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Completion of the pile wall is days away in the inner basin, weather permitting.
Below are some details of the contract, information from R J McLeod.
The contract is for the replacement of the existing quay to provide a multi-fuction quay to serve oil and gas renewables and fishing industries. The works include demolition of existing quay, sea based dredging and installation of steel pilied quay faces, pontoons and hardstandings. The services provided on the new quay will include fuel import/export lines, drainage, lighting, CCTV and communication lines.
Principal Elements include: Steel Piled Quay Faces 344m / Imported Rock Fill 110,000m3/ Rock Armour 10,000t / Concrete 4,000m3
Scrabster Harbour, Caithness, Scotland
Ceremony for the completion of the conservation work on the Victorian chapel in Flaybrick Cemetery, Wirral.
19/06/2011 Ladies European Tour 2011, DeutscheBank Ladies' Swiss Open, Golf Gerre Losone, Ascona, Switzerland. 13-19 June. Caroline Hedwall of Sweden after the head came off her 4 iron during her second shot to the 18th green during the completion of the
The last section of the Queensferry Crossing is very nearly in place. At the time of writing there is a gap of 400mm remaining, which will disappear when the engineers tighten those bolts and draw together the two spans of bridge deck.
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Hand Pumps for Community Water Supply
Location: Moradani Village, Mir Pur Sakro District Thatta Sindh.
Project Duration: July 2015- September 2015
Cost of pumps financed by: Mr. Afroz Hussaini
Implementing Partners: Lodhie Foundation & Shaan Technologies Private Limited
Total Pumps Installed: 10
Beneficiaries: 465 Household with an estimated population of 3600 Peoples.
Pakistan is one of the most water stressed countries in the world where total actual renewable water resources have been decreasing day by day. Presently water resources in Pakistan decreased from 5000 cubic meters per capita in 1951 to 1100 cubic meters in last year.
Currently, over 35 percent of Pakistan’s population does not have access to safe drinking water. The quality of drinking water supply is poor, with bacterial contamination, arsenic, fluoride and nitrate being the factors of major concern. Province of Sindh is one of the highly water scarce province of Pakistan. Deterioration in water quality and contamination of lakes, rivers and groundwater aquifers has resulted in increased waterborne diseases and other health impacts.
Coastal belt of Sindh is one of the highly effected areas where decreased inflow in Indus river delta is resulting in salt water intrusion from sea. This reduced water inflow destabilized eco system as well as made drinking water availability a major problem for the people especially women.
Mirpur Sakro is one of the water scarce area near coastal belt of Sindh. It is 90 kilometers away from Karachi. Since last 2 years Lodhie Foundation is providing relief to the community through installing hand pumps is this area. Lodhie Foundation is very grateful to Syed Afroze Hussaini for his generous support for the installation of 10 hand pumps in Village Mora Dani and surrounding areas located in Mirpur Sakro district Thatta Sindh.
Pumps Installation was started in Mid of August 2015 and finished in 3rd week of September 2015. Before the installation of pumps near their houses, women are used to travel 1 to 5 Kilometers to fetch a pot water for their families and cattle.
At the completion time of Hand pump installation nearly 465 households of village MoraDani and surrounding areas were enjoying clean water near their houses. Earlier they were dependent on open reservoirs, canals or open wells for drinking water. Women have to walk quiet a distance to fetch water and multiple rounds are performed to collect sufficient amount of water for their daily usage. Before the installation of hand pumps women have to walk 1 to 5 km, to fetch water which need 1 to 3 hours. Now the
condition has been improved drastically as, water is available near their homes which is a blessing for families and their cattle. Pump water is used for domestic purpose and drinking.
Availability of spare parts for repair and maintenance is not easy in remote areas. To overcome this problem each pump is supplied with necessary spares to keep it maintain without any delay.
Panelists discuss how an expanded acceptance of credit for prior learning interacts with CBE to allow for quicker, more flexible degree completion pathways.
The view of the Selkirk Mountain in the Canadian Rockies from the location where the Trans-Canada Highway was completed in 1962.
Our Daily Challenge, MAGNETS
Sewing the label on any quilt lends such a feeling of satisfaction. I would be lost without my magnetic needle keeper. It helps when the phone rings and I have to put down my work. I always know where my needle is with this tool and if I drop it this handy magnet will find it for my old eyes.
DIL Junior Students Teach Elder Parents at Mehran Junior 3 School in Orange, Karachi Pakistan
Event: 2nd Session of Solar Powered LED Lanterns rewards ceremony to young Teaching Students of Development in Literacy (DIL) Junior 3- Mehran School Orangi School Orangi Town, Karachi, Pakistan and Learning Adults like parents, neighbors, relatives, community elders upon completion of the short 3 month course.
