Teignmouth Maritime Services News

Polpero Subsea Outfall (2nd phase)

2011-05-31T12:39:00.001+01:00

TMS were instructed to complete the conection between the long sea outfall already installed by TMS and the shore based pumping station currently being built by Dean and Dyball. The pipe was 40m in length and had to be installed sub-sea with a team of divers working from the survey vessel TMS Sea Seeker. There were lots of precision measurements and fitting involved to install the length of pipe. TMS are still currently diving at Polpero installing concrete bags and rafts for pipe protection.

Burringham Bank Stabilisation (2nd phase)

2011-05-27T10:24:00.002+01:00

Birse Civils instructed TMS to lay approx 2000 tonnes of rock armour on the embankment. The stone was laid using a 35 tonne long reach excavator sat on deck of the TMS Maverick Crane Barge. The stone was loaded into a hopper barge with a crane and grab on a quayside. It was then transported from the quay to the Maverick and unloaded by crane onto the embankment.

Burringham Bank Stabilisation

2011-05-27T08:55:00.001+01:00

Birse Civils instructed TMS to install 101 meters of AZ section piles. The piles were 17.5M in length and weighed just over 5 tonnes each. The piles were installed using conventional piling gates and a combination of vibration and drop hammers. The piles were driven to the ground level to allow stone to be placed over them.

Leven Bank

2011-01-28T16:38:00.001Z

TMS have recently completed the works on Leven Bank. The work that has been carried out has been entered for the North East Regional Institute Of Civil Engineers Award (The Robert Stephensons Award). Below is the finished works.

Leven Bridge Bank Stabilisation and Scour Protection.

2010-12-22T15:18:00.002Z

TMS were instructed to install a gabion wall alongside the bridge abutment to provide scour protection and bank stabilisation. The bed was leveled with a long reach machine from the shore. TMS then laid a layer of stone ready to install gabion matresses. TMS divers installed all of the lower baskets and mattresses. Once the baskets were up out of the water the top line of baskets were finished off conventionally. All of the baskets were hand filled and faced with stone. Once the baskets were installed we back-filled with clean stone and type one material to the top, ready for top soil.

Lizard RNLI Slipway Build

2010-12-22T14:30:00.001Z

TMS divers have been installing the sub-sea sections of the RNLI'S new lifeboat slipway at Lizard Point Cornwall. TMS were contracted for a period of three months to assist Nuttall John Martin Construction in assembling and positioning the 23 tonne steel pre-fabricated sections that make up the length of the slipway. This involved positioning concrete transoms on top of the already installed tubular piles, Positioning the steel sections on top of the transoms to the correct line and level and then grouting the sections when finally in position. These works are essential for the continuing modernisation of the RNLI and will now enable the Lizard Point Lifeboat Station to be equipped with the new state of the art "Tamar" class lifeboat. Click on the link to see TMS divers at work on ITV News! http://www.itv.com/westcountry-west/lifeboats-for-the-lizard77953/ .......

Left: The site at Lizard Point.

Below: TMS diver entering the water.

Polperro Sub-Sea Pipeline.

2010-11-02T11:26:00.002Z

TMS Ltd deployed an 8 man HSE dive team with 2 divers in the water at one time. TMS were instructed to lay an outfall pipe from the shore, 350 metres to sea, in depths of water up to 19 metres. All of the diving works were carried out from the deck of the "Will Challenge". The pipeline is part of £5.5m sewer outfall for South West Water. You can see a live web cam by clicking here of the current contract works.

Preston Park Jetty

2010-11-02T10:42:00.001Z

Preston Park at Stockton-on-Tees

TMS constructed a Jetty for Birse Civils. TMS installed 6 tubular piles with conventional means of piling. A large steel frame fabricated by TMS was installed on top of the piles and fully welded. A Balau 200mm x 100mm hard wood deck with galvanised hand rails all round was laid. There were non-slip boards laid down and 10 ton bollards bolted down for the docking of large passenger vessels. Heavy duty "D" fendering was installed on the outside of the jetty. TMS laid all new paths for disabled access and carried out fencing works and some gabion basket revetment repairs to the river banks.