Largest Xbloc® Project Worldwide
19 march 2008
Delta Marine Consultants has granted the Brazilian Contractor Norberto Odebrecht S.A. a licence for the application of Xbloc® armour units for the construction of the shore protection of the Cinta Costera boulevard of Panama City, in Panama.
The total length of the shore protection will be 3 km, and as main armour layer 30,000 Xblocs with a size of 0.75 m3 will be applied. The construction of the Cinta Costera project will be executed in the coming 18 months. The Cinta Costera shore protection will be the largest Xbloc application worldwide so far. It is the second Xbloc® project in the Americas.