Marine Civils

Government funding has been announced to upgrade the sea wall at Dawlish, Devon, UK to provide better protection for the railway and residents.

Global Marine Group’s Global Offshore division will complete the inter array cable installation, burial, testing and termination at Vattenfall’s 72-turbine Kriegers Flak offshore wind farm.

Four 150t capacity Straightpoint (SP) compression load cells from Lifting Gear Hire (LGH) have been used to weigh a Belgium bridge that had been removed for repair by Hye after a canal…

Civil and environmental engineering business Land & Water Group is encouraging young people to consider a career within the sector as National Apprenticeship Week takes place.

The new Trimble Groundworks Machine Control System with intuitive user interface increases operational efficiency by enabling contractors to perform drilling and piling operations quickly, safely and accurately.

Geo-data specialist Fugro will undertake a marine site characterisation project comprising a seabed investigation and borehole drilling at the 1400MW capacity Hollandse Kust (west) Wind Farm Zone.

Lifting specialist company ALE has used its offshore engineering expertise to complete its full scope of work on one of the biggest offshore wind farms in the world.

Advance Northumberland has reached a significant milestone in the redevelopment of the former Blyth Power Station Enterprise Zone in Blyth, UK.

The Carbon Trust has published the Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) Suction Installed Caisson Foundation Design Guidelines to increase industry confidence in the use of suction caissons.

The first and largest DP2 jack-up built in Japan for offshore wind and civil construction projects off the coast of Japan has completed sea- and jacking-trials.

Rope and Sling Specialists (RSS) has provided lifting and rigging products to BAM Nuttall Limited (BAM) for use during the modernisation of the Rothera Research Station in the Antarctic.

SAL Heavy Lift has delivered 12 bridge sections for the Beitstadsundbrua bridge from China to Norway.

A single leaf bascule bridge and marina lock gates have been delivered as part of the ongoing transformation for Port of Dovers flagship Dover Western Docks Revival (DWDR) development.

The Government of Denmark and the local Hvidovre Municipality have revealed a plan to expand the City of Copenhagen by creating nine islands off its southern coast writes Dag Pike.

Land & Water has invested in a GB£500,000 dredging campaign to increase the capacity of its Thames-side marine logistics centre in Essex, UK.

The Ministry of Transport of Schleswig-Holstein announced at the tail end of December that the plan approval of the Fehmarnbelt tunnel is due to be signed imminently.

December saw the opening of Hålogaland bridge in Narvik, Norway, the longest suspension bridge within the Arctic Circle.

A new platform claiming a step-change reduction in complexity and overheads for offshore operations has been launched.

Netherlands-based Jack Up Barge’s self-elevating unit ‘JB-117’ has completed a crane- and accommodation support contract for General Electric at the DolWin3 offshore power grid connection.

Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC) says it has developed a globally unique, innovative way of lifting that could redefine the boundaries of lifting operations offshore.