Client:
BrightSource / Alstom
Location:
An area of approximately 3,300,000 m² near the village of Ashalim in the Sunny desert lands of Southern Israel.
Background:
The area was an old military fire zone and was now intended to go full Range Clearance for the purpose of planting over 50,000 Heliostats (Mirrors) and erecting a 121 MW Solar Thermal Power.
This was the largest single BAC Site ever contracted in Israel. 3,300,000 m² cleared from ammunitions to a deapth of 2.5 meters.
Mission:
Clearance requirements included 2 independent manual clearance operations to assure the site is free of all ammunition remains to a depth of 2.5 meters.
SOPs:
Lane Marking, Large Loop Clearance followed by a full magnetometer cart clearance.
Duration:
In late 2014 The project was conducted under rigid timelines and was able to meet the client’s requirements to clear 3.3 M m² from all ammunitions to a depth of 2.5 meters in under 5 months of operation.
Ammunitions:
Over 450 Various ERWs were located from 20mm rounds and up to aerial ammunitions.
