Beirut Sea Front Caissons
General Information
| Structural Type: |
Caisson
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| Function / usage: |
Sea defence
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| Built: | 1997 - 2000 |
| Status: | in use |
Geographic Information & Related Structures
| Location: |
Beirut, Lebanon, Asia |
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Technical Information
Dimensions
| plan dimensions (per caisson) | 25.75 m x 17.56 m | |
| plan dimensions (per caisson) | 25.75 m x 17.56 m | |
| number of caissons | 80 |
Materials
| caisson |
reinforced concrete
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Participants
Owner
Client
Design
Architecture
Checking engineering
Co-contractor
Relevant Web Sites
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Relevant Publications
- Digues en caissons perforés, presented at VIIIèmes Journées Nationales Génie-Civil - Génie Côtier, Compiègne 2004.
- Beirut Sea Front hydraulic design, presented at Ports 2000, Second International Conference on Maritime Engineering and Ports, Barcelona.
- Le projet «Beirut Sea Front», in "Travaux", December 1998, n. 748
- Les caissons de la digue de Beyrouth, presented at First fib Congress, 13-19.10.2002, Osaka, Japan.
Internal Information
| Structure-ID: | s0007732 |
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| Created: | 11/01/2003 |
| Last Updated: | 27/02/2013 |