Final preparations for Phase 2 of Tamar Bridge resurfacing scheme 20 July 2021 https://youtu.be/rDWvHLMt9-E Progress so far The resurfacing of the south cantilever was completed last week and, if the fine, dry weather continues, the resurfacing of the north cantilever…
Resurfacing update 7 July Work to resurface the Tamar Bridge is continuing as planned. While progress over the weekend and early this week has been slightly hampered by the persistent and sometime prolonged showery weather, work on completing the resurfacing…
Tamar Crossings was honoured to take part in the NHS, Social Care and Frontline Workers’ Day event held at Torpoint yesterday. Staff member Andy Cannon represented Tamar Crossings at the special ceremony at Sparrow Park which celebrated the work of…
Despite some poor weather over the weekend, work on preparing the cantilevers for water proofing is continuing to go well, with the south cantilever on schedule to be completed by the end of this week. Primer is being applied to…
Work has continued today on removing the remaining surfacing material from the North cantilever ahead of the start of water proofing later in the week. The contractors are again using the ‘rubber duck’ machine to remove the material. The final…
Unfortunately the threat of wet weather today and tomorrow means that the team are unable to carry out any work over the weekend. The vast majority of the resurfacing works need to be carried out in dry weather. The team…
With work continuing on preparing the steel decks of the two cantilevers for the next week’s waterproofing, engineers have been inspecting and testing the reinforced concrete anchorage areas at the east and west ends of the bridge.The concrete anchorages create…
The largely good weather of the past two weeks means that work has been progressing well on preparing the two cantilevers for the start of the water proofing. As the various phases have to be done in sequence, allowing time…
Today work has continued on removing the remaining surface material from the North cantilever using the rubber duck and the mobile sweeper. Grinding works using specialist equipment have taken place on areas of damaged deck plate on the South cantilever….
Today work has been continuing to inspect the surfaces of the decks of both cantilevers. While this stage of the preparatory works has been taking place for a number of days, it is vital to make sure that the surfaces…