Ports & Harbours

Multi-disciplinary Opus International Consultants (Opus) has been involved in an array of schemes focussed on preserving the important maritime infrastructure on the River Thames, in and around the Pool of London.

A huge reinforced concrete pontoon weighing almost 7,000 tonnes has floated out of dry dock on the north bank of the Tyne, marking a major milestone in a£25m Humberside port development.

Bringing in the 6,600 tonne steel sections of the recently opened Bacalan-Bastide elevating bridge from Italy to Bordeaux in France required the kind of innovative approach that is becoming common with the…

A major coastal defence project has been awarded to Ringwood Hampshire based Raymond Brown Construction by Havant Borough Council.

The Dutch province of Noord-Holland has awarded a major contract for complex renovation works at the 110 year old Wilhelmina Lock in Zaandam.

New pontoons for Yarmouth Harbour have been installed, using an innovative form of decking based on a sustainable substitute for tropical hardwood and preservative treated timber.