Because of its sensitive location near the Prime Minister’s office, this river improvement and public greenspace project in the Ethiopian capital had to forgo typical stone blasting in favor of specialized large-scale earth blasting and excavation to remove 210,000 cu m of stone to develop key areas of the park. The approach is a partnership between a Chinese special blasting team and the Ethiopian Safety Bureau.
Photo courtesy of CCC First Highway Engineering Group Co. Ltd. (CFHEC)