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Client / Main Contractor
Nature of Contract
Aughinish Alumina Contractors Ltd Aughinish Alumina Project/Christiani & Nielsen/Collen JV Deepening channel to provide access to new jetty 20,000 square metres
Bantry Bay Gulf Petroleum Company/Irish Engineering Company Shore approach ditch, pipeline 3,000 cubic metres
Dingle Irish Ports Authority/Holland Dredging Drilling and blasting of rock in entrance channel
Dun Laoghaire Commission of Public Works Eire/Irish Engineering & Harbour Construction Company Pre-blasting for piles
FoynesCo LimerickIreland Foynes Port Company/Westminster Dredging Co. Ltd Drilling and blasting 22,000 cubic metres of rock, including very strictly controlled blasting, to widen channel
Foynes Foynes Harbour Trustees/Holland Dredging (Irl) Rock drilling and blasting in harbour 4,500 cubic metres
Foynes Cement Company of Ireland/Irish Engineering & Harbour Construction Company Submarine pipeline crossing
Greencastle Harbour Co Donegal Department of the Marine & Natural Resources Drilling and blasting trench for formation of sheet pile wall.
Greencastle

Office of Public Works

Drill and blast 4,000 cubic metres of rock adjacent to piled quay for fishing harbour
Howth The Commissioners of Public Works, Ireland/Holland Dredging Drill and blast harbour basin and entrance 10,000 square metres
Howth Commission of Public Works/James Contracting & Shipping Company Harbour deepening 50,000 cubic metres
Howth The Commissioners of Public Works, Ireland/Holland Dredging Drill and blast harbour basin and entrance 30,000 square metres
Howth The Commissioners of Public Works, Ireland/Irishenco Limited Land drilling and blasting for harbour development 35,000 cubic metres
Howth The Commissioners of Public Works, Ireland/Irishenco Limited Land drilling and blasting for new yacht marina basin 17,000 cubic metres
Iniscarra, Cork Southern Ireland Water Board/HMC Construction Drill, blast and excavate 600 cubic metres
Killibegs The Commissioners of Public Works, Ireland/Holland Dredging (Irl) Drill and blast 3,570 cubic metres and 2,247 square metres in synchrolift and navigation areas
Killybegs The Commissioners of Works, Ireland/Holland Dredging (Irl) Drilling and blasting of 3,000 cubic metres of rock for fishery harbour development
Moneypoint Electricity Supply Board/Irishenco Limited Deep water boring investigation for coal unloading jetty
Ringaskiddy Cork Harbour Commissioners/Ascon/Land & Marine Engineering JV Drill and blast 412 linear metres of foreshore trench
River Foyle Londonderry Londonderry Development Commission/Land & Marine Engineering Pipe trench, river crossing 5,000 cubic metres
Rosslare Co Wexford Iaronrod Eireann/Irish Dredging Co Ltd Drilling and blasting approximately 22,000 cubic metres of rock for harbour deepening
Rosslare Coras Iompair Eireann/Holland Dredging Rock excavation in harbour deepening project 20,000 cubic metres
Tory Island, Co Donegal Department of Marine/Irish Dredging Co Ltd Drilling and blasting 10,000 square metres of rock for harbour deepening at West Town harbour
Whitegate Co Cork Irish Refining Ltd/Holland Dredging Co (Irl) Ltd Drilling and blasting 1,500 square metres of rock in turning basin adjacent to oil refinery berth

   Wales
Amlwch, Wales, UK Shell Oil Company/Westminster Dredging Shore approach ditch pipelines 100,00 cubic metres
Berth 1 Milford Haven, Wales, UK Amoco (UK) Limited/Westminster Dredging New tanker berths 275,000 cubic metres
Holyhead UK Stena Line Ports Ltd/Westminster Dredging Drilling and blasting 5,000 cubic metres of rock over an area of 7,000 square metres using strict controlled blasting techniques in berthing area adjacent to ferry terminal for new terminal 5 ferry berth
Holyhead Harbour, UK Sealink Harbours Ltd/Holland Dredging Drilling and blasting 4,000 cubic metres in harbour adjacent to Ro-Ro berth and berthing dolphins to provide manoeuvring clearance for vessels. Very controlled blasting

Holyhead, UK

Sealink UK Limited/Taylor Woodrow Marine blasting to facilitate piling operations
Holyhead Salt Island Anglesey, UK Stena Sealink Ports Ltd/Westminster Dredging/Rock Fall/Haka UK Joint Venture Drilling and blasting 20,000 cubic metres of rock for new Ro-Ro berth. Very controlled blasting due to close presence of tunnel.
Holyhead, Uk Stena Line Ports Ltd/Mowlem Marine Drill and blast 4m X 4m X2.5m - 4m deep pockets in rock for circular steel piles to new ferry terminal
Milford Haven Wales, UK Milford Haven Conservancy Board/Milford Haven Dredging Consortium Deepening main shipping channel 380,000 cubic metres
Milford Haven Wales, UK Texaco Refinery Company/Westminster Dredging Deepening of existing berth 48,000 cubic metres
Milford Haven Wales, UK British Petroleum Company/Westminster Dredging Deepening of existing berth 26,000 cubic metres
Milford Haven Wales, UK British Petroleum Company/John Mowlem & Co Site investigation for future jetty construction
Milford Haven Wales, UK Gulf Petroleum Company/Westminster Dredging Site investigations for future deepening
Milford Haven Wales, UK Cement Company of Ireland/Westminster Dredging Deepening for berth 13,000 cubic metres
Newport South Lock, Wales, UK British Transport Docks Board/John Mowlem & Co Drilling pressure relief wells
Pembroke Docks, S Wales, UK Milford Haven Port Authority/Westminster Dredging Company Drilling and blasting approximately 7,500 cubic metres of rock for ferry terminal improvements
Pembroke Power Station, Wales, UK Central Electricity Generating Board/Westminster Dredging Blasting prior to site reclamation 3,000 cubic metres