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December 2013
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Civil Engineering Contractors
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Refurbishment of Island View Berth 2 – Durban Port
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ituated on the inland side of the Bluff Ridge, Island View Bulk
Terminal has been scheduled to formpart of continual upgrades
over the course of the next seven years, with three years of
upgrades having already been completed. The proposed upgrades
due to be completed in 2019 form part of the complete Port of
Durban upgrade.
RCE Consultants proposed a structural design that incorporated 20
813 mm x 16 mmWT x 42 m long reinforced concrete piles and eight
precast concrete buttress units cast monolithically into the new deck
slab. To reduce the environmental impact, it was decided to use the
existing structure as a soffit for the newdeck.This offered a reduction
in; safety and environmental impact as well as a cost and time saving.
RCE laid out a construction sequence in conjunction with SSMwhich
illustrated the demolition of the top slab, partial chamfering of the
up-stand beams and breaking of the joint between the Phase I Deck
and existing Dolphin.
Following installation, mucking out and concreting of the piles,
new haunches were formed within the existing coffers and tapered
to tie in the 813 mm piles. To isolate the new structure from the old,
void forming hardboard backed 50 mm expanded polystyrene was
placed over all existing concrete surfaces. TNPA had also requested
that a FoamFire FightingTower be constructedon the southern corner
of the deck as per previous design specifications.
Stefanutti Stocks Marine took it upon themselves to offer this
project to a relatively young construction team.With the average age
of the staff at approximately 26 years, it created the potential for a
severe learning curve. The project team not only took it upon them-
selves to excel, but refine previous in-house constructionmethods and
report back to the company with improved and efficient methods for
future projects within Durban Port. The project was completed both
on time and under budget, but the true reflection on the success of
the project was the upliftment of a labour that previously had no
knowledge of Marine Piling and the resounding praises received from
the client (TCP). The success of the project has re-instilled the faith
of the client and this bodes well given the pending project outlay in
the years to come.
Project information
• Name: Refurbishment of Island View Berth 2
– Durban Port
• Company entering: Stefanutti Stocks Marine
• Project start date: December 2012
• Project end date: July 2013
• Main contractor: Stefanutti Stocks Marine
• Project team: Transnet
• Project manager: Stefanutti Stocks Marine
• Consulting engineer: RCE Consultants
• Project value: R23-million
Also entered category B
