of the largest ports in the eastern mediterranean in terms of freight traffic it handles over NUMBER_TOKEN million tons of cargo annually naturally such an important object requires serious protection primarily from the unpredictable forces of nature the snake tail we saw is actually a huge pier stretching several kilometers into the sea and protecting heifer from the waves it was built in several stages first layer by layer an earth mound was created can you imagine the amount of earth that took then the embankment was strengthened with a reinforced concrete foundation and only then these funny-looking concrete blocks are put in place they are designed to break the waves by the way how do they dismantle the crane after the project is completed we hope that they thought this through flood protection every one of us built sand and pebbled dams on the beach these guys are doing the same thing but on a slightly larger scale you are now observing the construction of a flood protection system on hailing island in the uk the coastline began to collapse and NUMBER_TOKEN houses could have been flooded the eastern solent coastal partnership has partnered with the environment agency and raymond brown construction to save the local property the first stage of construction was the most difficult it's clear that the constant tides constantly interfered with the construction works though putting the stones in place and flattening the sand might seem relatively easy the heavy equipment worked on the beach for six months over this time about NUMBER_TOKEN NUMBER_TOKEN tons of rock imported from norway turned into a protective wall NUMBER_TOKEN meters long in addition NUMBER_TOKEN NUMBER_TOKEN tons of pebbles were scattered to hold rising sea levels and improve the beach area the project costs about six and a half million dollars and it will protect the inhabitants of the island for at least a hundred years sounds like quite a complicated endeavor right offshore oil platform finally we will find out the answer to the question that has long bothered us how do these huge oil rigs appear in the seas well let's travel to the gulf of mexico to see how shell's largest floating oil platform was built hundreds of engineers worked on the design of a gigantic platform called the apomotox over four years it's not just the size though it is impressive the platform is NUMBER_TOKEN stories high two football fields wide and weighs more than an aircraft carrier the structure also had to be extremely durable the creators wanted it to last at least NUMBER_TOKEN years twice as long as any other platform the task is extremely challenging considering that the apomotox is located in an area with really bad weather conditions and some of its parts will be submerged to a depth from almost two and a half kilometers the team had to really give the project a lot of thought what kind of pipe insulation could withstand NUMBER_TOKEN years of exposure to salt water and temperature extremes the builders had to ask chemists for help and then the construction began it took two years to build four gigantic modules that form the top of the platform each module weighs more than NUMBER_TOKEN NUMBER_TOKEN tons and it was necessary not only to raise them to a height of NUMBER_TOKEN meters but also to set them with a precision of up to one centimeter as you may have guessed the builders were up to the challenge but you must admit it's still quite hard to believe hey buddy are you tired of watching videos about cute animals and heartwarming stories you need something more serious in your life tough cars cool robots and the most unusual gadgets in the world get the high-tech adrenaline rush you need on techsound subscribe now we are waiting for you
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