. >> ilya marotta is the woman in charge of this massive project. simply put, anything and everything that gets built here is on her watch. when you think of the building of the original panama canal, it is one of the most impressive engineering feats that mankind has done and now you are taking on this expansion. what is that like? >> it's a great feeling. this is a dream job for any engineer. >> we spoke from a perch along the edge of the new canal construction. in april 2016, this will open for business. right now while the works goes on, we're getting some major access to this project. >> so what are we hearing right now? >> so, right now hydraulics jacks that life the gate, put them in the position for the maintenance bracket so they're getting ready to get these gate in its final position to do the testing so that is what they are doing right now. this gate number 1 we're in lock 1 on the pacific side and this is the smallest gate. it's 2,300 tons. >> that's the smallest gate? >> yes. >> these are the gates she's talking about. there are 16 of