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The City of Whyalla has appointed a design consultant for the construction of the city’s new jetty.
Engineers from Magryn & Associates were in Whyalla on Wednesday, (January 17) for preliminary discussions and further inspections of the jetty site. Principal engineer and founder of Magryn, Terry Magryn met with council officials before going down to the jetty site for a sea-level inspection.
A geotechnical investigation and a survey of the site was conducted on Thursday (January 18).
Magryn is an Adelaide-based engineering company established in 1994 that specialises in coastal constructions. It is currently in the process of building a boat ramp and jetty structure at Emu Bay on Kangaroo Island.
“The discipline of coastal and marine engineering has long been a key pillar at Magryn & Associates and we’ve enjoyed a strong professional relationship with councils, governments departments and the private sector around the country,” Mr Magryn said.
“Our expertise covers two main areas, the conceptualisation and detailed design documentation of nautical infrastructures such as jetties, marinas, boat ramps, breakwaters and a raft of marine investigative work related to hydrographic surveying, erosion and flooding assessment.”
The Magryn team will be preparing a conceptual plan for the jetty based on the preferred Option C design as presented for public consultation last year. It will explore three constructions methods using either steel, concrete or strengthened fibreglass with the aim of presenting these plans and a cost estimation to council by March 2 this year.
This will be followed by the calling of tenders in June or July with both council and Magryn confident of meeting the Christmas 2018 deadline for the completion of the structure. Council will liaise with Magryn for the calling of tenders for the actual construction work and supply of materials.
City of Whyalla Manager of Engineering Services Bart Servaas emphasised the advantages of appointing a design consultant with the project under the control of council.
“We could have gone out and bought a jetty off the shelf and had it put in place by one company which may or may not have used local contractors and labour,” Mr Servaas said.
“But this way, by appointing a design consultant, it allows us to work with them in putting the actual construction work out to tender and, where possible, maximise the input of local contractors and local people for labour and materials to build this jetty.
“Council is determined to keep as much of this work local and performed by local contractors.”
Part of the process includes the demolition of the existing structure. This will be a priority in the preliminary works with council now preparing documents to source a contractor for this work.
Council is also in the process of organising a more permanent fence, welded into place at the entrance to the existing jetty to better prevent access to the old construction.
BELOW: Option C which received favourable response from the public during community consultation. The new jetty will be based on this design.
More stories on the jetty progress:
http://www.whyalla.sa.gov.au/page.aspx?u=1009&c=54962
http://www.whyalla.sa.gov.au/page.aspx?u=1009&c=54309
http://www.whyalla.sa.gov.au/page.aspx?u=1009&c=53749