Boston, Lincolnshire

Boston, Lincolnshire Channel Project

Main contractor: BAM/NUTALL.
Client: Environment agency.

The work involved dredging 20,000 m3 of silt and obstruction removal to form a new channel for the installation of the new Boston flood barrier. The silt was dredged and taken ashore, loaded onto dump trucks and reused for land reclamation.

Plant Utilised:
NEVA midi.
CAT 320 long reach excavator, 16M reach, 25 tonne with GPS dig system.
2 no. 35m3 hopper barges.
9 meter coded workboat.
60 HP pioneer safety boat.
Hitachi ZX 520, 23 meter reach, 60 tonne with clamshell bucket.

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