The Panama Canal is a lock-type canal that connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans through the Isthmus of Panama. From each shoreline, the Panama Canal stretches the length of 40 miles (60 km) and from the Atlantic to the Pacific about 50 miles (82 km). This canal is one of the most-strategic artificial waterways in the world, the other one being the Suez Canal. The design took nearly 900 man-years of design with more than 200 engineers on average working constantly with the exception of nearly 300 engineers working at once during it’s peak. Over 20,000 hours of supercomputer time were used just for designing the eight lock heads. The system consists of power generation and distribution systems, aggregate processing plants, lighting systems, industrial water and compressed air generation and distribution systems, main and detached offices, labor camp on the Atlantic side, mechanical and electrical repair and assistance shops, warehouses and store yards, and reinforcing steel cutting and bending yards. Locks - 3 complexes: On the Pacific side, Miraflores (2x9m) and Pedro Miguel (1x9m). On the Atlantic side Gatun Locks (3x9m). Over the past decade, the Panama Canal’s construction has continued and will probably continue to be perfected in order to have an efficient canal. With the technology the world has now, the Panama Canal has no choice but to keep up.