Award of Findochty Caravan Footbridge Deck Repairs

Tender description

To remove and replace damaged timber runner sections, lift off and set aside existing deck planks, install new steel sections as per design and reinstate deck planks. The works are to replace the entirety of the current deck system on Findochty Caravan Footbridge, Findochty. The current system was damaged during storm Arwen in the November 2021. The full replacement is to ensure that a similar failure mechanism does not take place in future. The current deck planks and screws are to be removed from the structure and set aside for re-use. The damaged polymer resin bearer is to be removed and disposed of as required. PFC channels detailed in drawing REC28107-08 to be installed on the top internal flange of both beams. New polymer bearing sections are to be installed as per drawing. Re-usable deck planks are to be installed within the PFC sections as per drawing and deck planks screwed to bearer.