PONTOON BERTH FOR PERSONNEL BOATS - RHUGH GARBH


PROJECT DESCRIPTION

Heavy duty steel pontoon berth for personnel boats serving remote quarry, with mooring system, access bridge and fendering.


Rhugh Garbh
  • Client Yeoman (Morvern) Ltd
  • Completion 1999
  • Value £0.25m

AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY

Feasibility, detailed design and drawings, analysis of dynamic response to wave climate, liaison with consents authorities and marine biology specialists.


PRINCIPAL ELEMENTS

  • Steel pontoon 27m x 11m, fabricated from 3 smaller units
  • Chain and anchor mooring system
  • Heavy duty access bridge with landing platform
  • Fendering to berthing faces
  • Excavation of foreshore to create mooring and manoeuvring basin

KEY FEATURES

Robust, versatile and accessible berthing to replace overnight moorings; heavy duty mooring system designed for exposed location; sensitive deployment of moorings to protect rare serpulid beds on sea bed.


CONTRACTORS

Civil Contractor - Yeoman (Morvern) Ltd

Steelwork Fabricator - Hyde Project Engineering

Bridge Supplier - Intermarine Ltd