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…
Engineers have been carrying out inspections on the deck of the south cantilever today to identify any surface repairs which need to be carried out. Once these inspections have been completed, welding will be carried out to repair any damaged…
As reported yesterday shot blasting works have been continuing to remove the remaining surfacing material from the cantilever decks. There will be a deck inspection by engineers along the south cantilever tomorrow morning to assess the extent of any surface…
Shot blasting works have continued throughout the day to remove the remaining surfacing material from the cantilever deck. The rubber duck – ( the nickname for the rubberr wheeled digger) has also been in operation on the south cantilever to…
From Monday, 14 June the public toilets on both sides of the Torpoint ferry will be open daily from 06.00 to 18.00. The toilets were closed to the public earlier this year following repeated incidents of vandalism and abuse of…
Following the removal of the majority of the remaining surfacing material from the south cantilever earlier this week, shot blasting – where a specialist machine is used to blast grit/shot onto the deck to remove any stubborn remains of material…
Today has seen work continuing on removing the remaining surfacing material on the two cantilevers. Since the start of works at the beginning of June VolkerLaser have removed the surface of both cantilevers to within 5 -10mm of the existing…