Puzzle

It is something that everybody has done in his life before, solving puzzles. However, I doubt that anyone did ever a puzzle with stone which can be as heavy as 6 ton.

The top layer of a breakwater consists of so called 'Armor Rock'. The part above water, which is visible, needs to have a nice, aesthetical slope. To achieve this, the rocks have to be placed one by one, just like a puzzle. The excavator operator searches for every spot the best possible stone. After placing the stone, he pushes and knockes the stones with the bucket to achieve a flat suface.

I have to say that some of these operators are real artists. If you see the stones on the stockpile, you cannot imagine that you can create a flat surface with it.

Action?

My last post is from quite some time ago. However, after a cold and windy break in Belgium, I'm back in Dubai.

For now I'm working on the (what we call) 'Waterhomes Project'. It is an extension to the Palm Jebel Ali which consists two causeways (at the exterior of the Palm) and several breakwaters to protect these causeways. It is again something new for me. A big part of the job is done from the landside since some of the breakwaters are connected with the crescent of the Palm Jebel Ali.