PIPE LINE


                    Segue a entrevista que fiz com o engenheiro da obra de reparação da tubulação que abastece a hidrelétrica de St. Vincent.

                         RVA   GOES   TO   HYDROELECTRIC   PIPE  LINE

          Last week, the Climate Compliance Conference team went to the hydroelectric pipe line, that is being rebuilted after  the destruction caused by a big flood, two years ago.  
          Electrical Services Company decided to rebuilt the old pipe line that was made of wood, and wants it to be done using a modern technology as fiberglass.          So, the Electrical Company contracted an Colombian Company named O-Tec International to do that work, and we talked with the civil engeneer Mr. Georgios Vavaroutsos Perez who is encharged to leader the reconstruction of the pipes.          RVA – What do you have to say to us about your work here in St. Vincent?          Mr.  Giorgios – The Electrical Company acquire my services to advice in installation of the new pipe, and after studies it was decided that fiberglass pipes are the best solution, for many reasons.  At first, they are lighter than concrete and steel, and easier to transport. They can be installed in a manufacturing process, that is friendlier to environment, and has minor roughness index.          RVA – And what are you doing to cause less damage to environment?          Mr. Giorgios – The constructive process was to bury the pipes, in order to perform a good protection to them, and make possible to plant  trees in the area of the site.          RVA – Do you think that it will be possible to rebuilt the original forest?          Mr. Giorgios –The original forest was damaged when the first pipes were installed. Now, we are burying the pipes and then we are going to plant trees over them. It will be much better than it was. We are, at the same time providing energy to St. Vincent, and planting trees in a place where they had been cut.           RVA -  How is the work going on?         Mr. Giorgios – We have studied carefully the environment, and are working hard to cause the minimal impact. So, we guarantee that the material that we get from  trench were the pipes are being placed, will be used again and not  deposited in areas that affect the riverbed. We are also taking care in order to  cause no landslides neither slopes or erosion in the project area. And after ending, we are going to plant trees over the brench.         RVA – Ok, Mr. Giorgios. It was a very nice class. Thank you very much.

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