Event Date: October 2nd, 2014
Event Location: DIL Junior 3- Mehran School Orangi Town Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan
Teaching Students Participated : 78 Teaching students participated in the program from following schools,
1.Dil Junior 3, Mehran
2.Dil Junior 7
3.Dil S.a.Aziz ( J-1 )
4.S.S. Iqbal hossan( j-4)
5.Dil Junior 5
6.Dil Razia & Mushtaq ilahi ( J-2)
7.Dil Primary ( J-12 )
8.Dil Junior 11, Nushaba
9.Dil Junior 9, Paradize
10.Dil Junior 6
11.Al- Mansoor J-10
12.Dil-e-Asman School
Learning Adults Participated in the Course: 79
Gifting program under Lodhie Foundation Pehli Kiran initiative by Pervaiz Lodhie, founder and president LEDtronics USA and Shaan Technologies Private Limited , KEPZ Pakistan
Event Organized by: Muhammad Ateeq,Project Manager ,DIL- Orangi Karachi and Madam Roqaya, Principal Dil Junior 3- Mehran School
Shaantech Team: Sohaib Ahmed and Abbass Hussain Headed by Shahid Siddique, Plant Manager "Shaan Technologies Private Limited"
RIVER MURRAY BARRAGES
COMMISSION INSPECTS
The Commissioner of Public Works (Mr McIntosh) and members of the River Commission visited Goolwa recently and saw for the first time the Goolwa Murray Mouth Barrage in full action. Only the finishing touches and the cleaning up remain to be done to complete one of the greatest engineering works ever attempted in Australia. An informal ceremony will shortly be held to mark the completion of the Barrage work.
Mundoo, Ewe Island channel and Tauwitcherie portions of the Barrage were also inspected, and the party saw the simple operation of opening the gates by a travelling crane. The small lock for the passage of fishing craft was also inspected.
The Chairman of the Commission (Mr T Hill) said that the actual work had been carried out by the South Australian Engineer-in-Chief's Department. It had been completed without a hitch, and he desired to pay tribute to the skill the executive members of the department had shown.
Tests taken of the salt content of the river show that in many points stretching towards Murray Bridge there were up to 1,200 grains of salt to the gallon this time last year. The Barrage has been in full operation for only three weeks, and at the same points the salt content is now only 20 grains to the gallon. To ascertain the effect of the sea water on the reinforced concrete work, a block was placed in sea water three years ago. When examined recently the block was found to be in perfect condition.
“It is a notable work of the utmost value to South Australia,' said Mr McIntosh. “When it is realised that a stretch of fresh water now runs from the Barrage to Blanchetown, and is there for ever, its value to the State can be realised.”
Reeds and rushes have appeared along the banks of the River, which growth is important as the engineers consider it will protect the foreshore. Cattle also find these edible, and there is a theory that the reeds and rushes will provide feeding and breeding grounds for fish.
Ref: Southern Argus (Port Elliot SA) Wednesday 28 February 1940.
Shoddy construction
As the hospital was nearing completion in 1815, the now famous convict architect Francis Greenway was asked to report on the quality of the work. He condemned it, claiming that it "must soon fall into ruin". Short-cuts had been taken with the construction and there were weak joints in the structural beams, rotting stonework, feeble foundations, and dry rot in the timbers. Macquarie ordered the contractors to remedy these defects but by 1820 the southern wing was deemed particularly unsafe, with reports that some of it had collapsed and had to be rebuilt . Around this time, convict architect Francis Greenway was commissioned to undertake repairs to both the wings of the hospital, including alterations to the roof of the southern wing and the rearrangement of its internal spaces. More substantial repairs were carried out on the southern wing in 1826 . Many defects present from the original construction remained hidden away until the extensive restoration of the 1980s.
Alternative uses
The scale of the hospital was greater than that which could be sustained by Sydney at that time. The new hospital had a large central building, which was the main hospital, and two smaller wings which were quarters for the surgeons. From the start, portions of the buildings were allocated for non-medical purposes. During construction there was ongoing debate about the hospital's future possible use.
The North Wing
Governor Macquarie was under pressure, both within the colony and from Lord Bathurst, to utilise part of the General Hospital as a temporary Supreme Court, perhaps while awaiting the construction of the Greenway designed law courts opposite. Macquarie capitulated and the northern wing (originally designed for the Principal Surgeon) and a portion of the central building were given over to Supreme Court Judge Jeffrey Hart Bent as chambers as well as for a temporary courthouse.
The first Surgeon to reside at the hospital's Surgeons quarters was D'Arcy Wentworth, whose other connections with the building are interesting. First, he had been one of the three contractors who had built the Hospital under the "rum contract" with Macquarie, and secondly, his son, William Charles Wentworth, explorer and journalist, became one of the most important figures in the development of Parliamentary democracy in New South Wales, and is regarded as the "father of the constitution". He is well commemorated by artworks within Parliament House.
On 3 January 1829, Governor Darling released a despatch foreshadowing the intended appropriation of the North Wing for the accommodation of the Legislative Councils. The first meeting of the 14 member Legislative Council in the North Wing occurred on 21 August 1829. The 'First Legislative Council' stayed until 1848. During this time the surgeons continued to occupy about one third of the space. Other rooms were sometimes occupied by other government officials, such as the Principal Supervisor of Convicts, until 1852, when the Legislature took over the entire building.