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17/9/17 - I visited Girdleness Lighthouse at Greyhope Bay Aberdeen this afternoon, took 20 minutes or so to capture the new harbour expansion project, looks like it coming on fine, more breakwater rocks now on site and looks like one of the piers is well on its way to completion, no dredgers to be seen on site today.
I have visited this site a few times now though dismissed any activities as only fences and warning signs with road closures existed, however today I could see signs of new breakwaters starting to take shape , hence I have captured a few photos and created a folder to archive the progress of this project that will be complete sometime in 2020.
Regular weekly visits to this site for me going forward, posting only any significant progress shots I take .
Hope to capture the dredgers on video and some really good archive photos of this projects journey between now and 2020.
Newspaper Info
Aberdeen Harbour Expansion Project Approval Announced
Commencement of a £350 million project to expand facilities at Aberdeen Harbour, which was recently granted planning consent in the form of Marine Licenses and a Harbour Revision Order by the Scottish Government, was yesterday sanctioned by Aberdeen Harbour Board. The construction contract with its preferred bidder, Dragados UK is due to be formalised at a signing ceremony today (20th December).
“We are delighted that, after six years of detailed planning and extensive consultation with our many stakeholders and the regulatory authorities, we are now in a position to approve commencement of construction”, stated Colin Parker, Chief Executive of Aberdeen Harbour Board.
Following a detailed engagement process, Aberdeen Harbour Board, in partnership with Dragados UK, a main contractor, will develop facilities over the next three years that will represent a step change in the marine support capabilities in Scotland. These will transform the port’s ability to accommodate the trend for larger vessels we are witnessing across a whole range of industries.
The expansion will afford existing customers the opportunity to diversify and expand their interests, whilst attracting new customers and markets to the port, including up-scaled decommissioning activity, a more significant share of the available cruise vessel fleet and larger more cost-effective commercial vessels”.
Alistair Mackenzie, Chairman of Aberdeen Harbour Board added, “Aberdeen Harbour has been in existence for almost 900 years. Its longevity can be attributed to its ability to adapt to changing trading requirements and being forward-thinking in delivering new and improved facilities to support its customers, while at the same time attracting new business.
This major new chapter in the port’s history continues this approach and underpins the Trust Port ethos of viewing future generations as key stakeholders. We believe that the infrastructure developed in Nigg Bay will encourage and support the continued prosperity of the city and region that the harbour serves and make a significant national economic contribution”.
The development, which is a Scottish Government National Planning Framework (3) Project and is scheduled to be completed by 2020, was welcomed by the Minister for Transport and the Islands, Humza Yousaf, who said: “This is excellent news for Aberdeen and the Scottish maritime industry, as the signing of the construction contract means this nationally significant project can now get underway in earnest.
The significant investment will bring jobs and business to Aberdeen, supporting the local and national economy. The historic harbour will be transformed to accommodate larger vessels, opening up potential new revenue streams and offering customers world-class marine support facilities.
These are exciting times for Aberdeen Harbour. I wish everyone involved in the project every success and I very much look forward to following the expansion as it progresses.”
Dragados UK were named as the Board’s preferred bidder in September this year, and the company announced that they plan to commence construction on site in early 2017.
The new facilities will include 1,400 metres of new quay, with a water depth of up to 10.5 metres and will create an additional 125,000 square metres of lay-down area. An independent study, commissioned by Scottish Enterprise, estimates that the development will generate an additional £1 billion per annum to the economy by 2035, and will create an additional 7,000 equivalent jobs.
Funding arrangements for the project incorporated commercial borrowing from the European Investment Bank, and funding from the Aberdeen City & Region Deal. Support for the project’s feasibility study was also received from Scottish Enterprise and from the 2013 Annual Programme Call of the European Commission’s Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) Programme.
Jonathan Taylor, Vice President of the European Investment Bank also commented: “Continued investment at Europe’s leading ports is essential to improve infrastructure and to cater for ever-changing shipping needs. The European Investment Bank is pleased to support the transformational Nigg Bay development that will significantly increase quayside space, allow deep-water access for larger vessels and ensure Aberdeen’s continued strong contribution to the Scottish economy.”
