Mega-float future potential

Organised by the Japan Ship Centre (JETRO), a seminar presentation is being made on the ?Mega-Float technology and its future potential?. The ?Mega-Float? was born from a Japanese R&D project initiated in the late 1990s to develop an extra-large floating structure that can be used as an artificial land base for a wide range of civil engineering applications as an alternative to conventional landfill reclamation methods. The Mega-Float concept has been designed to have minimum impact on the marine environment, to allow rapid construction time, and to meet stringent safety standards.

On this occasion, a senior technical expert and a project manager closely involved with the project are visiting London to give a presentation on the practical results of this research, which included the construction of a prototype Mega-Float structure envisioned for an airport and measuring 1,000 metres by 121 metres. This was entered into the Guinness Book of Records as the largest manmade floating structure.

This seminar will introduce some of the technological innovations and new construction techniques that emerged from the research, and safety and environmental features central to the Mega-Float concept. It will present potential practical applications that could take advantage of this radical new technology.

The seminar is taking place at The City Conference Centre at IMarEST Headquarters, 80 Coleman Street, London EC2R 5BJ on Monday 6th December 2004 at 1700 hours to be followed by a reception at 1900 hours. Attendance is free and for more details contact the Japan Ship Centre: +44 (0) 20 7403 1666, 9 Marshalsea Road, London, SE1 1EP; www.jsc.org.uk; info@jsc.org.uk