Pontoon Pile guide & Brow
TOW 2009
Thanet Offshore Wind Limited (TOW) announced that it has signed a long term lease with Thanet District Council, owners of the Port of Ramsgate, for its Operations and Maintenance (O&M) base to be situated at Ramsgate. The commitment runs for up to 40 years and will provide regular income for the Port and some employment opportunities for the area. This is the latest in a series of commitments made by TOW that mark the move to the construction phase of the project.TOW will take over use of the existing Military Road Warehouse and will build a new office facility alongside this over the next year to accommodate the approx 25 strong team of engineers and technicians that will operate the wind farm. A new dedicated pontoon and brow was placed in the Port to allow safe and efficient access to the specialist vessels that will take the O&M crew to the wind farm site.
Port Marine Consultants, main contractor for this project, employed KELLYNORMAN to design,build and install the Main Pile guide system to 3 no. pontoons,that formed the working platform for these craft to moor and a crane base for a small crane to service the needs of the pontoons.
The bridge was designed in two halves and completed on site to facilitate transport to site and the pile guides were installed on a drydock area in the Royal Harbour. The bridge was later installed along with the cranebase and completed in March 2009.
Port Marine Consultants, main contractor for this project, employed KELLYNORMAN to design,build and install the Main Pile guide system to 3 no. pontoons,that formed the working platform for these craft to moor and a crane base for a small crane to service the needs of the pontoons.
The bridge was designed in two halves and completed on site to facilitate transport to site and the pile guides were installed on a drydock area in the Royal Harbour. The bridge was later installed along with the cranebase and completed in March 2009.