Senior Engineer, Technical Support Department, Upstream Directorate, Technical & Project Support Division @ ADNOC | Ph.D. in Coastal Engineering
Every aspiring resort developer dreams of building something like the Maldives. But before you set your sights on this idyllic destination, consider this: the Maldives is shaped by nature with all other conditions affecting them. Wind, waves, tides, currents, orientation, soil, latitude, seasonal weather, beach slopes, and more all contribute to its unique beauty. If you want to build the Maldives, you need to create the same natural conditions they have. So, if you come across an undeveloped coastal location and dream of turning it into the next Maldives, think twice. Not every challenge is worth taking on. As they say, you can't make perfume from fermented Swedish herrings. #resorts #coastal_engineering #coastal_development #tourism
Agree. Exactly the same happens when somebody wants to "keep" a deep navigation channel, all year round, in an "estuarine" environment, ignoring seasonal conditions: A happy international contractor agrees to dredge it. A few weeks later, everybody is "disapointed", depths remain unchanged, "as usual", but: taxpayers have to pay the bill
I remember the same in Singapore where the developer wanted soft white beach sand like they had seen in Hawaii. The thing is Singapore sand is imported from the regions and nowhere do they have coral sand like Hawaii so they had to make do with quartz sand instead. Best to do your research before specifying the unobtainable.
General Manager, ADEC Engineering Consultancy
8moI like the Swedish herring analogy, but the original type is more powerful 😊