Cover Story
T
he long awaited Two Oceans
Aquarium upgrade and
expansion, officially broke
ground for its new preditor
exhibit on 28 January 2014.
With the full support of its owners,
GrowthPoint PIC and Investec, the professional team which had been standing
in the wings were eager to get underway with the massiveproject.
The Aquarium expansion project is one
of several development projects underway at the V&A Waterfront. According to
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David Green, CEO of the V&A Waterfront
and Chairperson of the Aquarium’s
Board of Trustees, “The official start of
this project brings with it much anticipation for the improved offering that will
be unveiled. This project falls in line with
our continued development with the
view to improvement, reinvention and
innovation, raising the bar and making
the visitor experience that much better”.
The new, large-scalepredator exhibit,
which will be constructed on the parking
lot area, between the existing Aquarium
building and the One & Only Hotel, will
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contain 1.5 million litres of seawater and
will be six metres in depth. Three exhibit
windows, one being a single acrylic
panel measuring 9m long and 4 metres
wide and providing a seamless window
into the exhibit, have been imported
from Italy.Also included in the project, is
the new jewel in the Aquariums crown,
a 10meter long by 4meter wide tunnel
through the new tank, giving patrons a
new, breath-taking underwater view of
the exhibit.
Once the steel reinforcements were
completed and extensive pressure