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There was a question on Dawlish Beach cam about the plates/plaques appearing on cam along the inside of the seawall parapet I just been down Redrock & along the sea wall to Rockstone bridge & saw an electrician at work he was fixing LIGHTS to the outside of the wall, the wire would then go over the wall to the board on the inside where junction boxes will go every 12 feet from Rockstone to the steps

Interesting just seen the small day boat go in between JUB1 & the sea wall High tide was 9.16 from DBeach Web Cam http://www.dawlishbeach.com/wp/?page_id=394 you can just see the white cabin top by the bottom left hand corner of the larger, front jack up barge just previous to that 2 tugs with pontoons departed for Teignmouth

Pictures captured from Dawlish Beach web Cam with permission from Simon Day boat, tug, 2 pontoons off JUB1 or Seariser 4

HEARSAY did hear some of the units came from Derbyshire, but not sure if that was the "L" shaped ones used in the original hole The seawall paving edge/coping pieces used from Rockstone bridge back to Redrock came from Redruth/Pool in Cornwall I know that as I spoke to the lorry driver who delivered them to Dawlish Warren

Looking at your postings CK,. do I gather that the following view of the 5 units placement is more accurate than my first effort would be more economical reinforcing cages are ONLY representative

That was me quoting a Can? or more likely an Amco worker As I said " i did hear" all I can do is report what I hear later activity/completion will prove to be the actuality

Roger, when you saw the boom arm ( I assume you mean the main crane jib) was any one doing any thing around it? as an ex crane driver, I can think of at least 2 reasons for that 1, it was time for maintenance/lubrication, especially needed in this marine hostile corrosive environement 2, safety/insurance inspection ( compulsory ), well it used to be or belatedly, even 3, change to the jib head equipement/fittings/accessories, maybe even a bulb had blown in a light

Aha, tongue & groove units simple but effective location/strength design will need some precise crane operation there but when slid in sideways should then lower last few inches /cms into place very cleanly EDIT;- if you also look at img 5217 in that same post, of two units on a pontoon in Teignmouth unless they have used packing pads on the corner of the holes the sharp edge of concrete will eventually fray the strop you have to keep your wits about you on a job like this!!

Yes looking at it again could be someone built an extension etc., and maybe ran out of money there does not appear to be any glazing, and either the front render was never decorated, or a cheap decorating job got badly weather worn over time part of front is also boarded up

Wow that house looks pretty derelict yet once it must have been something special?

Hi Roger & welcome Having viewed & photographed from several different angles I can only tell you what I have seen I have only seen the gangway in use on the Seariser 4 not on the Seajack, but if you look carefully at my pics on the first post on page 183 of this thread, you will see a zig zag folding black ladder out of use hanging below the Gangway So maybe Seajack has one of those aswell to the right of Seariser you will notice a 'rope' ladder, I have previously seen another rope ladder on the north side as well but that was before Seajack arrived. But Seajack has been seen with rope ladders yesterday the hydraulic crane on Seajack was using a man cage to support men working on the units, so that could also be used to put men 'Ashore' The two barges seem to be about 4-6 feet apart & in yesterdays pics they were at different heights while loading units off the delivery pontoon so they have to be far enough apart not to foul each other. I would have expected there to be a short connecting removable bridge between them for more flexible working when I saw Seajack in Teignmouth Docks I could not see a gangway on there BUT I have not been in Dawlish every day, so can only say what I saw EDIT;- but one thing's for Sure if you see gangway stowed on deck & both barges jacked way up Theres a storm coming!!!

What the wave-dodgers forget Log (1.5 cwt, 80 kilos?? ) thrown way above the high tide mark, up the slipway by The Pirates Nest cafe & accros a 12 ft path for the first time in weeks (Nov.?) the seawall walkway below the Dawlish town station towards coastguards bridge was passable by my wheelchair, the sea had pushed the shingle there towards the back wall, leaving the front 3ft clear so I could get down to the breakwater by the Old Lifeboat House so a few pics looks like 10 ? units in place at 1.10 pm today in close up it looks like 5-6 containers left on the wall Edit, You can also see clearly in this pic the new foundation either side of the containers guys working up above the containers, on the "L" units put in in March? specialist operation, anchor pins? reinforcing? swing arm loading? unloading? dumper compressor on Seariser 4 deck access ramp built after each tide, digger & motorised wheelbarrow on wall ( probably craned onto barge deck for high tides) five different levels of concrete under pinnings/steps added as beach dropped progressively, over the years the old disused sewage pipe running parallel to shore off to the Warren bits breaking off the concrete casing Slingers preparing for hoist by crane cant quite see what though at least 2 reinforcing cages on deck, I think these fit inside or behind the sets of 5 units

Perhaps there was something on there shown, that Amco or Red 7 felt, they did not want publicly seen??? but as its a very good publicity film I dare say it will be back again when edited just a guess but ( maybe someone was not wearing a hard hat) glad I did not miss viewing it,, very good cameraship

Thanks for that by going on Aerials You tube channel, found a video of the containers being mashed and moving of Searaiser 4 from Teignmouth docks to Dawlish EDIT oops, sorry for duplication, did not see your post Chris.

