Archive for August, 2008
MABUHAY.. WELCOME… TERVETULOA…
Thanks for visiting my blogsite. Enjoy reading the posts as the concrete bug roams the world pixel by pixel. You can click the categories on the left to read depending on your interests. And don’t forget to leave your comments. Salamat… Gadenche… Kiitos… Khob khun khap..Terima kasih.. Thank you.
Posted: August 30th, 2008 under General.
Comments: 1
Nuclear Energy & the OL3 Nuclear Power Plant Project
I did not appreciate nuclear energy until I came to work in Finland for the ongoing construction of the first of its kind so called generation 3+ pressurized water reactor originally named as European Pressurized Reactor but has now gained the name internationally as Evolutionary Power Reactor or simply EPR.
With the skyrocketing prices of fuels [...]
Posted: August 30th, 2008 under Construction Technology.
Tags: nuclear, OL3, olkiluoto
Comments: none
A round of golf in Rauma, Finland
Rauma Golf Course is the nearest golf course from our project site Olkiluoto southwest of Finland. I had a round of golf last weekend in this course along with two other golfers, a lovely couple who are partly residing in Finland and Spain. And of course I am accompanied also by my caddie no other [...]
Posted: August 27th, 2008 under Leisure.
Tags: Finland, golf, Rauma
Comments: 3
The longest concrete viaduct in the world
It’s such a nice and fulfilling experience to be involved in landmark project like the Bangna Expressway in Thailand dubbed as the world’s longest & widest viaduct ever built. This 6-lane 27 meter wide elevated bridge 18 m above an existing highway spans a total length of about 55 km completed in a record time of [...]
Posted: August 24th, 2008 under Construction Technology.
Tags: bangna, concrete, longest viaduct, viaduct
Comments: 2
Why Concretepixels?
I think that I owe it to you all why I named my blog site “Concrete Pixels”. From my blog description it says “because every pixel of experience is worth sharing”. And so it is. I am sharing thru this web journal pixels of my experience, views, etc.
Why concrete? I have been associated with concrete [...]
Posted: August 23rd, 2008 under General.
Comments: none
How should I start blogging?
Hmmm.. this question has been hounding me since I even think to put up this blog site. It is always difficult to start doing new thing from scratch and you really have to learn from the experts. While going through to one of my wife’s blog site, cookietravels.com, I visited one of the sites in [...]
Posted: August 21st, 2008 under Blogging.
Comments: 3
Under Construction Blogsite
Welcome!
My blog site is still under construction. Concrete is still undergoing curing process:-) Thanks for visiting.
Posted: August 13th, 2008 under General, Uncategorized.
Comments: 2