| Wednesday 5 September
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Torbay Lifeboat leaves
the mooring position adjacent to the station after nearly 77 years in this
position. |
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| 5 September to 7
September |
Falmouth Divers move the
fore and aft mooring to a position towards the end of the breakwater but
sheltered by the old oil jetty. |
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| 5 September to 7
September |
John Martin Construction
- the main contractors - establish the site office and facilities.
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| Monday 10 September
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Construction Site marked
out and boundaries established. Heavy Plant delivered to site. |
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| Tuesday 11 September |
Barges and floating
platform brought into position and hard core delivered. |
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| Wednesday 12 September |
Working platforms
constructed and first two barges of dredge material loaded and transferred
to the main drying area |
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| Thursday 13
September |
Dredging
paused whilst make up of the dredge material is compared with original
samples - there appears to be a difference |
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| Week ending
Friday 28 September to Wednesday 17 October |
Dredging
running at best speed and datums set for the project. |
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| Tuesday 16
October |
Pontoon,
Link Span and shore connection delivered to Baltic Wharf, Totnes |
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| Tuesday 16
October |
Link Span
transported to Dartmouth to await calmer sea conditions and then Torquay
on Wednesday morning |
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| Wednesday
17 October |
Pontoon
delivered by sea to Brixham and dredging completed subject to final survey.
One barge departs. |
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| Thursday 18
October |
Divers
inspect ground and granite prepared to form shoreline edge
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| Friday 19
October |
Shore side
facility cleared to receive link span - delivered from Torquay and craned
off. |
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| Monday 23
October |
Link Span
connection delivered and work continues preparing shore side foundations |
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| Friday 26
October |
Divers
finish Gabions, final concrete pour for shore side foundations and mooring
system being prepared. |
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Monday 29 October |
Positioning sinkers commences. There are eight to be
positioned precisely and a further eight acting as a backup restraint |
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Tuesday 30 October |
Sinker placement continues and shore connection placed in
position |
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Wednesday 31 October |
Pontoon brought into approximate position and moorings
attached whilst ballast added to trim levels. |
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Thursday 1st November |
Link Span connection made! A great effort by all concerned |
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Friday 2nd November - all major heavy work is now complete
- the site will be cleared and the final detail wiring, plumbing and
fitting is expected to bring the system into commission on or around
Friday 16th November. Look out for pictures of the completed project
around this date. |
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Thursday 15th November |
Pontoon in use - some ballasting to be completed and
services added - almost there! |
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