Description
Rehabilitation of an existing wharf including dredging of clean and contaminated sediments, placing of mattress material, unloading, storing and monitoring of caissons in Deception Bay, towing, maneuvering into position and sink ing three concrete caissons onto the mattress rock. Filling the caissons with stone and filling the area behind and beside the caissons with stone and rip.
Project also received an Award of Merit in Transportation from the Consulting Engineers of British Columbia (http://www.cebc.org/awards/2008gallery.html)
Method
Fabrication of caissons by Beaver Marine in Nova Scotia, transport of Caissons to site by semi-submersible ship, import all stone fill by ship.
Location
Deception Bay, Quebec, Canada
Owner
Xstrata Nickel, Raglan Mine
Patrice Dube, Project Manager
514-825-4988
Consultant
Westmar Consultants
Harald Kullman, Manager
604-985-6488
Completion Date
Fall 2007
Contract Value
$6,000,000.00