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8 Comments:
what is the Jack up barge for?! It's outside my window and I don't like it!!
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I'm also curious as to why the barge is parked outside.
Btw, thanks for the insightful reply 'Anonymous Comment 2'.
anons - look at the previous post from a couple of days ago!
I am sure that I am being dim here but I am still none the wiser what this construction is for. Any help?
Sorry I should have directed you to the comments on the previous post:
It's a jack-up barge owned by Fugro Seacore, they have been working on various things along the length of the Thames for a year or so now. As Tom says, you might also have seen them working next to Blackfriars Bridge, Vauxhall Bridge and also further down round the peninsula - they drill into the riverbed to take cores for ground investigation purposes, to test the soil and find out what's below ground before they build on it, and to locate underground services, tunnels etc. They also install piles (foundation supports for bridge piers for example) and do all sorts of other work. The barge can be moved easily from one place to another by lifting the 'spuds' (or legs) up and then sailing the barge. The work they are doing at the moment is for Thames Water's planned Tideway Tunnels http://www.thameswater.co.uk/cps/rde/xchg/corp/hs.xsl/9365.htm
I've just seen it again, this weekend...
... as at Saturday night (6 Nov '09), it was up by Cleopatra's Needle
Sorry, Saturday was the 7th, not the 6th
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