   Main intake, main pumping stations, booster pumping stations, irrigation networks, main lines, secondary lines, determination of irrigation systems & equipment needed.

c- Roads:

d- Electrical Network:

-   Electrical feeding, medium tension, electrical network, transformers, cables

Project Description

Reclamation of 23,000 feddans (96,000,000 sq. m.). Water is conveyed from an intake on Ismailia Canal to two branches of pipelines through a main pumping station of 520,000 cu. m./day capacity, before being distributed by sprinklers and drip systems.

The total length of pipelines is approximately 20 km of diameter varies from 1.20 m to 1.50 m. Water is driven under 2.50 to 6.00 atmospheric pressure, the daily discharge is 200 m3 to 320 m3, the static head is 40 m.

The project also includes animal, dairy, and poultry production as well as various agro industrial projects based on the use of the main products of the project.

   
   

Top

Project Name

EL SHABAB LAND RECLAMATION PROJECT

Location

El-Ismailia Governorate - Egypt

 

Owner

Arab Contractors Company "Osman Ahmed Osman "

Client

Ministry of Reconstruction - Egypt

Project Value

$ 100 000 000

Starting/Completion

1982/1991

Scope

Studies, investigation, complete design, preparation of tender documents and construction supervision.

a- Studies & Investigation:

.   Water resources complete study for: surface water, underground water, topographic, geological & hydrological studies.

.   Land survey included maps, contour lines, triangle network, longitudinal sections for irrigation network, roads, electric lines etc., setting of buildings & structures

.   Soil classifications included flat & deep borings, chemical & physical analysis of soil according to FAO guidelines

.   Drainage system included sub-soil water movements, relation of different types of soils & drainage, the most suitable system of drainage

.   Climatic conditions study

.   technical & economical feasibility study

b- Irrigation Network:

.   Main intake, main pumping stations, booster pumping stations, irrigation networks, main lines, secondary lines, determination of irrigation systems & equipment needed.

c-       Roads: 

d- Electrical Network:

.   Electrical feeding, medium tension electrical network, transformers, cables.

e- Other Studies Related to the Project:

.   Irrigation management, economic studies, crop cultivation, agro industry, storage,

Project Description

Reclamation of 33,500 feddans (140,700,000 sq. m.) Water is conveyed from an intake on Ismailia Canal into two main branches of pipelines through a main pumping stations before being distributed by sprinklers and drip systems. The total length of pipelines is 17 km of 1.50 m dia. The daily discharge of the station is approximately 648,000 m3, the static head is 40 m.  The project includes animal, dairy, and poultry production.

   
   

Top

Project Name

IRRIGATION IMPROVEMENT PROJECT AT MAGHAMA AREA

Location

Maghama – Mauritania

Owner

Societé Nationale de Developpement Rural - SONADER - IFAD Fund

Client

Societé Nationale de Developpement Rural - SONADER

Project Value

$ 6 000 000

Starting/Completion

1997/1999

Scope

Review of Tender Documents, Check of structural design and drawings, Construction Supervision and Project Management

Project Description

The project aims at improving irrigation of the Senegal river valley in Mauritania by substituting irrigation water from Senegal river by the water of two affluent crossing the project area. Construction of 5 gates and a protection dam to control floods and optimize the use of water to increase cultivated land from 1300 ha. to reach 11 500 ha.

   
   

Top

Project Name

PILOT PRODUCTION FARM AT L'AJRID

Location

L'Ajrid - Sultanate of Oman

 

Owner

Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries

Client

Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries

Project Value

$ 1 900 000

Starting/Completion

1987/1991

Scope

Preparation of Tecno-Economic feasibility Study for the farm as:

- One integrated farm, managed centrally

- 10 equal parts owned individually and managed centrally by Owners

The study involves:

- The calculation of investment cost and operation and maintenance costs for:

·  Infrastructure (Wells - Surge Tanks - Main Pipeline - Receiving Sump - Pumping Station - Distribution Networks - Modern Irrigation System - Internal Roads - Service Buildings - Housing - Potable Water Networks - Power Supply)

·  Agriculture Development-(Machinery - Seeds Insecticides - Green Houses - Labor - Transportation)

·  The calculation of annual revenue for proposed cropping pattern based on current market prices

- The cash flow, present value and Internal Rate of Return have been calculated and proved project profitability.

- A Hydrological study for L'Ajrid plain for evaluation of ground water.

- Preparation of tender documents for pumping test and supervision of the work and evaluation of results.

- Preparation of tender documents for farm infrastructure.

Project Description

L'Ajrid plain is an extension of Wadi Quryiat plain and is located in interior Oman approx. 17 Km to the South West of the town of Bahla and on the outskirts of the historical town of Jabrin.

This extensive area was seasonally irrigated by Falaj L'Ajrid when surplus water was available.

The Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries has commissioned for the development of a single block of suitable land in the l'Arid plain using ground water provided by a well field situated approx. 2.5 Km to the West.

The proposed block area to be developed, as a pilot production farm is 50 hectares in the first phase followed by a second phase of a further 50 ha if the water resource position allows for it.

Water has to be pumped and transported from the well field by buried pipe large enough to carry the extra phase two, as no suitable ground water resource is available within this area.

   
   

Top