Marval Marine has just finished its latest project in the UK – the renovation of Greenland Pier – in around seven days, only to start work on the London Bridge Pier with only five days to complete.
The contract included repair and painting of the Greenland's 240 square metre structure in time for the HRH Elizabeth II to inspect the new Royal Barge being docked there.
And the pier has just been bought by Thames Clippers, “and there's no way the boats could break their schedule”, explained Brad Payne, Marval's owner and very hands-on director.
During the work, the structure was divided lengthways in two, with each part 'shrink-wrapped' in turn, keeping the area to be worked on sealed during the process. Further, the metal had to be environmentally blasted, using garnet vacuuming and then recirculated through the system, followed by dry ice blasting.
This in turn was followed by epoxy primer, a non-slip surface being embedded into another layer of very hard polyurethane, with a final coat sealing everything in place.
Four people worked 16 hour days to bring it all to a conclusion – and are about to be starting the process again this week on the London Bridge Pier to get it ready in time for the Jubilee.
