Lindley has designed, fabricated, supplied and installed pontoons, access bridges and piles for a fishing and tourist municipality in the south of Portugal.
The Tavira Island project in the Algarve province saw infrastructures developed and built in 2019 and 2020 for safer passage of tourists, goods, services and both fishing and touristic activities on both embankments of the river Gilão , in the centre of town and in the island.
“Both constructions comprise a shore based building and floating pontoons for the embarking, disembarking and temporary berthing,” said Lindley.
On the island side, Lindley completed three piers, with different widths and freeboards, for water taxis, ferry boats and private yachts to be able to access the island. This infrastructure was built using heavy duty concrete pontoons with timber decking moored on piles.
The outer pontoon, 40m long, 5m wide and with an unladen freeboard of 1,1m enabled easy berthing and operation for the ferries. The two inner pontoons, each 20m long, 3m wide and bearing an unladen freeboard of 0,6m enabled private yachts, small water taxis, service boats and fishing vessels to access comfortably the island.
Mainland work
On the Tavira mainland side, a 260m long floating infrastructure was been installed on the Gilão river alongside the town centre pier to improve the safety and comfort for mooring of maritime tourist and fishing boats.
Lindley was awarded a contract by the public entity Docapesca for the design, fabrication, supply and installation of a complete turnkey solution comprising pontoons, mooring, access and services.
There are sixteen concrete floating pontoons, each 12m or 15m long, with 3m wide sections divided into four areas for different activities.
A bridgehead with two separate gangways enabled different access and operation. Pontoons are moored by vertical beams anchored to the jetty wall.
By Rebecca Jeffrey
