PORTREE PONTOONS

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

Pontoon facility to provide berthing for pilot boat, visiting yachts (touch & go); also provides emergency escape when oil boat is discharging.

Client – Highland Council

Completion – 2007

Value – £120k

AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY

Bathymetric survey; assessment of wave climate; detailed design; project management; site supervision.

PRINCIPAL ELEMENTS

• 20 lin.m. of pontoons, providing 40m of berthing
• steel approach frame from pier
• access bridge
• chain and anchor moorings
• frame on shore to support outer end of bridge over winter months.

KEY FEATURES

Compact facility in confined space behind pier; overwintering facility to support bridge, off the pontoons and on shore.

CONTRACTORS

Project Manager – Wallace Stone

Main Contractors – Varis Engineering Ltd