KIRKIBOST PONTOONS

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

New pontoon facility for local and visiting boats, with power and water supplies; new facilities building, with toilets, showers, coin operated laundry, and managers office.

Client – Great Bernera Community Development Trust

Completion – 2023

Value – £450,000

AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY

Feasibility study; survey of seabed and foreshore; layout design; drawings; obtaining tenders; project management; supervision of works, including diving inspection.

PRINCIPAL ELEMENTS

  • Berthing/access pontoon units – 70m

  • Access bridge with shore frame – 24m

  • Electrical bollards with lighting – 7no.

  • Water hose reels – 2no.

  • Chain & Anchor mooring system

  • Insulated facilities building with toilets, showers, laundry and managers office, including underfloor heating

KEY FEATURES

Orientation aligned for minimum wave disruption; potential for future extension with deeper water berths; building heated using renewable solar energy.

CONTRACTORS

Project Manager – Wallace Stone

Pontoons Contractor – Inland & Coastal

Moorings Contractor – North West Marine 

Building Contractor – Alex Murray Construction