The ferry harbour in the British town of Dover is Europe’s busiest ferry harbour, handling around 13 million passengers a year in cars, lorries, buses etc. crossing the channel to and from the mainland.
In order to equip the outdated piers 2, 3 and 7, which have been in use since the late 1960s, for the current volume of transit traffic, Dover Harbour Board decided to completely renovate these berths.
These 3 “Berths” are similar double-deck piers with a separate covered pedestrian bridge and form part of the so-called “Eastern Docks”.
Hollandia Infra carried out these multidisciplinary renovation works as main contractor after an intensive preparation process with the client, while the port authority had to remain in full operation at the other adjacent piers.
In general terms, the scope was to carry out a complete steel, mechanical and electrical renovation of the three double-deck piers and the associated pedestrian bridges. This multidisciplinary work was carried out in close collaboration with sister company Hollandia UK (execution on site) and Qualter Hall (electrical/hydraulic work).
The work for Hollandia Infra involved the dismantling, repair, blasting, preservation and, where necessary, replacement of the ro-ro installation. New, heavier overhead cranes were also installed, for which the existing steel structure had to be considerably reinforced.