Pwllheli Sailing Academy & Events Centre

Dredging works and infrastructure for new Pwllheli Sailing Academy building.

Works included:

• Dredging 83,000m³ of material and removal off-site for recycling – to maintain sailing channel and accommodate additional berths
• Construction of new access to marina extension
• Construction of 140m containment bund
• Construction of 80 linear/m of sheet pile walling and capping beam for new quay wall
• Installation of new flexible pontoon berths and pedestrian linkspan
• All works carried out in an environmentally sensitive area, using in-house plant and labour.

The project vision was to create a sailing academy and events centre that maximises the potential afforded by the natural location and world class sailing waters around Pwllheli. The works incorporated maintenance and capital dredging, construction of a quay wall, mooring pontoons and a pedestrian linkspan.

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Planning approval and marine consent was provided in December 2013 and works commenced in January 2014. The project was completed in July 2014.