On 25 January 2018,
which coincides with the celebrations of the January Revolution and the Police
Day, King Ramsis II left his present place to settle on his throne in the main
lobby of the Grand Egyptian Museum amidst a great procession witnessed by Eng.
Ibrahim Mahlab – Presidential Assistant for the National and Strategic Projects,
Minister of Antiquities, a large number of ministers, ambassadors of various
countries, the Engineering Authority of the Armed Forces, senior Officials and
a large number of correspondents of local and international media agencies.
Eng. Mohsen Salah – AC Chairman explained that the company has a precedent in
transferring the statue of King Ramsis II from Ramsis Square in Cairo to its
temporary location next to the Grand Museum in 2006, which was done by creating
a system to carry the statue and transport it. The experience with local and
international attention is great because the statue represents a great
challenge and it is necessary to provide all means of safety for the statue to
reach its current location. When the company was assigned to move the statue to
the main lobby of the Grand Museum, a high level team of several departments of
the company was settled. The team started a comprehensive report on the current
state of the statue. The statue was released to remove the base below it. All the
obstacles surrounding the statue were removed in the traffic lane. He pointed
out that the company has designed a system of hydraulic cranes working in both
directions which was implemented and tested in the Netherlands in the presence
of specialists from the company to ensure the efficiency of operation and work
four cranes simultaneously and the capacity of each one of them is 160 tons,
with a total capacity more than 600 tons. The weight of the statue and the
bearing system is 150 tons, which means that the safety ratio in the statue is
up to 300%. The four cranes work in a synchronous frame so that the statue is
raised through a control system that avoids any error and full stability. He
pointed out that this unique system is used in Egypt for the First time. As for
the path dedicated to the transfer of the statue, there were the surveying
works and soil investigations along the path to 6m depth. The track was
designed in accordance with the level of the final installation of the statue
and then the implementation of the specific way of transport to bear the heavy
weight of the statue and the car system. The transport vehicles have 128 wheels
spread over 16 axis to distribute the load on the road. The weight of the
statue at the base was 123 tons and the weight of the statue is 83 tons at an
altitude of 11.36m. In the site dedicated to the statue base, the work was done
at a depth of 25m. The base was designed at the final level. The statue base and
the pedestals were carried out, and then the precast of the first part of the bases
hen filled as a preparation to the entry of the statue. Also, the works is
including the installation of the statue in its final status, continuing the
concrete works of the base, monitoring the statue after the final installation
and then begin the phase of dismantling the mechanical system carrying the
statue.