Marine Civils – Page 39

  • Each floating linkspan will be constructed from 1,500 tonnes of structural steel
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    Linkspans for Calais

    2017-09-14T10:53:00Z

    MacGregor has signed a contract with Bouygues Travaux Publics, one of the world''s largest civil engineering construction companies, to design, build and install three ferry linkspan facilities in France.

  • 4) Twenty years after sandscaping: Long term benefits left for infrastructure, environment, communities, tourism (Image: Royal HaskoningDHV)
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    Dutch Sand Engine solution comes to the UK

    2017-09-12T16:19:00Z

    Bacton Gas Terminal and residents of the surrounding Norfolk villages will benefit from Dutch experience as Royal HaskoningDHV completes the detailed design for an innovative coastal protection project.

  • There is a greater need than ever before for accurate inspection and condition monitoring technologies
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    NDT challenge

    2017-09-08T16:07:00Z

    In a corrosion monitoring project that could also provide findings of use to the renewables and marine civils industries, a consortium of Oil & Gas industry organisations has set out to tackle one of the most enduring challenges in the North Sea: the non-destructive testing (NDT) of corroded pipes under ...

  • The Hi-Traq vehicle has recently completed onshore cutter testing and is entering final commissioning (Photo: Royal IHC)
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    Hi-Traq trenching vehicle

    2017-09-08T15:43:00Z

    Royal IHC has entered in to a Memorandum Of Understanding with Canyon Offshore, a U.K. subsidiary of USA-based Helix Energy Solutions Group, to work towards an exclusive arrangement to jointly bring the Hi-Traq trenching vehicle to the market.

  • The length of each span is close to 227 metres
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    Crimea bridge progress

    2017-09-06T15:43:00Z

    A major step in the construction of the Crimea Bridge has been achieved with the installation of the railway arch section of the bridge that allows clearance for shipping underneath.

  • Shingle B data
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    Online tool helps monitor and protect shingle beaches

    2017-08-10T15:15:00Z

    Coastal engineers and engineering consultants have benefited from a shingle beach profiling tool which can account for wave conditions.

  • Vector Shoreline products offer powerful shoreline monitoring and analysis capable of identifying coastal infrastructure change
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    Intuitive vector products make shoreline management easier

    2017-08-10T12:57:00Z

    Marine managers could benefit from new data products created to manage and monitor shorelines more easily and effectively.

  • Haven Seaway has been reinforcing the existing river wall at Carnwarth Road
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    Thames Tideway Tunnel progress continues

    2017-08-04T16:05:00Z

    It’s been 18 months since ‘Maritime Journal’ visited the various sites of London’s new so called ‘Super Sewer’, so we took the opportunity in August 2017 to see how the marine civil engineering side of the project has been developing.

  • Crucially, the upgrade was accomplished without affecting bridge lifts
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    Upgrading Tower Bridge

    2017-07-20T09:00:00Z

    When Tower Bridge in London UK was due for an upgrade, after its management team identified a problem with their bascule raise mechanical drives, it brought in a team of international civil engineering experts.

  • MARIN is carrying out this research using computer simulations and model tests in its 1600sqm Offshore Basin
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    MARIN’s floating mega-island

    2017-07-18T16:43:00Z

    Netherlands-based Maritime Research Institute (MARIN) has tested an innovative concept for a floating mega island.

  • The new release now allows modelling of eccentric members without manual calculation
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    Software for structures reduces tedious work

    2017-07-11T11:57:00Z

    With the new release of Sesam software for structural engineering and analysis for fixed, floating and ship structures, DNV GL is showing the results of ramped-up focus on cutting costs and boosting efficiency for customers. One of the key targets is reduction of tedious work.

  • Rødbyhavn
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    Fehmarnbelt tunnel film released

    2017-06-30T15:01:00Z

    Denmark-headquartered Femern Link Contractors (FLC), contracted to build elements of an 18km long Denmark to Germany tunnel, is publishing a video animation of the process.

  • The scheme included infilling one third of Hull’s Alexandra Dock with 780,000 m3 of material
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    Humber region port projects shortlisted

    2017-06-21T15:53:00Z

    Green Port Hull and Immingham Renewable Fuel Terminal have both been shortlisted at the British Construction Industry Awards 2017.

  • Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) reaches from the Turkish-Greek border to Italy
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    Trans-Adriatic pipeline: pipe shipments completed

    2017-06-19T10:44:00Z

    EMS-Fehn-Group has celebrated the successful completion of the TAP project in the port of Durres/Albania. Among the guests were the German ambassador in Tirana, Susanne Schütz, and high ranking o?cials from the Albanian transport and port authorities.

  • Gdansk Central Port redevelopment plans
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    Green light for Gdansk

    2017-05-30T14:39:00Z

    The pivotal role played by the Port of Gdansk Authority (PGA) has been recognised as essential by the Polish Government and it has received the green light to start design work on the new deepwater facilities called Central Port.

  • Vryfoff considers its Stevshark Rex as a game changer
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    Innovative anchor launch

    2017-04-27T11:13:00Z

    Netherlands-headquartered Vryhof Anchors has launched a revolutionary new heavyweight anchor around the OTC 2017 event in Houston. Stevshark Rex is claimed to deliver holding power in extreme conditions unmatched by any other anchor and is aimed at the heavy marine construction, oil & gas and offshore renewables industries.

  • Pumping out of the dry dock at Kishorn has commenced
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    Kishorn revival

    2017-04-26T09:15:00Z

    Scotland’s Kishorn Dry Dock will come out of a 23 year long hibernation after an agreement was signed to use the site during the construction of the world’s largest floating wind farm.

  • The main piers are transported over a distance of about one kilometre from the concrete plant to the port
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    Goldhofer modules for Route du Littoral

    2017-04-13T12:04:00Z

    The centerpiece of the Route du Littoral in the north of the French-dependency island of La Réunion in the Indian Ocean is an offshore viaduct with a length of 5,600 metres, which is being built to avoid the dangerous sections of the existing coastal road.

  • Bringing together potential subcontractors and suppliers
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    Meet the buyer event at Dover

    2017-04-12T14:11:00Z

    Over 100 companies and 250 attendees from across Kent and the South East turned out for the UK’s Dover Western Docks Revival (DWDR) Meet the Buyer event to learn about the scope of the forthcoming works at the Port of Dover.

  • News

    ABPmer awarded EIA Quality Mark

    2017-04-05T16:31:00Z

    UK-based worldwide marine and environmental research consultancy ABPmer has been awarded an EIA Quality Mark by the UK’s Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA) for its service excellence in the co-ordination of Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA) and production of Environmental Statements (ES).