The construction hall situated adjacent to the ship-repair facilities and features direct river access via a conventional slipway launch, or vehicular access for large modules to the dry-docks.
The hall offers an un-rivaled under-cover building environment allowing large steelwork units such as complete hulls or project specific modules to be constructed without environmental interference.
Overall Building Dimensions & Lay-out:
The building is divided length ways into two slipway bays, which are each further subdivided into a flat ‘pre-fabrication’ area and covered slipway leading to an external slipway.
| Overall: | 145m(L) x 107m(H) x 50m(W) |
| Overall Floor Area: | 14998 m2 |
| Divided into: | |
|---|---|
| South Pre-fabrication Area: | 79m x 45m |
| South Covered Slipway Area: | 66m x 45m |
| North Pre-fabrication Area: | 79m x 35m |
| North Covered Slipway Area: | 66m x 35m |
| Total External Slipway Area (N&S combined): | 200m x 107m |
| Giving: | |
| Overall South Slipway: | 270m x 41.65m internal & external |
| Overall North Slipway: | 270m x 32.5m internal & external |
| Doors: | |
| North/South Side doors: | 2 off 18m(W) x 17m(H) |
| South Slipway: | 1 off 42.6m(W) x 26.52m(H) |
| North Slipway: | 1 off 33.6m (W) x 26.52m(H) |
| Cranes: | |
| 2 x 130 tonne SWL overhead per slipway/construction bay. 36m under-hook height. | |
| 1 x 15 tonne SWL overhead per slipway. 15m under-hook height. | |
Facilities & Services:
Power capability for up to 300 welding operatives along with other essential production services. The hall also includes considerable offices, welfare areas and storage infrastructure and is completely self-supporting.