Aberdeen Harbour Expansion Project Approval Announced
I don't know what is in happening here, but it looks like the start of something major.
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This photo was taken ten years ago (2013), nearby my former place in the city where I was born.
It was part of a college essay/work. This shot was a digital try I made before a pinhole version of the same site. Unfortunately, the pinhole photo was lost, but the result was not so good to be honest.
Revisiting the photos I take in my hometown, looking for a further project, I stoped and stared at this one and some remembrances came back to me of this particular moment of my life. Some glimpses of Roland Barthes words in 'Camera Lucida' (I not sure if this is the correct title for the english version - please, correct me if I'm wrong) came to my head too.
For you, the spectator, maybe this image mean nothing, or don't bring any kind of emotion or memory. Maybe just please you as a nice photo or maybe not even that.
But the point (and if you came till here it means that you want and deserve a conclusion for all this 'explanations') is that when I frame and shot for this picture, I don't intend to made a photo that can bring me this kind of feeling in the future. It was supposed to be only a black and white abstract photo of some concrete against the horizon, an essay about shapes, lines and textures, a mere college work, nothing more than that.
In fact, when I dedicated some time on it today, I discover that photography, to me, is a process (for everyone is, of course). But, I've seen people who take photo to share their happiness, the beauty that made they happy and conclude that for me is the opposite. My creative process start when something is wrong in my life, when something is hurting me. That doesn't mean I don't take any picture when I'm happy. I do. But the process, the results, are totally different.
And you, how it works with creative work? Have you ever thought about it? Tell us!
There's quite a lot of construction going on in and around Sandton at the moment and it seems wherever you look some new edifice is rising from the red Highveld soil. I've actually been wanting to photograph this site, the new Discovery headquarters, for some time, since before the structure started rising as it is in this photo. A few months ago all you could see on the site at street level were five or six cranes and I wanted to create a composition with them. But for one reason or another I could never just seem to get there. The other day I had reason to drive past the site again and thought the scaffolding was looking quite interesting. So I woke earlier than usual on Sunday and headed back for a few shots. This is just one I took with my phone. I'm still working on some others and will decide later whether or not to post any (Generally, I don't like posting pics from one session that look too similar.) The building under construction in this photo is across the road from this one I shot a few months ago Discovery is a company that sells health and other insurance.
I have visited this site a few times now though dismissed any activities as only fences and warning signs with road closures existed, however today I could see signs of new breakwaters starting to take shape , hence I have captured a few photos and created a folder to archive the progress of this project that will be complete sometime in 2020.
Regular weekly visits to this site for me going forward, posting only any significant progress shots I take .
Hope to capture the dredgers on video and some really good archive photos of this projects journey between now and 2020.
Newspaper Info
Aberdeen Harbour Expansion Project Approval Announced
Commencement of a £350 million project to expand facilities at Aberdeen Harbour, which was recently granted planning consent in the form of Marine Licenses and a Harbour Revision Order by the Scottish Government, was yesterday sanctioned by Aberdeen Harbour Board. The construction contract with its preferred bidder, Dragados UK is due to be formalised at a signing ceremony today (20th December).
“We are delighted that, after six years of detailed planning and extensive consultation with our many stakeholders and the regulatory authorities, we are now in a position to approve commencement of construction”, stated Colin Parker, Chief Executive of Aberdeen Harbour Board.
Following a detailed engagement process, Aberdeen Harbour Board, in partnership with Dragados UK, a main contractor, will develop facilities over the next three years that will represent a step change in the marine support capabilities in Scotland. These will transform the port’s ability to accommodate the trend for larger vessels we are witnessing across a whole range of industries.
The expansion will afford existing customers the opportunity to diversify and expand their interests, whilst attracting new customers and markets to the port, including up-scaled decommissioning activity, a more significant share of the available cruise vessel fleet and larger more cost-effective commercial vessels”.
Alistair Mackenzie, Chairman of Aberdeen Harbour Board added, “Aberdeen Harbour has been in existence for almost 900 years. Its longevity can be attributed to its ability to adapt to changing trading requirements and being forward-thinking in delivering new and improved facilities to support its customers, while at the same time attracting new business.
