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TeeJay · « **Reply #180 on:** July 02, 2019, 10:40:32 am »

Quote from: Skaiidawg on July 02, 2019, 09:18:39 am

Quote from: TeeJay on July 02, 2019, 06:33:33 am
They sure don't stuff around. Bit of an eyesore - those pipes - will they "camouflage" them in some way?

Yes they will be camouflaged, they will be airbrushed to the colour of the water....

Just joking.

They will not be visible as they will be sunk and lay on the seabed. Check out my post 135 about 2 pages back.

Thanks - but I meant where it comes out on to land - will it just lie on top of the soil or will they "cover" it somehow? - maybe with soil and fake grass

Skaiidawg · « **Reply #181 on:** July 02, 2019, 07:23:28 pm »

Quote from: TeeJay on July 02, 2019, 10:40:32 am

Thanks - but I meant where it comes out on to land - will it just lie on top of the soil or will they "cover" it somehow? - maybe with soil and fake grass

OKeeDokee.....no you will not see the pipes. I will try and explain.

About 20 metres from shore, the building in the drawing shown below, has been built, the top of that building is basically at sea level. So the whole building is under ground and the pipes connect to the bottom of the intake building, into those 3 holes on the bottom left . So the pipes will either be under water or under ground and your eye sore has been dealt with.

PS - the pipes you see going into the sea is just at the launch point not their permanent position, think of it as a sausage machine.

Mr Zog · « **Reply #182 on:** July 03, 2019, 01:41:08 am »

Simply incredible feats of engineering

TeeJay · « **Reply #183 on:** July 03, 2019, 06:29:28 am »

Aaahh okay cool - got it. Plenty of money there huh.

Skaiidawg · « **Reply #184 on:** July 03, 2019, 11:34:39 pm »

Quote from: TeeJay on July 03, 2019, 06:29:28 am

Aaahh okay cool - got it. Plenty of money there huh.

This project is about ZAR 5 with 9 zeroes.

TeeJay · « **Reply #185 on:** July 04, 2019, 06:32:42 am »

Quote from: Skaiidawg on July 03, 2019, 11:34:39 pm

Quote from: TeeJay on July 03, 2019, 06:29:28 am
Aaahh okay cool - got it. Plenty of money there huh.

This project is about ZAR 5 with 9 zeroes.

Skaiidawg · « **Reply #186 on:** July 24, 2019, 05:18:19 pm »

The rest of the plant is coming on nicely but nothing interesting to share with you fine young people, apart form @2StrokeDan who is an old fart

We are getting there slowly...900m done still some 6100m to go..

A sea of concrete ballasts... only 2260 required

eventually these 2 ends will meet somewhere at the bottom of the sea.

Skaiidawg · « **Reply #187 on:** July 24, 2019, 05:31:30 pm »

During summer, by law no one is allowed to work outside in direct sunlight between 12:00 and 15:00. so we opt to work night shift instead. Last night at 02:00 it was 39 degrees C and humidity of 82%, I feel your pain @Mr Zog

Natural mist curtains..

2StrokeDan · « **Reply #188 on:** July 24, 2019, 09:35:30 pm »

Stellenbosch also got a new sewage treatment plant the other day, and a crane also worked here, and it also cost quite a bit.

Skaiidawg · « **Reply #189 on:** July 26, 2019, 03:00:57 pm »

One of the pics I took and enjoy of the skyline of Dubai.

Skaiidawg · « **Reply #190 on:** September 02, 2019, 04:30:24 pm »

This number is being parked around the corner from me.

TeeJay · « **Reply #191 on:** September 02, 2019, 04:33:13 pm »

What a beaut - you must see some amazing cars there - with all that money around.

Skaiidawg · « **Reply #192 on:** September 02, 2019, 04:55:32 pm »

Panoramic of a place called Fossil Rock.

Skaiidawg · « **Reply #193 on:** September 02, 2019, 05:12:54 pm »

On the East coast, at a place called Kalba they used to do some net fishing from shore. The fisherman take the net out with a small boat and use Toyota Land Cruisers to pull the net back to land. After a couple of decades this is what they look like.