TARBET JETTY IMPROVEMENTS

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

Improvements to existing jetty including widening, over-slabbing, handrailing, mooring rings and rock armouring.

Client – The Highland Council

Completion – 2004

Value – £50,000

AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY

Survey; Statutory Consultation; Conceptual design; Detailed design; Project management; Supervision of all site work.

PRINCIPAL ELEMENTS

• Concrete (Mass and reinforced) – 80 m³
• Excavation and fill (Seabed Material) – 50 m³
• Imported Rockfill – 20 m³
• Rock Armour – 20 m³
• Handrailing (Galvanised) – 80 l m
• Jetty furniture (mooring rings and lifebelts)

KEY FEATURES

Sensitive design solution for improvements to existing jetty at site of outstanding natural beauty. Removal and replacement of handrailing and timber rubbing strips and encasing existing dilapidated structure in concrete.

CONTRACTORS

Main Contractor – Ullapool Construction