ABCO Marine (Irl) Ltd were contracted by Tobin Consulting Engineers on behalf of Galway Harbour Company for site investigation of the proposed new harbour development. The development will extend 935lin/m out to sea providing 660m of quay berth to -12m Chart Datum, including 23.89 Hectares of land reclamation. We mobilised our C59 Emotion Jack-Up Barge along with support vessels which were constructed in Galway Harbour. With all the barge fully equipped, along with Geotechnical Subcontractor's personnel and equipment, and then position at the required locations to undertake the surveys.
The scope of works included 17no Cobra Depth Probes, 8no Shell & Auger, 4no Piezocone CPTU, 2no Rotary Cores and 3no Piezocone CPTU & Cobra Depth Probes.