Fambridge Yacht Haven Pile Replacement
Overview
- Client: Yacht Havens Group
- Project Value: £430,000
- Dates: April 2023 – May 2023
Fambridge Yacht Haven (FYH) engaged GPS Marine and Civil Services (GPS MACS) to undertake replacement of the piles holding their vessel access pontoons in place across their two marinas at the River Crouch Facility.
As part of the scope GPS MACS also replaced both the access gangways to the East and West marina pontoons.
Working from the GPS Boxer Crane Barge and using vibration and air hammer piling GPS MACS removed old timber and steel piles across a 5-week duration, finishing 3 weeks ahead of schedule, massively reducing the impact on the marina leisure boat users.
Enabling Works
Barge mobilisation of the Boxer Barge to the river Crouch and into the very tight marina for construction works
Delivery to site all piles and piling materials by barge due to road access constraints
Site set up and exclusions
Marine Works
Extraction of 7 steel tubular piles
2 steel piles that snapped were removed by GPS MACS dive team
Extraction of 26 timber piles
Installation of 29 new 365mm x 19.1mm x 18m steel tubular piles
Installation of two new Walcon supplied access walkways to each of the two marina pontoons
Disposal
Removal from site by barge and disposal of all old timber and steel piles
All timbers and steels sent to reclamation / recycling centres
Design
Piling equipment analysis to ensure correct piling equipment
Construction
All piles replaced
2 new walkways installed
Engineering
Stability analysis for the barges
Deck loading analysis for the barges
Planned, supervised, and carried out all lifting operations on site
Site engineering including quality assurance, setting out and surveying, drawings, coordinating works and planning of operations
Marine Logistics
Planned, supervised and carried out mobilisation of all marine plant to site
Passage plans for challenging tows
Barge operational manoeuvres within the tight marina, working around the tides and ensuring the marina entrance was clear on weekends to allow leisure boaters to continue to use the marina
