Skagway: Ore Peninsula Redevelopment

Project Overview:

This project consisted of the demolition of a legacy ore loader dock, and installation of a new cruise ship dock with supporting structures. The new cruise ship dock increased the capacity for cruise ship revenue in the Municipality of Skagway.

The project was a demanding survey; aside from the technical nature of the survey work needed for the project, inclement winter weather, marine conditions, tight timelines, and a host of other considerations challenged the crew. Although not a design-build project, each phase of the build needed to be surveyed and analyzed in real-time to ensure the next portion of the structure would fit per the design.

Survey Specific Tasks:

Coordinated with multiple barge and crane crews to layout marine piling of various sizes during all phases of the project.
Upland survey for the installation of an access trestle, which required the capture of topographic data, pile layout, and as-built data.
Plan set QC/QA throughout the project as it specifically related to upcoming phases of the build.
Used survey-grade GPS to aid barge crews to both confirm the location of undersea utilities, and set and record coordinates of barge anchors for updated Notice to Mariners in Taiya Inlet.
Provided survey related recommendations to the contractor throughout all phases of the build.