26/10/2026
🚧 270 metres and counting!
Our Surge Protection Breakwater is taking shape, with construction progressing to 270 meters this week!
In construction terms, that’s known as 270 chainage. It’s a way of measuring distance along a project from a set starting point.
Fun fact! 💡 The term dates back to when surveyors used actual metal chains to measure distances. The tools have changed, but the name has stuck!
So far, crews have placed an impressive 144,000 tonnes of rock to reach this point – around 18% of the total rock needed for the new breakwater.
There’s still plenty of work ahead, but it’s great to see the progress being made on one of the biggest components of our $350 million Geraldton Port Maximisation Project.