Barry was hired here in the U.A.E. to be the Project Manager of the New Military School (to be modeled after West Point) very early in the project, not even into design yet. So early in fact that the project has been put on hold while they search for a new location. So for now he is working with the team building the new Sorbonne University on Al Reem Island. The entire island is under construction with no one living on it yet. Sorbonne is slated to be the first finished project. Sometime in 2010 I believe. This past week Barry moved from the offices in center city to the job site offices out on Al Reem Island.
So today, Barry and I, joined Dave (the Project Manager of Sorbonne University) and his wife Suzy and their boss Gary (Division Manager for PARCOM projects in Abu Dhabi) out on the site. They decided to plant some flowering plants outside the job site offices. It was a great morning, very hot but you just do your best to ignore that anymore!
Barry got the first dig in!
Dave (on the left) and Gary got plenty of digs in to!
They planted larger ones by the steps.
The crew! From left to right, Hussein (the office boy), Dave, Gary, and Barry.
Barry and one of the construction workers. He brought water to us to give the plants their first dose of water.
The job site offices for Parsons and their client.
A view of the actual job site from the construction offices. The crane to the left of the two large buildings (which are actually farther away then they look) is where the Sorbonne will be.
Barry's office, real fancy!
The job site closer. They were just finishing the construction of the first crane. Fifty percent of all the world's cranes are in the united Arab Emirates. Mostly Dubai and Abu Dhabi.
Can you see the guy up there working?
That's as close I as I could go. There will be a total of over ten buildings when the project will be complete. Hopefully someday I'll be able to post the finished University!
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