September 27, 2018
SALEM WHARF PROJECT
Salem, MA
DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION TEAM
General Contractor: CRC Company Inc.
Owner: City of Salem
Total Project Value: $20,000,000
Oldcastle Infrastructure Value: $100,000
Precaster: Oldcastle Infrastructure
Manufacturing Facility: Oldcastle Infrastructure, Auburn, ME
The Salem Wharf Pier Project, a three-phase multi-purpose municipal port facility project, is expected to cost $20 million and will include a 390-foot pier with a 180-foot T-shaped portion. The City of Salem will continue its use as a ferry terminal and anticipates attracting other maritime enterprises including some of the smaller cruise ships as well as draw whale watching and fishing boats to the pier. Overall, the three-phase project is expected to cost $20 million.
CONSTRUCTION CHALLENGE
To construct a fixed “L” shaped pier designed to accommodate trucks with adequate maneuvering room, refueling and provisioning apron areas and space along the pier end to accommodate small coastal cruise ships (250 feet in length) and visiting ships.
PRECAST SOLUTION
Oldcastle Infrastructure designed and manufactured (68) Pre-Stressed Concrete Panels for the main pier leg which is 32 feet wide and 250+/- feet long and the 130 foot long pier “T” end that varies in width from 20 to 50 feet. The pier is designed to have a 10 ton mobile crane load capacity.
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