And from looking at the drone footage, on the seaward side its labelled "Haven Seajack 3" but on the landward side its just "Haven Seajack" Brilliant camera work by the drone operators like the closing shot, they must have asked the tug captain to give it full welly to get the impressive wake

From information received the smaller Jacking Barge is named "Haven Seajack"

opposite the gateway was a concrete pump with pipes connected ready for bridging across footpath This looks like a compressor front of concrete pump are those pipes to connect to the compressor? road covered with ply to protect tarmac tomorrow this footpath will be closed

Cant quite see from this angle, but was informed that there were 8 units in place by this afternoon on the wall and they were using a man cage on the hydraulic crane to work on the outside of the units Grouting the joints? maybe? before filling? Traffic light were in place this afternoon and I got a glimpse of the new pipe line right place at the right time tomorrow this footpath will be closed saw gate was open gear in gateway, bend ready for connection as soon as pathway closed Pipes ziz zagging down scaffolding support more scaffolding further down and day boat arrives heralding the arrival of Boojum Bay with more units

And the top if the units have reinforcing steel protruding, so possibly an extension on top may project further out as well

Hi Rich, that's where the pipe line has ended & where the dumpers were loaded, you may have noticed a small wooden "bridge" sitting on the beach, that was used to get pedestrians, pushchairs, wheelchairs over the pipeline where it crossed the pathway so that they could load the dumpers. If they continue the pipeline from there, I expect it will have to go along the public seawall path Cant see them allowing the pipe along the railway side of the parapet as the pumping team have to check, where the flow of concrete is & report back to the pump overseer ( usually A steel toe cap tapping the pipe )

As I understand it from various conversations with work personnel the precast concrete "L" shaped units will be placed in groups of 5 as thus ( if my skill at Sketch -up actually produces a visible result!!) yippee it worked Ok so after filling each set of 5 with steel reinforcing rod & wire cages the middle section will be filled with concrete these views are looking from railway out to sea then next section filled the space between set of 5 will then be secured with more steel rod & wire/steel cages represented by one RED ROD here ( not THAT good with Sketchup!!) then that space will be filled with concrete according to an Amco operative yesterday the anchor fixing rods that are already in place ( having had time to cure ) left with screw tops to fix the units to ( probably inset & just flush with the top of the concrete), so as not to sustain damage when units are placed by crane That is how I read it from info received if I got it wrong dont hesitate to let me know & I will edit accordingly

If you look carefully at the extreme left of this crop you will see an orange pipe coming down the boundary wall, this leads up through someones garden opposite the end of Elm Grove Road, to where there is a large concrete pump, ready for receiving concrete from road mixers the pipe then goes under the railway in a culvert, onto the seawall. I have also been told concrete will also be delivered along the beach from Red Rock in dumpers as before, they having built a temporary causeway around Rockstone foot bridge to reduce waiting times as the tide falls at that pinch point

Just so happened that I was on Coastguard/old lifeboat house foot bridge today when visible activity was occuring a pontoon was moored on the large orange buoy, with 2 precast concrete units on board Then the tug Boojum Bay hove into sight with 2 more units on board one with an insert, one without unloading first unit dropping it down on Seariser 4's deck landing the second unit Then having swapped one blue container on the pontoon for one on Seariser 4 (? storage tanks for Portaloos????) they took that pontoon out to the mooring & brought the other pontoon back alongside lifting 3rd Unit With day boat leading Boojum Bay takes the 2 pontoons back to Teignmouth docks Amco guy said they would be running concrete on Monday And what a pleasant afternoon, hardly any breeze, lovely warm sun, calm seas

It would appear that the NWR webcam has had a hiccup & not updated for quite a while at 9.07 am it showed darkness, when in fact its broad daylight http://www.networkrail.co.uk/timetables-and-travel/storm-damage/dawlish/

Yes, saw the first 2 on the wall this afternoon, 2 more on the larger barge , apparantly could not get a good shot from Rockstone bridge as the sun was so low, its right in the lens must try to get a shot from Coast guard foot bridge Did hear that there was 184 "L" units to be placed so if the walkway is about 300 mts that makes each unit about 5' 5" wide ( or 1.63 mt ) pretty lumpy bits of concrete