 The job was given to military engineer and architect Henri Alexis Brialmont, a long-term advocate of Chazal's doctrine and the builder of the National Redoubt.Already in 1882, Brialmont studied Belgium's military situation, then published a treatise by that name ("Situation Militaire de la Belgique").Again political debate slowed the militarization of the Meuse until 31 December 1886, when Brialmont was invited conduct another study.