Trans Adriatic Pipeline is 50% Completed, Press release Trans Adriatic Pipeline, 7 September 2017
Trans Adriatic Pipeline is 50% Completed, Press release Trans Adriatic Pipeline, 7 September 2017 Baar, Switzerland. The Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) is now more than 50% completed, nearly 16 months after construction began. This includes all engineering, procurement and construction scope. As of early-September 2017: TAP remains on its journey to deliver world-class health and safety performance across Greece, Albania and Italy. To date, our teams have collectively worked over 16 million manhours and driven approximately 43 million kilometres without a major incident. TAP’s contractors have cleared approx. 70% of the project route in Greece and Albania (539km out of 765km). Also, over 45% of welded steel pipes are already in the ground (backfilled). Approximately 95% of the total 55,000 pipes to be used for the construction of the pipeline…