To date, the specialists have mounted reinforced concrete rail beams. They continue covering the beams and making a crush-rock pad under slabs for their installation.
We would remind you that we used 17 thousand tons of stone and crushed stone to perform this work. They are put into a pit which was formed by Mykolaivets dredger. At the same time, diving operations were performed to tamp the stone foundation. The unique St. Mykolai floating crane carries out the installation of plates for rails of the slipway. The weight of one plate is 18 tons. The divers from Hidrotekhmontazh are installing plates under water.
The general construction works to construct a building to control the rails of the slipway have been performed. The cables inside the building have been connected. At the final stage, the builders need to perform plating. As it has been already mentioned earlier, it will look like a real tug.
The works on improvement (laying of road plates) near the foundations No. 8, 9 of the launching ways are being completed.
We would remind you that the works, namely the construction of the ninth and tenth rails of the slipway, will bring the shipbuilding and repair yard to a new level and will enable it to launch and maintain 100-meter vessels.