2023 – Al Ain, UAE – Al Ankah fort

Located strategically near the village of Remah in the emirate of Abu Dhabi, Al A’ankah Fort was originally constructed as a fortified house, although it is now referred to as a fort. The fort is believed to have been built around 1848 under the rule of Sheikh Saeed bin Tahnoon, who governed the emirate of Abu Dhabi from 1845 to 1855. In september 2023 Expin carried out structural investigation tests in order to characterize the constituting materials of the construction, such as flat jack tests, endoscope inspections, sonic tests, penetrometric tests on palm beams.