Civil Engineering May 2022 | Vol 30 No 4

team to deliver this major infrastructure project (see Table 1). AECOM was ap- pointed in June 2016 as the project man- agement consultant for the development of a new harbour and container terminal. The main construction works for the project included: 1. 3.55 km long rubble mound break- water with over 35 000 Accropodes™ 2. 1 400 km quay wall 3. Capital dredging for the inner basin, turning circle and approach channel (6 million m 3 ) 4. 127 ha of reclamation and ground improvement (10 million m 3 ) with 90 ha of heavy-duty pavement and underground services (42 million paving blocks) 5. eRTG infrastructure 6. 12 MW back-up power station 7. Substations and other electrical works 8. Port and terminal gates 9. Four major buildings (two administra- tion buildings, port workshop and customs platform) and numerous smaller buildings 10. Upgrade of the access to the port through the construction of a new roundabout and approaches. Ensuring that all the project milestones were delivered on time and to the satisfac- tion of the client was no small feat, and AECOM deployed a full-time site-based project management team in 2016 to oversee the construction works. “Various challenging milestones were controlled in the concession agreement that was signed in 2015,” explains Simpson. The marine works commenced in The breakwater consists of over 35 000 Accropodes™ Civil Engineering May 2022 9 The new port can accommodate vessels with a capacity of 22 000 TEUs