Lin Ming: Building Dreams in Lingding Ocean

——Exclusive interview with Lin Ming, general manager and chief engineer of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Island and Tunnel Project

China Economic News Network Zhuhai Special Correspondent Shen Chengyong reported on Lingding Yang on October 23, The sea breeze that pours into the artificial island from the Pacific Ocean cannot take away the pride and joy of the builders. After nine years of construction, the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, hailed as the "Seven Wonders of the New World" by the British "Guardian", has officially been completed. At this point, there is no obstruction to the east and west of Hong Kong and Zhuhai, the Changhong lying on the waves, and the natural chasm to the north and south. This super project can be called the pinnacle of the world's bridge construction history. The engineer who built this bridge was Lin Ming.

Lin Ming, general manager and chief engineer of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Island and Tunnel Project

Before that, who could have imagined that this project would have the longest mileage, the largest investment, and the largest investment in the history of human construction. Will the cross-sea highway bridge, which is the most difficult to construct and has the longest designed service life, be born in the southeastern corner of China? In the project, the offshore artificial island and the submarine immersed tube tunnel are the most difficult parts of the entire project to implement. Among them, the 6-kilometer deep-buried immersed tube is the first offshore immersed tube tunnel built in my country. It is currently the largest highway immersed tube tunnel in the world and the only deep-buried immersed tube tunnel in the world. It is recognized as "the largest highway immersed tube tunnel in the world today." The most challenging project." Recently, our reporter went to Zhuhai to conduct an exclusive interview with Lin Ming, general manager and chief engineer of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Island and Tunnel Project, on the occasion of one week since the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge was opened to traffic.

Lin Ming told this reporter that in 2005, the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge plan had just been proposed. Faced with a huge project and a shortage of funds, coupled with insufficient technology, Maturity, for China, can be described as starting from scratch and leaping from zero to a higher level. Just building a 5,664-meter-long offshore immersed tunnel is already a major problem, so companies that come to bid have stopped.

The majestic appearance of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge

Faced with such a problem, he decided to give it a try. Lin Ming, who had no clue, decided to go to various parts of the country for inspection first, even though there were only two bridges at the time. There are more than 3 kilometers of tunnels, one is the Oresund Tunnel in Europe, and the other is the Juga Cross-Sea Bridge in Busan, South Korea. However, at that time, South Korea relied on 56 Dutch experts to fly from Amsterdam to Busan for installation.

The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, hailed as the "Seven Wonders of the New World" by the British "Guardian"

Lin Ming told our reporter that he led a team to South Korea and asked to see it However, it was rejected when building the Jujia Cross-Sea Bridge. So he decided to cooperate with the Dutch company that was installing the equipment for South Korea at the time. Unexpectedly, the Netherlands actually offered a consulting fee of 1.5 billion yuan. Faced with the provocation from the Netherlands, he once again expressed that he hoped that the Netherlands could support the most important part, but he was also attacked. To the point of rejection.

Without external support, Lin Ming discussed with other engineers to start his own research and development, which required 33 sections of steel bars, each weighing 80,000 tons, 180 meters long, 38 meters wide and 11.4 meters high. Concrete pipes were installed into a 6.7-kilometer submarine channel at a depth of 50 meters in Lingdingyang. After four days of hard work, the first section of the immersed tube of the undersea tunnel was finally installed successfully. However, facing the harsh offshore environment and geographical conditions, this was just the beginning.

Lin Ming told this reporter that he knew very well that he faced the same problem every day, that is, today might be the last day, so every time he was about to leave, he would look back at the house he had lived in. . Finally, when they were installing the 15th one, what they were worried about came true. They encountered the worst sea conditions. The temperature at the Pearl River Estuary was less than 10 degrees, and the waves were more than one meter high. The workers were pushed to the immersed tube by the waves. Top. Despite this, the workers escorted the immersed tube back into the house. Life was saved, but the E15 installation plan was shelved.

Just after the New Year, the team set out again, using their bodies to carry it every day and taking their time to endure it. In the past 10 years, he and the team have not had a good rest. In addition to physical fatigue, there is also mental fatigue. Bitter, his body sent a warning, and he lost 40 pounds in 10 years.

Until 2017, after the last immersed tube was successfully installed, Lin Ming and his team laughed, laughed loudly, the world’s largest immersed tube tunnel, the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Immersed Tube Tunnel , successfully merged into a dragon.

Major media in China and even the world are cheering for this great project, but Lin Ming is waiting for the final deviation measurement result. The difference is 16 centimeters. The world cheers again, but Lin Ming The big thing that has been fixed in the deep-sea foundation tank and weighs more than 6,000 tons will be re-lifted and docked. After 42 hours of fine-tuning, the deviation dropped from 16 centimeters to less than 2.5 millimeters, narrowing the gap dozens of times!

The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Cross-Sea Bridge under construction in 2017

In an interview with China Economic News Network, Lin Ming said that he often told the construction team of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Island and Tunnel Project: "We are 'tightrope walkers', and we are walking the longest and most difficult 'tightrope' in the world. There are countless processes before and after the project, and no mistakes can be made in each process; there are thousands of positions in the project, and everyone is responsible for it. "Can't slack off." The slogan "Every bucket is the first" that he originally put forward when constructing the artificial island steel cylinder vibrator has evolved into "Every bucket is the first bucket" in foundation trench excavation. "Every section of the installation is the first section"...the whole project sang a "one-word song".

During the construction process of the island tunnel project, he has always advocated the "craftsman spirit" of the island tunnel, advocating that even if a screw is tightened, it must be tightened as firmly as possible, and the floor must be swept as cleanly as possible. Encourage everyone to do their best in their position. He once introduced a "trick" to project managers to check equipment: touch it with your hands. "For an equipment full of dust and oil, no matter how well written the maintenance log is, it is still fake."

Under Lin Ming's inspiration, every construction site of the island tunnel project was neatly arranged. , clean equipment, uniform and standardized dress, showing the spirit of a construction iron army. This team has successfully overcome one world-class engineering problem after another and promoted project construction to continuously set world engineering records. At the same time, Lin Ming introduced that since the start of the project, 16 collectives and 9 individuals in this team have won national honors, and worker Guan Yanan has become China's "deep sea fitter" with the spirit of "checking every screw three times" The first person is known as the "craftsman of a great country".

In May 2015, Lin Ming was awarded the honorary title of "National Model Worker". After receiving the model worker medal, Lin Ming hung it on the model of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge and said respectfully: "The builders on this bridge are all model workers. We are an iron-clad team."

At the same time, slogans of "The Most Beautiful Project" and "The Most Beautiful Tunnel" came to him. But in Lin Ming's view, high-quality projects are not for others to see.

Introduction to Lin Ming:

Male, Han nationality, from Xinghua, Jiangsu Province, born in October 1957, joined the Party in May 1981.

The chief engineer of China Communications Construction Company, since December 2010, has served as the general manager and chief engineer of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Island and Tunnel Project. He led thousands of construction troops to Lingdingyang at the Pearl River Estuary and began to climb the world The path to innovation at the pinnacle of engineering technology. On April 28, 2015, he was awarded the honorary title of "National Model Worker" in 2015 by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council. On April 21, 2014, he was awarded the title of "Top Ten People of the Year in Moving Transportation in 2014". In April 2018, he won the honorary title of "The Most Beautiful Employee" in 2018.