Construction of a floating dock

The town of Paimboeuf on the Loire estuary tasked Charier with the construction and installation of a floating dock intended for use in a number of professional and leisure activities.
 

Objective

• Boost the commercial and tourist activity of the port of Paimboeuf.

 

Project

• Client: Town of Paimboeuf
• Prime contractor: SCE Aménagement et Environnement
• Duration: December 2016 > May 2017
• Amount: €1,448,353
   

Distinctive features and constraints 

• Built by dry process and towed on site
• Deconstruction of the initial structure
• Work on river

This equipment is replacing a barge used to moor fishing vessels and as a landing for passenger ships. The company's material resources and skills made it possible to provide all the project's working designs and works.

 

Techniques used 

• Production of support piles:
  Anchoring into rock by pre-drilling from the "Cezembre" self-lifting platform
• Demolition of a barge:
  Break-up in a dry dock, spraying with water due to the presence of materials containing asbestos: 
• Heavy floating docks:
  Construction in a dry dock of two heavy floating docks in reinforced concrete, transported on site by towing.
   

Main quantitites

4 piles

• diameter 1220 mm
• thickness 25 mm
• length 21m

Demolition of a barge

• 320 tons of waste including asbestos

Heavy floating docks

• 25m long
• 8 cm wide
• 0.9m of light freeboard
• 150 m3 of concrete
• 400 tons