Page 7 - TOBIN Harbour Work

FEATURED DEEPWATER DOCK AND SLIPWAY
CLIENT | BAM

PROJECTS

TOBIN SERVICES:

The details and design for the planning application for full planning permission by for the construction of an
88m long slipway and a 2,827m² deepwater dock (-6m chart datum), consisting of quay wall and pontoons
with a 1.5m high decorative perimeter fence. The deepwater dock and slipway will have access onto the
existing channel (-3.4m chart datum). The construction of the deepwater dock will be formed by the
excavation and infill of existing material above the high water mark. The deepwater dock and slipway were
required during the Volvo Ocean Race Galway Stopovers for the repair of yachts in-site or as a haul out
facility, whereby the yachts will be hauled out by mobile crane and transported to adjacent sites for repair.
Thus, there was no parking or storage requirement in the dry dock operation. All the above works were
carried out at Galway Harbour Enterprise Park, Renmore, Galway.

The work involved rock blasting, deep excavations working near water and construction of steel sheet pile
quay wall. The quay walls had a ring beam and a concrete capping structure to tie in with the existing land.

The slipway is 88m long and 12m wide at a grade of 1:11.

QUAY WALL REPAIR AT GALWAY HARBOUR

TOBIN SERVICES:

The quays in Galway Harbour are medieval and from time to time are in need of repair. We have
surveyed the quay in areas of disrepair. We have provided design, quantities, supervision, specification
and certification for such works. These works are very similar to coastal repair works.

Removal of damaged / loose stones
Scaffold from top down
Re-construct the quay walls
Fill cavity to back of quay wall
Point with rapid hardening concrete
Remove temporary scaffolding