On the 11th of October 2013 the third lifting of the Arch was successfully completed.

The third lifting differed a bit from two previous operations, as it included several stages. The first stage – jacking of the Arch for the height just a little more than 110 meters (higher than the design position) – was performed during September 14-16, 2013. By doing so the Arch weight was completely transferred to the jacking systems. During a period from September 17 the final assembly of side segments of the Arch, as well as of its supporting parts, was done. Simultaneously, skidding tracks and other auxiliary constructions were installed at the Erection Zone foundations.

The process of the Arch Eastern part’s load transfer from the lifting towers to the Erection Zone foundations and its installation into the design position was finished on October 11, 2013.

As of today, the height of the Arch Eastern part structure is 108.9 m, width – 257 m, length – 78 m. Weight of the facility’s metal structures including the installed crane-runway beams and air ducts – 11,639 tons.

The operation on moving the Arch Eastern part to the stand-by position prior to the main skidding will be performed in spring 2014. By that time all works on installation of the Arch Eastern part’s cladding will have been finished.

For your reference:
The history of the Arch assembly was started in February 13, 2012, when the first batch of the main metal structures was delivered to the SSE ChNPP site.
On the 26th of April 2012 the assembling works at the Shelter Object site were kicked off by the President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych.
The first lifting was performed on November 24, 2012. As a result, 5,300 tons of metal structures were successfully lifted. The Arch height after the first jacking was 53 meters.
The second lifting was performed during June 13-14, 2013. At that time the structure weight was 9,100 tons, height – 85 meters.