12th, 13th week

Two weeks after my second arrival in Aktau already passed by. And I was busy with different jobs, after finishing the drawings for the project in Aktau harbour.

Another colleague from the Netherlands was for several days in Aktau, and he involved me with a new project for a hotel in Baku. My job was to make a single sheetpile and a cofferdam calculation. This time not with Plaxis, but with MSheet. Important with this calculation is a proper phasing, that’s close to reality and shows all critical steps during work. Also, even more important, is a good input. The parameters of the soil layers are determined from a soil survey.

This week I started with a new calculation. It concerns a calculation check for a lighting pole foundation. A foundation is already designed for another location. My job is to calculate if the foundation suffices in the new situation. First of all I had to determine load. Wind load was most important. With help of Dutch and Russian standards I figured out how to determine it in a realistic way. The calculations I made first global by hand, and after it I put it in excel. Most difficult is to keep overview and to make it understandable for other users. With all this different jobs and good support from colleagues I really learn a lot.

This weekend I have a birthday party from a Kazakh girl and also we are planning to go ice skating with some colleagues.

Regards,
Arjan