The Storylines of a Visit to the Panama Canal

摘要

ENR Editor-in-Chief Janice Tuch-man has visited signature buildings under construction around the world and sent three staff members to write about the Panama Canal. When she made her own visit to Panama earlier this month to cover an American Society of Civil Engineers' conference, Tuchman was finally able to experience first-hand some of the wonder of the historic passage and the expansion project that is now 78% complete. For many details in her forthcoming feature, which will appear in ENR's Dec. 15 Global Sourcebook, Tuchman says she appreciates briefings from the Panama Canal Authority and its consultants and contractors. She enjoyed the chance to "get up close and personal" with huge new lock gates manufactured in Italy and awaiting installation at the site. Gates for the new third lane of the canal arrived on post-Panamax vessels, which are too big to pass through the current canal-lock system but will fit through the new one.