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