PROJECT: Sandbanks Ferry Slipway Refurbishment
LOCATION: Sandbanks
CLIENT: Sandbanks Ferry Company
VALUE: £150,000
PROJECT OVERVIEW: CMP were contracted to resurface the Sandbank’s chain-ferry concrete slipways and modify the design to reduce the impact of tidal flow and chain damage on the structure.

WORKS DESCRIPTION:

• Temporary working platform with unifloat platform constructed to enable piling rig access to edge of slipway over water
• Series of 12.0m long PU18 temporary piles lifted in to position using 70t crawler crane and driven using Movax rig to form a temporary cofferdam
• Sea water pumped from cofferdam
• Permanent 3 to 5m length piles installed
• Slipways resurfaced