HATSTON PIER FACILITY


PROJECT DESCRIPTION

Pier facility with passenger terminal serving 12,000t roll-on roll-off ferry service from Scrabster to Kirkwall. Pier also provides berthing for vessels up to 50,000t.


Hatston Pier

Client - R.J. McLeod for Orkney Islands Council - Completion - 2004 - Value £16m


AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY

Design of main marine civil works including; rock armour approach causeway, steel piling, reinforced concrete flat slab deck, steel wave screens, services. Also providing technical support to the Contractor.


PRINCIPAL ELEMENTS

  • Steel Piles - 3,200 t
  • Rock armour to causeway - 27,000 t
  • Concrete deck and pile infill - 16,000 m³
  • Steel wave screens - 1,500 t
  • Rock fill to causeway - 60,000 t
  • Rubber fendering

KEY FEATURES

Tubular steel piling with vertical and raked, anchored piles support a reinforced concrete flat slab deck and steel wave screens. Access to the marine deck is via a 200m rock armoured causeway.


CONTRACTORS

Project Manager - Arch Henderson

Main Contractor - RJ McLeod (Contractors) Ltd

Steelwork - Harbour & General