About this experience
We’ve been fortunate enough to have played a role in a number of different projects all around the world, where we lend our expertise, our marine solutions, and our signature Candock cubes to help provide sustainable solutions to communities around the world. One such project occurred in conjunction with the Angkor Wat International Coordinating Committee.
Check out the event videoThe Angkor Wat Temple
The Angkor Wat temple in Cambodia welcomes thousands of tourists every single day, and as a 12th-century temple, the UNESCO World Heritage Site only continues to grow in popularity each year. Originally, the only way to reach the temple was to cross a bridge that dates back over 1,000 years. And when it was closed by the Coordinating Committee due to safety concerns, Candock was then chosen to provide a temporary bridge that could accommodate the likes of 15,000 to 20,000 visitors each day. This was no doubt one of our biggest challenges yet. However, we embraced this challenge and turned to face it head-on.
When taking into consideration the fact that the temple is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the fragile ecosystem that lives within the waters, and the amount of foot traffic, we accepted to join forces with ASPARA, the Cambodian organization responsible for protecting the Angkor Archaeological Park. The role of ASPARA in Cambodia is to conduct research, to protect the parks, and to engage in environmental conservation initiatives to safeguard against urban and touristic development of the park. The organization then hired local workers to complete the installation.
The Solution
It was clear that UNESCO, as well as the Coordinating Committee, were not interested in a temporary solution that would take up a large footprint. Instead, they wanted to protect the beauty and true nature of the site, which forced us to think outside the box when designing our solution.
Using approximately 10,000 Candock Cubes, we designed and built a work of art that measures approximately 200 meters long by 10 meters wide. It accommodates upwards of 20,000 guests per day who want to visit the Angkor Wat temple while the original causeway undergoes a set of repairs and restoration.
The Timeline
It took a little over a year to complete the project from idea conception to the official inauguration. While it only took 10 days to install the floating dock, the planning, consulting, and designing filled up the time between May 5th, 2016, when ASPARA first contacted us, to May 25th, 2017, when the bridge was finally opened to the public.
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" To build a temporary bridge providing access to the Angkor Wat temple in Cambodia for over 20,000 tourists every day. "
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For us, sustainable solutions are all that matters. We knew we had to protect the natural ecosystems, we knew we couldn’t disturb the Angkor Archaeological Site, and we knew that we couldn’t disturb the blissful and peaceful atmosphere that has lasted here for thousands of years.
To this day, nearly 100,000 people still live at the Angkor Archaeological Site. The new Angkor Bridge designed and built by our team provides them with the access to the temple that they need so that they can continue to practice their religion, venerate their divinities, and conduct their ceremonies with honor.
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