PENNYGHAEL PIER

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

Dedicated timber loading facility using a mobile, floating jetty, connected by bridge to a rock armoured approach causeway, and timber stacking area.

Client – UPM Tilhill

Completion – 2012

Value – £0.6m

AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY

Feasibility study, obtaining consents, detailed design, project management, site supervision and CDM Coordination.

PRINCIPAL ELEMENTS

  • Excavation of rock for causeway armour – 3815m3
  • Excavation of rock fill for causeway – 4640m3
  • Otter culverts – 2no.600mm diameter pipes
  • Stacking area – 2000m2

KEY FEATURES

Economical provision of rock and armour by excavation adjacent to site, also providing stacking area; highly cost-effective means of exporting timber.

CONTRACTORS

Project Manager – Wallace Stone

Main Contractor – TSL Contractors Ltd