TMS were awarded the design and build contract for repair works at East
Quay, Watchet Harbour. The project included the installation of a 42 m
section of new sheet pile wall and waling beams. The existing sheet piled
quay wall, used as both a leisure and commercial facility, had failed and
was collapsing into the harbour.
The Big Painting is a creative solution to the practical problem of wind blowing through the buildings at Cardinal Place in
Victoria, London. The sculpture was designed by Patrick Heron and his son-in-law, Julian Feary (architect), brought it to life on a grand
scale. The sculpture consists of numerous brightly coloured floating shapes connected with linear patterns. Neon tubes light up the
sculpture at night with a pathway of lights directing people through the sculpture on foot. The Big Painting was commissioned in 1998,
although the artist sadly passed away a year after the sculpture was unveiled.
Working on behalf of Aberdeenshire
Council, TMS were appointed as Principal Contractor
to construct three new pier heads around three
historic ones in Stonehaven Harbour. The three new
pier heads were to encapsulate the existing Net Pier,
South Pier and Fish Jetty structures which had all
been considered to have reached the end of their
serviceable life and were at risk of failure if their
condition were allowed to degrade further. The full
scope of the project included:
TMS were asked by Buccaneer Holdings to rebuild part of a collapsed river wall on the River Dart.
The wall had partly collapsed and an area of the adjacent pub’s outside terrace paving had settled significantly
causing it to be closed. Over a week of low spring tides, TMS deconstructed 20m2 of stone wall and then rebuilt
it ensuring it was backfilled with concrete. Tie bars were installed to strengthen the wall and significantly reduce
the likelihood of any further damage occurring thereby increasing its longevity.
Working on behalf of Sisk Rail, TMS were contracted to provide scour protection works
around the piers of a railway bridge on the River Dart in Totnes, Devon. The works were to
install rock roll bags to the north riverbank and to the footpath on the south side. TMS
completed masonry repairs to the masonry bridge and then rock armour was placed to the
north side of the river as a toe for the rock rolls as extra protection.
The scope of the project included:
Working on behalf of Shetland Islands Council, TMS were appointed as Principal Contractor for the construction of a new pier in Toft
at the north end of Shetland Mainland. The work was completed over an 18-month period with a break during the winter ‘windy’
season and a further break forced by the recent COVID-19 construction shut-down. TMS worked closely with Shetland Island Council
to develop ‘COVID Safe’ practices to allow safe and timely return to the island for continuation of the works during the on-going
pandemic. The new pier was required to replace a redundant, much smaller jetty that had once served as the inter-island ferry berth.
Following relocation of the ferry to a new “roll on/roll off” berth, the original jetty had fallen into disrepair and TMS were therefore
Tappointed to construct a new pier to be used for the operation of the islands’ fish-farming vessels.
Working on behalf of Dyer & Butler, TMS were appointed to complete the in-river repair works to 2no. piles on the condemned pedestrian
footbridge between Rock Park and the Severn Brethren Industrial Estate in Barnstaple. The historic bridge was the main access route for
commuting school children whose route had to be diverted along a busy A-road. The former railway bridge had been closed for safety
reasons since May 2020 after a routine dive inspection discovered significant damage to the in-river piles. The original scope of the project
included
Working on behalf of Knights Brown, TMS were appointed to complete the marine works for the installation of new
pontoons at Rampion Offshore Wind Farm’s landing facility in the Port of Newhaven. TMS completed the piling works from marine
floating plant with a 135t crawler crane and 60t long-reach mobilised on the barge deck. The piles were installed using a PVE 25M
standard frequency vibro hammer. All of the new pontoons were successfully configured on the new piles as all of the piles were
positioned within small tolerance
TMS were instructed to install a reinforced concrete slab behind the revetment wall to
minimize local washout areas behind and underneath the revetment, and were also
instructed to remove an existing wooden fence and replace with palisade steel security
fencing.
Working on behalf of North Devon District Council, TMS
were appointed to complete sea wall repair works to a section of wall
in the inner harbour. Areas of the existing wall has signs of existing
repairs. The historic harbour which was built in the 12th century has
been a popular tourist attraction and is still today a working harbour
with fish and seafood being landed daily
TMS were appointed by Farrans Construction to undertake the Deep
Water Berth Deepening Works for BAE Systems in Glasgow, which took
a total of 14 months to complete.
The scope of the project included:
• Initial Backhoe Dredge of 27,000m3
• Precast concrete breakout and removal
• Rock breakout to revised berthing pit depths to accommodate
precast concrete to -11m CD
• Bed levelling
• Precast concrete placement
• Underwater In-situ Concrete
• Re-siltation Completion Dredge
In August 2022, Teignmouth Maritime Services were contracted by
A&P County Wharf at Falmouth Docks to install three new fender units
to replace the failed wooden fenders that were already in situ.
With input from TMS Ltd, the design solution used a pre-fabricated
fender head unit supported on 4 driven piles. The bespoke-designed
fender head was fabricated by TMS’s BS EN ISO1090 accredited
welders.
