On The Land Side, Venice Floodprotection Shored By Sheet Piles

Z-Section sheet piles from ArcellorMittal used in Venice, Italy

Z-Section sheet piles from ArcellorMittal used in Venice, Italy

About two-thirds of a 57-km-long “fence” of sheet piling has already been driven to encircle polluted industrial sites in Porto Marghera that flow into a 550-sq-kilometer lagoon. [Source: ENR: Engineering News Record. Image: Peter Reina, ENR]