This major new chapter in the port’s history continues this approach and underpins the Trust Port ethos of viewing future generations as key stakeholders. We believe that the infrastructure developed in Nigg Bay will encourage and support the continued prosperity of the city and region that the harbour serves and make a significant national economic contribution”.
The development, which is a Scottish Government National Planning Framework (3) Project and is scheduled to be completed by 2020, was welcomed by the Minister for Transport and the Islands, Humza Yousaf, who said: “This is excellent news for Aberdeen and the Scottish maritime industry, as the signing of the construction contract means this nationally significant project can now get underway in earnest.
The significant investment will bring jobs and business to Aberdeen, supporting the local and national economy. The historic harbour will be transformed to accommodate larger vessels, opening up potential new revenue streams and offering customers world-class marine support facilities.
These are exciting times for Aberdeen Harbour. I wish everyone involved in the project every success and I very much look forward to following the expansion as it progresses.”
Dragados UK were named as the Board’s preferred bidder in September this year, and the company announced that they plan to commence construction on site in early 2017.
The new facilities will include 1,400 metres of new quay, with a water depth of up to 10.5 metres and will create an additional 125,000 square metres of lay-down area. An independent study, commissioned by Scottish Enterprise, estimates that the development will generate an additional £1 billion per annum to the economy by 2035, and will create an additional 7,000 equivalent jobs.
Funding arrangements for the project incorporated commercial borrowing from the European Investment Bank, and funding from the Aberdeen City & Region Deal. Support for the project’s feasibility study was also received from Scottish Enterprise and from the 2013 Annual Programme Call of the European Commission’s Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) Programme.
Jonathan Taylor, Vice President of the European Investment Bank also commented: “Continued investment at Europe’s leading ports is essential to improve infrastructure and to cater for ever-changing shipping needs. The European Investment Bank is pleased to support the transformational Nigg Bay development that will significantly increase quayside space, allow deep-water access for larger vessels and ensure Aberdeen’s continued strong contribution to the Scottish economy.”
Aberdeen Harbour Expansion Project Approval Announced
Every location and building in Dublin has a story and in most cases many stories many of which are not accurate.
If you search online for information relating to the Moy it is most likely that you will be informed that Richard Beesly Sheridan was born at No.12 Dorset Street next door to the Pub in question. Because of a comment made by a local I decided to carry out some research and I must admit that I was surprised by the complicated story that I discovered.
According to Wikipedia: “Playwright, Westminster Parliament member, and son of Thomas, Richard Brinsley Sheridan was born on this street at number 12 in 1751; Brinsley Sheridan's works include The Critics and The School for Scandal”.
In 2002 Eneclann Ltd, a Trinity College campus company, was commissioned to determine if Sheridan was born at 12 Dorset Street, as claimed in recent biographies by Fintan O’Toole in 1999 and by Linda Kelly in 2097.
The report found the false assumption about Sheridan's birthplace came about because of different numbering systems for the street dating back more than 150 years ago. Sheridan was born in 1751 and the historians found that numbers were not assigned to Dorset Street Upper until the 1770s, 20 years after Sheridan's birth.
It is important to be aware that from the 1770s to 1848 there were changes in the numbering system. From 1848, the numbers were permanently fixed as they are today. The research found the house recorded as No 12 (Sheridan's birthplace) in the first half of the 19th century could not correspond to the same house today.
Researchers found an early deed for the house currently known as no 12 Dorset Street Upper dated 1783 and records a lease on the property between Joseph Ellis and John Smithy. At this time, the property was recorded as No 10 Dorset Street.
What they did discover was that Thomas Sheridan, Richard's father, held a lease on an adjoining property to what is now 12 Dorset Street.
They are convinced that the actual Sheridan house was one of those purchased by the Dominican Order around August 1883, which were subsequently demolished to build St Saviour's Priory.
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Northview Drive, Westcliff-On-Sea, Essex. Girder framework being put in place for a new build complex of flats with ground floor retail units.
Someone said this is supposed to be a drive thru car wash.
Being built on the site of the former Starlite Car Wash, an 8 bay Self Serve car wash and Ghosein's Foreign Care Repair.
4001 Southwest Highway (at 87th Street)
Hometown, Illinois
Cook County, USA.
