Site Investigation

Merseyside , UK

PROJECT SUMMARY

PROJECT NAME: Isle of Man Ferry Terminal

PROJECT DATE: January 2020 for 2 years

CLIENT: Sisk

CONTRACTOR : Murphy Surveys

CONSULTANT: Murphy Surveys

OVERVIEW MONITORING PRODUCTS USED Work has started on the construction of Murphy Surveys have been appointed VWP-3000 Standard piezometer the Isle of Man Ferry Terminal at Prince’s by Sisk to complete environmental Used to monitor pore water pressures. Half-Tide Dock, , within the monitoring at Liverpool Dock during site Maritime Mercantile City World Heritage demolition, excavation and construction In-Place Inclinometers Site and the Stanley Dock Conservation works of the New Isle of Man Ferry Measures tilt and is used to calculate Area. Terminal. rotation and/or displacement in a vertical, inclined, or horizontal VW Piezometers were used to monitor It will sit within Peel L&P’s Liverpool orientation. Waters, the £5bn regeneration scheme the pore water pressure to make sure the pressures stay within design which is transforming 148 acres of the Wi-SOS 480 Nodes guidelines due to the tidal effect at site. city’s north docks. Long-range 800MHz wireless The site clearance operation took place IPIs were used to monitor displacement battery-powered data loggers for before Christmas 2019, with contractor due to works being carried out at a very connecting the piezometers & IPIs to the John Sisk and Sons planning completion close proximity to the quay’s walls which Gateway. by the summer of 2021. need to remain in place during and after the works. Wi-SOS 480 Gateway It is predicted that the development will Central data acquisition logger for generate £3.2m for the economy. A link remote access via the internet. road is also under construction, with the £7m cost being funded by Liverpool City Wi-SOS WebCentre Council as part of its £500m Better Roads Website where the connectivity, health programme. of the Gateways and Nodes can be monitored in real time. Data can be viewed, visualised and downloaded.

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