Khor Fakkan Port Access Corridor

This was my first project as a de-facto number two on site, promoted mid-project after the senior engineer relocated — which meant learning how to run daily coordination meetings with a port operator who could not afford a single hour of unplanned downtime.

The geotechnical picture under the corridor turned out to be far more variable than the initial site investigation suggested, with a soft marine clay lens under two of the twelve pier locations that needed a foundation redesign mid-construction.

What I took from this project into every one since: build the traffic-management plan with the operations team in the room, not just the contractor — the queue-time improvement mattered more to the client than the ribbon-cutting.