MAJOR PROJECTS

It ’ s the perfect storm of water resource management and dam maintenance .

Enter the Italians . A contingent of engineers and experts under the purview of the Trevi Spa , a division of Italy ’ s Trevi Group , has already begun what will amount to about 8 months of repairs . The expedited contract , signed on March 2 , is worth 273 million Euros .

“ Specifically for this important project an intense level of drilling activities and injection of cement mixtures will take place for the consolidation of the foundations of the dam ,” said the company ’ s top management in a statement .

In April , Trevi commenced setting up more than 450 Trevi technicians and staff in temporary housing to work at the site . The area is too dangerous for workers to live off site and travel to the dam . Around the same amount of Italian military troops will also stay in the area to protect the workers from regional threats .

Trevi workers will repair and maintain the dam ’ s bottom outlet tunnels . They will also give specialized courses and training for technicians and local staff on the Trevi Group ’ s Soilmec drilling rigs . The rigs are key for repairing ongoing leakage that occurs because Mosul Dam is built on a gypsum karst foundation , which is extremely soluble and requires continuous maintenance . The foundation is drilled and the cement slurry is injected for

10 June 2016