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Howard Marine in Thames Site Investigation
01 Dec 2002
Plymouth UK based Howard Marine has recently undertaken a large site investigation on the River Thames. Working on behalf of Norwest Holst, Howard Marine conducted the work close to the Tilbury Power Station and adjacent to the existing pier, which is to be extended to enable larger vessels to berth with coal for the power station.
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Howard Marine provided their jack-up barge Zee Jack Major together with their support workboat Zee Puller.
The contract consisted of drilling 12 holes in the riverbed to depths of up to 30m, as well as a number of pressure meter tests.
The operation ran 24 hours per day seven days a week and was completed within six weeks.
The work was conducted for the power company Innogy, who had appointed consulting engineers Posford Haskoning to design the scope of works and oversee the execution.
MJ Information No: 17705
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