Gulf Area
A large breakwater was built in the Gulf to protect a harbour. The breakwater is located in a severe earthquake zone. The Xbloc armour was applied on a slope of 1:2. The Xblocs were placed using crawler cranes.
Location
Project milestones
- Start of Xbloc production: May 2009
- Start of Xbloc placement: July 2009
Project details
- Hs = 5.4 m
- Water depth = 12 m
- Length of breakwater = 600 m
- Size of Xblocs = 3, 4 and 5 m3
- Number of units = 8,000
