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Forming foundations of America’s Cup village

Simon Jones
Created: Feb 16, 2016 07:00 AM
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Sheet Piles ready to be assembled at the South Basin in Dockyard. (Photograph by Blaire Simmons)

A huge cargo of steel piles has been unloaded in Dockyard as part of the South Basin project.

The piles will be drilled into the seabed to secure the reclaimed land that will form the foundations of the America’s Cup village.

The steelwork arrived in the West End last week on board the BBC Tennessee from Baltimore in the United States. Project managers expect to start driving the piles into the earth within the next couple of weeks.

Andrew Dias, the general manager of the West End Development Corporation, told The Royal Gazette that the project was “progressing well” and remained on time and on budget.

“The steel as well as the other infrastructure is now on site, although obviously not on the reclaimed land as the aggregate is still being spread out,” he said.

“We have taken delivery of 2.15 tonnes of steel piles, 1,726 sheet piles, 37 Y-shaped piles and 39 anchor piles.

“The steel work to create the perimeter is expected to take around eight weeks to complete, at which time a concrete cap will be added to the steel structure.”

Heavy construction starts at the South Basin in Dockyard. (Photograph by Blaire Simmons)
Taking shape: steel piles have been unloaded at the South Basin in Dockyard and will be drilled into the seabed to secure the reclaimed land that will become the America’s Cup Village. (Photograph by Blaire Simmons)
Carson Beote, welder from Salem, Massachusetts and Lionel Bassette, welding heavy machinery in preparation for the assembly of the sheet piles at the South Basin in Dockyard. (Photograph by Blaire Simmons)
Carson Beote, from Salem, Massachusetts welding heavy machinery in preparation for the assembly of the sheet piles at the South Basin in Dockyard. (Photograph by Blaire Simmons)
Hard at work: welders Lionel Bassette, left, and Carson Beote, right, prepare for the assembly of sheet piles at the South Basin in Dockyard. (Photograph by Blaire Simmons)