Ullapool Inner Harbour & Shore Street Improvements

Client: Ullapool Harbour Trustees and Transport Scotland

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We were Principal Contractor on this project which was for the widening of Shore Street, seawards, to construct 300m of new promenade, road/ pathways and revetment; construction of a new sheet piled quay at the inner corner of the harbour where Shore Street meets the access to the bus terminus; dredge deepening of the Inner Harbour by marine and land-based plant and installation of pontoons on tubular piled supports and of a floating attenuator on chain moorings, to form a new marina.

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Principal Elements

• Rock armour 15,000T

• Dredging 19,000m3

• Sheet piles 450T

• Pontoon piles 10 no. @ 18.5m long

• Caithness Paving 1,000m2

• Surfacing works 5,735m2

• Kerbing works 1,800m

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Points of Interest

• Piling and land reclamation works adjacent to an operational harbour

• Working within a live carriageway – trunk road with multiple utilities

• Working to a tight timescale and in adverse weather conditions (winter period)

• Working in a busy town centre environment close to businesses and residents

• Managing several different subcontractors

• Combination of marine and land-based works

• The project was the overall winner at the Scottish Civil Engineering Awards in 2024