The Channel Island’s Civil Engineering Contractor
St Aubins Harbour Project Successfuly Completed
The challenging project for the stabilisation of St Aubin's Harbour has been successfully compleated using an inovative method of mini-piling.
Elements of St Aubin’s harbour are 200-300 years old and required stabilisation. Traditional solutions were negated by the historical importance of the structures, general marine conditions, local sensitivities and the presence of a rare mollusc.
A discrete, flexible and low vibration solution was required. Geomarine installed approximately 175 ‘Cintec’ anchors. These are a drilled mini-pile, less 4 inches in diameter. They have been used on historical monuments throughout the world but never before in the Channel Islands.
At project completion over 2 kilometres of these mini-piles had been installed using Geomarine’s own equipment and directly employed local labour.
May 2011
