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Reef Ball Red Mangrove Style Reef Ball Construction
Before anything would happen on Cayman Island, an enourmous amount of effort was spent to build planters and stock a container with supplies for the red mangrove nursery creation. Construction of the Reef Ball "planters" for Red Mangroves was done by Reef Innovations, a Reef Ball Foundation authorized contractor, in St. Cloud, Florida. Since this project was operating on tight grant funding, manufacturing of the shippable sized Reef Balls was done in the US where costs were lower. These pictures are from this construction phase.

octt05-jant06t012 Over 20 molds were used to produce the Reef Ball planters for the project. 10/11/06 4:19 PM

Over 20 molds were used to produce the Reef Ball planters for the project.

octt05-jant06t019 Over 850 Reef Balls are stages for loading into a 40 foot shipping container along with 6 Reef Ball molds, tools and supplies for the red mangrove nursery creation project and the Cemetary Reef Ball project. 10/6/06 11:40 AM

Over 850 Reef Balls are stages for loading into a 40 foot shipping container along with 6 Reef Ball molds, tools and supplies for the red mangrove nursery creation project and the Cemetary Reef Ball project.

octt05-jant06t021 Does not look too big? Over 35,000 pounds of concrete are in those stacks! 10/13/06 12:16 PM

Does not look too big? Over 35,000 pounds of concrete are in those stacks!

octt05-jant06t023 Because of the smaller sized Reef Balls needed for this project, each ball was cast by hand. 10/13/06 12:17 PM

Because of the smaller sized Reef Balls needed for this project, each ball was cast by hand.


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