August 16, 2022
I have visited this site a few times now though dismissed any activities as only fences and warning signs with road closures existed, however today I could see signs of new breakwaters starting to take shape , hence I have captured a few photos and created a folder to archive the progress of this project that will be complete sometime in 2020.
Regular weekly visits to this site for me going forward, posting only any significant progress shots I take .
Hope to capture the dredgers on video and some really good archive photos of this projects journey between now and 2020.
Newspaper Info
Aberdeen Harbour Expansion Project Approval Announced
Commencement of a £350 million project to expand facilities at Aberdeen Harbour, which was recently granted planning consent in the form of Marine Licenses and a Harbour Revision Order by the Scottish Government, was yesterday sanctioned by Aberdeen Harbour Board. The construction contract with its preferred bidder, Dragados UK is due to be formalised at a signing ceremony today (20th December).
“We are delighted that, after six years of detailed planning and extensive consultation with our many stakeholders and the regulatory authorities, we are now in a position to approve commencement of construction”, stated Colin Parker, Chief Executive of Aberdeen Harbour Board.
Following a detailed engagement process, Aberdeen Harbour Board, in partnership with Dragados UK, a main contractor, will develop facilities over the next three years that will represent a step change in the marine support capabilities in Scotland. These will transform the port’s ability to accommodate the trend for larger vessels we are witnessing across a whole range of industries.
The expansion will afford existing customers the opportunity to diversify and expand their interests, whilst attracting new customers and markets to the port, including up-scaled decommissioning activity, a more significant share of the available cruise vessel fleet and larger more cost-effective commercial vessels”.
Alistair Mackenzie, Chairman of Aberdeen Harbour Board added, “Aberdeen Harbour has been in existence for almost 900 years. Its longevity can be attributed to its ability to adapt to changing trading requirements and being forward-thinking in delivering new and improved facilities to support its customers, while at the same time attracting new business.
This major new chapter in the port’s history continues this approach and underpins the Trust Port ethos of viewing future generations as key stakeholders. We believe that the infrastructure developed in Nigg Bay will encourage and support the continued prosperity of the city and region that the harbour serves and make a significant national economic contribution”.
The development, which is a Scottish Government National Planning Framework (3) Project and is scheduled to be completed by 2020, was welcomed by the Minister for Transport and the Islands, Humza Yousaf, who said: “This is excellent news for Aberdeen and the Scottish maritime industry, as the signing of the construction contract means this nationally significant project can now get underway in earnest.
The significant investment will bring jobs and business to Aberdeen, supporting the local and national economy. The historic harbour will be transformed to accommodate larger vessels, opening up potential new revenue streams and offering customers world-class marine support facilities.
These are exciting times for Aberdeen Harbour. I wish everyone involved in the project every success and I very much look forward to following the expansion as it progresses.”
Dragados UK were named as the Board’s preferred bidder in September this year, and the company announced that they plan to commence construction on site in early 2017.
The new facilities will include 1,400 metres of new quay, with a water depth of up to 10.5 metres and will create an additional 125,000 square metres of lay-down area. An independent study, commissioned by Scottish Enterprise, estimates that the development will generate an additional £1 billion per annum to the economy by 2035, and will create an additional 7,000 equivalent jobs.
Funding arrangements for the project incorporated commercial borrowing from the European Investment Bank, and funding from the Aberdeen City & Region Deal. Support for the project’s feasibility study was also received from Scottish Enterprise and from the 2013 Annual Programme Call of the European Commission’s Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) Programme.
Jonathan Taylor, Vice President of the European Investment Bank also commented: “Continued investment at Europe’s leading ports is essential to improve infrastructure and to cater for ever-changing shipping needs. The European Investment Bank is pleased to support the transformational Nigg Bay development that will significantly increase quayside space, allow deep-water access for larger vessels and ensure Aberdeen’s continued strong contribution to the Scottish economy.”
Aberdeen Harbour Expansion Project Approval Announced
A construction site in the light of the afternoon sun, whose rays make their way through the sky veiled by Saharan dust.
I've finally updated my website.
I fear there are too many photos there now...also not sure I managed to keep the categories clear.....not easy, this one for example I put it under 'veiled' but it could also fit into the 'de/fences' portfolio.
Any critical comment would be welcome.
thank you friends for looking.