Case Study: Pier Remediation, North Berwick Harbour Client: Consulting Engineer: Services Provided: Location: Value: Year: www.van-elle.co.uk 01773 580580 info@van-elle.co.uk The works were situated on the South West and North West Piers at North Berwick Harbour in East Lothian. The South West Pier is approx. 30m long, 5m wide at the top and 5m high above the sill at the harbour entrance. There was a slight batter on the external faces of the walls to give them extra stability in rough seas. These piers, completed in the early 18 0 0’s, consist of ma- sonry blocks on the external faces and are founded on bedrock. It is believed that rubble forms the core and at some point the blocks have been removed from the top of the pier and have be

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