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Overcoming Operative, Construction, and Design Challenges Widening the Dock Entrance at Boston Port, UK
The Boston Barrier Tidal Flood Defence Scheme, in Boston, Lincolnshire, UK, will provide improved flood protection for 14,300 properties. Part of the scheme involves upgrading assets at the 140-year-old Port of Boston for the next 100 years, including climate change. The port’s original wet dock entrance will be widened through construction of new steel piled walls on either side of the entrance, and the current lock gates will be replaced by the UK’s largest set of vertical sector gates. These entrance works also allow the port to accommodate larger vessels. This paper describes the operational, design, and construction challenges in undertaking these upgrade works, including 3D geotechnical finite element modelling, soil-structure interaction analysis, and integration of temporary and permanent works during construction.
Overcoming Operative, Construction, and Design Challenges Widening the Dock Entrance at Boston Port, UK
The Boston Barrier Tidal Flood Defence Scheme, in Boston, Lincolnshire, UK, will provide improved flood protection for 14,300 properties. Part of the scheme involves upgrading assets at the 140-year-old Port of Boston for the next 100 years, including climate change. The port’s original wet dock entrance will be widened through construction of new steel piled walls on either side of the entrance, and the current lock gates will be replaced by the UK’s largest set of vertical sector gates. These entrance works also allow the port to accommodate larger vessels. This paper describes the operational, design, and construction challenges in undertaking these upgrade works, including 3D geotechnical finite element modelling, soil-structure interaction analysis, and integration of temporary and permanent works during construction.
Overcoming Operative, Construction, and Design Challenges Widening the Dock Entrance at Boston Port, UK
Schafer, Mary (author) / Allievi, Lorenzo (author) / Bell, Charlie (author) / Bethell, Myles (author) / Mallin, Peter (author) / Solera, Sergio (author) / van Eeden, Stephan (author)
16th Triennial International Conference ; 2022 ; Honolulu, Hawaii
Ports 2022 ; 388-397
2022-09-15
Conference paper
Electronic Resource
English
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