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Jacobs fast tracks Rio Tinto wharf job

NORMALLY wharves are stick-built. In a first of its kind approach, Jacobs split the wharf build for Rio Tinto’s Amrun bauxite operation in northern Queensland into seven jackets and stripped a year of build-time from the job.

Noel Dyson
One of the jackets for the Amrun wharf being put into position.

One of the jackets for the Amrun wharf being put into position.

The Chith Export Facility, comprising a 650m access jetty and 350m wharf will serve as a berth for ships while in port once the Rio Tinto bauxite mine becomes operational. Each of the jackets incorporated...

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