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GARDEN ISLAND NAVAL BASE

GARDEN ISLAND NAVAL BASE

Dismantling a piece of Sydney’s naval history

  • DEPLANTING & DEMOLITION
  • AUSTRALIA
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PROJECT OVERVIEW

Marr was approached by Brookfield Multiplex Services and their client, the Australian Government’s Department of Defence, for support in developing a craneage methodology for dismantling an historic crane on Sydney Harbour.

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Client
LIBERTY INDUSTRIAL
Project
GARDEN ISLAND NAVAL BASE
Location
GARDEN ISLAND NAVAL BASE SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA
Sector
LARGE-SCALE CONSTRUCTION
Date
APRIL – OCTOBER 2014
Cranes

M2480D

M120RX

 

THE CHALLENGE

Working in a confined space on an operational naval base that needed to be accessible to naval ships added to the challenges of dismantling the heritage-listed crane components on a wharf with limited load capacity and a site prone to difficult weather.

OUR SOLUTION

Working with our partner on the project, Liberty Industrial, we designed a piled foundation embedded into the seabed to which allowed our cranes – a M2480D and M120RX – to operate from a free-standing base without placing any load on the existing wharf.

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THE RESULT

The six-month project was successfully completed with all heritage items safely recovered and removed from the site and no disruptions to the operation of the Australian Navy fleet.

“We were able to reduce the proposed number of lifts from the planned 250 to 70 … and minimised the safety risks involved.” – Todd Solomon, Project Manager, Liberty Industrial.

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