micro-mining operations to better expand the parking lot.

Behind the fences surrounding Place du Diamant, activity is at its peak. Far from street noise and traffic. A construction site life made of dust, earth, rubble and machinery… Under the already scorching sun of this early morning, each trades go about their business in a very diligent manner.

On the eastern part of the construction site, between Avenue de Paris and Avenue Eugène Macchini, backhoe loaders and mechanical shovels are working to continue the earthworks carried out by the company Micro TP. Up to a certain limit…

The hard granite rock which partly covers this sector prevents us from going deeper. However, the excavation which has already been carried out, 3m50 below the surface, must still be dug: “ On the Avenue de Paris side, the expansion of the parking lot requires the installation of two levels. It is therefore necessary to reach a depth of 8 meters. On the Avenue Eugène Macchini side, the car park will extend over a single level, i.e. 5 meters below the surface “, explains Xavier Luciani, director of technical services for the City of Ajaccio.

Thus, for two weeks, the companies Corse Confortement Forage et Minage (CCFM) and Corse expansif, subcontractors of GTM building, have been carrying out micro-mining blasts at a rate of two to five operations per week on the Place du construction site. Diamond.