TMS were contracted in October 2019 by ABP Plymouth to carry out the task to repair the reinforced concrete beams
underneath West Wharf. The concrete beams had failed due to the wetting and drying of the steel causing the concrete to
crack and blow around the steel.
During rough sea state conditions in late 2015, a passenger ferry was forced against Plymouth’s Millbay Pier, causing damage to the fendering systems.
TMS were given the task of repairing the Ferry Port at ABP in Plymouth after the devastating storms of February 2014 left the port badly damaged.
The existing suspended jetty at West Wharf is in part over 100 years old and exhibiting significant deterioration of the structural slab and supporting concrete structure. The underside of the suspended slab and secondary beams have suffered from fairly significant spalling of the concrete, allowing the lower, corroded reinforcement to be exposed to the marine environment. West Wharf is an operational berth, used principally by Brittany Ferries for their Plymouth-Continental ro-ro ferry services. The scheme involved the replacement of the existing 131m long by 18m wide upper concrete jetty slab with a new reinforced concrete slab spanning to the primary supports of the underlying reinforced concrete structure
