On 1st October, "Concern "KyivPidzemShlyakhBud" has completed work on laying the water main section along Artem Street from Glubochitsky Street to Vladimirskaya Street. The water main total length makes over 2,5 km. Works which have begun in December, 2005, were planned to be completed at the beginning of 2008. However, because of the project’s modification, the object acceptance has been transferred.

During water main laying, there was applied the AVN 1200 ХС tunnel drive-in complex, allowing to work without stripping the day surface. Works were conducted in the centre of Kyiv City, in places of dense construction, in the conditions of absence of communication corridors, in complicated soils. The microtunnelling technology has allowed to pass under houses in Artem and Vorovsky Streets at the depth of 15 meters.

The water main consists of 900 mm diameter steel pipes.
Along the whole water main length, 22 technological and viewing chambers have been constructed.

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