St Katharines Dock London

Amco Engineering have completed the removal, refurbishment and replacement of one of the two lock gates at St Katharine’s Dock in Central London. The dock, which is adjacent to the Tower of London and Tower Bridge, provides some of the most prestigious moorings in the United Kingdom for resident and visiting craft 

Client:St. Katharine's Estate Management Company
Value:£300,000
Location:London

Amco were awarded the contract by the Marina Management Company on the basis of an innovative delivery solution for working in a severely restricted area.

The project works included using a "tandem" lifting arrangement to remove the lock gate and place it on temporary support beams spanning the lock entrance, the replacement of the greenheart sealing timbers and fenders and various other structural and mechanical overhaul works.

Throughout the project our engineering team worked closely with the client’s engineer, Kenneth Grubb Associates Ltd, to ensure that disruption to access routes and marina navigation was kept to a minimum.  The close proximity of the public in this busy area of central London required detailed coordination and extra vigilance in relation to all site activities