Images from the Eva Eva X-1 access road and bridge construction project. These photos were taken in 2000 using a 2 mega pixel camera. The data was recorded on floppy disks. The scope of work was to upgrade an existing dirt road and the rebuild over 100 bridges. The bridges were built from timber with trees from the surrounding concession. Eve Eva is located in the Beni, Bolivia. The road extended 180 km south of the town of San Ignacio de Moxos.
Timber bridge, Eva Eva X-1 access road, San Ignacio de Moxos, BoliviaBrick Woodward, Carlos Montero and the Maxus site supervisor, Eva Eva X-1 access road, San Ignacio de Moxos, BoliviaRunway, Eva Eva X-1, San Ignacio de Moxos, BoliviaBulldozer and excavator, bridge construction, Eva Eva X-1 access road, San Ignacio de Moxos, BoliviaBarge on Rio Mamoré river crossing, Trinidad to San Ignacio de Moxos, BoliviaExcavator, bridge construction, Eva Eva X-1 access road, San Ignacio de Moxos, BoliviaAerial photo of Rio Mamoré river crossing, Trinidad to San Ignacio de Moxos, BoliviaFront loader driving piles for bridge building, Eva Eva X-1 access road, San Ignacio de Moxos, BoliviaBarges on the Rio Mamoré from the air, Trinidad to San Ignacio de Moxos, BoliviaTimber bridge, Eva Eva X-1 access road, San Ignacio de Moxos, BoliviaFront loader working on road construction, Eva Eva X-1 access road, San Ignacio de Moxos, BoliviaCarlos Montero supervising front loader on Eva Eva X-1 access road, San Ignacio de Moxos, BoliviaRiver crossing on Rio Mamoré, Trinidad to San Ignacio de Moxos, BoliviaTwo span bridge, Eva Eva X-1 access road, San Ignacio de Moxos, BoliviaTwo span timber bridge, Eva Eva X-1 access road, San Ignacio de Moxos, BoliviaFront loader locating pile for bridge construction, Eva Eva X-1 access road, San Ignacio de Moxos, BoliviaTwo span timber bridge, Eva Eva X-1 access road, San Ignacio de Moxos, BoliviaSingle span timber bridge, Eva Eva X-1 access road, San Ignacio de Moxos, BoliviaMontegrande stacked timber, San Ignacio de Moxos, BoliviaMontegrande Timber Mill offices, San Ignacio de Moxos, BoliviaFront loader, bridge building. Eva Eva X-1 access road, San Ignacio de Moxos, Bolivia
Sabalo 7 Access Road and Wellsite Preparation
In 2005, Serpetbol was awarded the contract to build the access road and prepare the wellsite for well Sabalo 7. This was the most dangerous project I worked on throughout my career. The last 700 m of the access road was built into the mountainside, 70 m above the valley floor. Within a month of accepting the position of General Manager, an excavator fell from the mountainside. The operator died as a result of the accident.
Rock wall where the boulder fell from, Sabalo 7, Tarija, BoliviaPetrobras accident investigation team at location where excavator fell, Sabalo 7, Tarija, BoliviaExcavator fallen to valley floor, Sabalo 7, Tarija, BoliviaLooking back up to point where excavator fell from, taken from valley floor, Sabalo 7, Tarija, BoliviaThe cabin, showing the controls which were bent back into the operator’s lap, Sabalo 7, Tarija, BoliviaPetrobras accident investigation team, Sabalo 7, Tarija, BoliviaDestroyed cabin of excavator, Sabalo 7, Tarija, BoliviaDestroyed cabin of excavator, Sabalo 7, Tarija, BoliviaSabalo 7 wellsite, Tarija, BoliviaDestroyed Cabin of Excavator, Sabalo 7, Tarija, BoliviaProtective guard on cabin window, Sabalo 7, Tarija, BoliviaLooking back up to where the excavator fell from, taken from the valley floor, Sabalo 7, Tarija, BoliviaSteel protective guard over the cabin window, Sabalo 7, Tarija, BoliviaRock climbing drillers in orange overalls in the centre of the picture, Sabalo 7, Tarija, BoliviaExcavator with protective guard on windows, Sabalo 7, Tarija, BoliviaFernando Virreira, owner of Serpetbol, with his supervisors and operators on site visit, Sabalo 7, Tarija, BoliviaAccess road under construction, Sabalo 7, Tarija, BoliviaAerial photo of Sabalo 7 access road, Tarija, BoliviaAerial photo of Sabalo 7 access road, Tarija, BoliviaAerial view of the Sabalo 7 access road, Tarija, BoliviaArturo Fernandez, Operations Manager, with his wife, also an Operations Manager, Sabalo 7, Tarija, BoliviaSerpetbol’s Single Engined Cessna, Villamontes airport, Tarija, BoliviaFernando Virreira, owner of Serpetbol, together with Arturo Fernandez, Operations Manager, Sabalo 7, Tarija, BoliviaFernando Virreira and me on a site visit to Sabalo 7, Tarija, BoliviaSabalo 7 access road under construction, Tarija, BoliviaFernando Virreira and Arturo Fernandez on a site visit to Sabalo 7, Tarija, BoliviaArturo Fernandez, Operations Manager, together with site supervisor, Sabalo 7, Tarija, BoliviaSabalo 7 access road under construction, Tarija, BoliviaA section of the completed access road, Sabalo 7, Tarija, BoliviaTimber bridge, Eva Eva X-1 access road, San Ignacio de Moxos, BoliviaBrick Woodward, Carlos Montero and the Maxus site supervisor, Eva Eva X-1 access road, San Ignacio de Moxos, BoliviaRunway, Eva Eva X-1, San Ignacio de Moxos, Bolivia
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