Fambridge Yacht Haven Pile Replacement
Yacht Havens Group
Project Value:
£430,000Dates:
April 2023 – May 2023
Coming Soon
Overview
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
Other Projects
Nearshore / Inland Warerways
Working within FYH Crouch Marina, an extremely tight area for the Boxer barge to be operating
Environmental
Due to the sensitive nature of the surrounding environment, the marine licence restricted heavy construction during the winter months meaning we were forced to schedule the works during the spring when the marina was busiest.
Net Zero
Mobilisation of all piles and piling materials by barge. Removal from site of all timber and steel piles as well as the two replaced gangways by barge. Estimated trucks removed form roads: 20
Yacht Havens Group
Project Value:
£430,000Dates:
April 2023 – May 2023*Mobile Row*
Overview
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
Nearshore / Inland Warerways
Working within FYH Crouch Marina, an extremely tight area for the Boxer barge to be operating
Environmental
Due to the sensitive nature of the surrounding environment, the marine licence restricted heavy construction during the winter months meaning we were forced to schedule the works during the spring when the marina was busiest.
Net Zero
Mobilisation of all piles and piling materials by barge. Removal from site of all timber and steel piles as well as the two replaced gangways by barge. Estimated trucks removed form roads: 20