R&M provided project management, surveying, planning and design for a replacement dock at Palmer Station, a U.S. research station on Anvers Island. This project constructed a new steel pipe pile-supported concrete deck dock to replace the existing sheet pile bulkhead. Their new pier has an energy absorbing fender system, bollards and on-deck power and lighting. It is configured to accommodate two design vessels – the Nathaniel B. Palmer (308’ length overall, 60’ beam, 22.5’ draft, 6,800 long ton displacement), which is the current primary vessel that services the Station, and a Future Antarctic Research Vessel (335’ 9” length overall, 68’7” beam, 28’ draft, 10,248 long ton displacement), which is current under concept design and planned for 2029.
The new pier is the first critical step in the eventual redevelopment of the entire 50-year-old Palmer Station, which will allow the station to be a hub for science in the region for decades to come.
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