Siemens to supply Turkish tunnel project

Siemens is to equip the Dorukhan Tunnel between Mengen and Devrek in Turkey with the latest power, lighting and ventilation equipment, along with the associated safety and communications systems.

The order was placed by KGM (Karayollari Genel Müdürlügü), Turkey’s General Directorate of Highways, and has a value in a single-digit million euro figure.

The turnkey handover of the new system is scheduled for January 2012. A project to equip the DAK (Düzce-Akcakoca-Eregli) tunnel system in the province of Zonguldak, placed with Siemens by KGM at the end of 2011, is already nearing completion.

The Turkish Transportation Ministry is currently mounting a great effort to develop the country’s highway network. In September 2009, together with Turkey’s General Directorate of Highways, KGM, the ministry presented plans for 12 new highway routes, which are due to be realised by 2023.

In the provinces of Kastamonu, Zonguldak and Düzce on the Black Sea, extensive construction projects are either already being realised or currently being triggered.

One such construction project is the 1,050m-long Dorukhan Tunnel on the Kastamonu Highway. Siemens is responsible for power supply and distribution for the tunnel, and will supply the entire communications and automation equipment.

The safety systems will include camera and video surveillance based on CCTV (closed circuit television). The Automatic Incident Detection System not only helps recognise traffic jams and accidents, but can also detect any smoke build-up.

With the help of sensors, modern lighting and ventilation systems monitor visibility and air quality. All of the ventilation, lighting, traffic control and safety systems are connected to the SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) control system, which also monitors them.

via Siemens to supply Turkish tunnel project | ConstructionWeekOnline.com.