Ullapool Slipway

Lochshell Engineering were appointed by Wallace Stone as Principal Contractor to undertake reconstruction works at a slipway in Ullapool.

The works involved:

Manufacture of precast culvert units.
Installation of temporary laydown area to the east of the slipway.
Removal of existing mooring rings and fender strips. Pressure washing of existing slipway to remove marine growth.
Excavation of existing be material adjacent to the existing slipway.
Construction of a reinforced concrete upstand walls and top slab, enclosing the existing slipway.
Excavation for slipway extension.
Construction of 18m slipway extension below mean water level using a combination of precast elements and in-situ concrete.
Infill remaining extension area with mass concrete.
Provision of 2No reinforced concrete slabs, either side of the slipway.
Fabrication and installation of new toe rail and mooring rings along the slipway.
Fabrication and installation of slipway staircase.

Works undertaken February - June 2018