INFRASTRUCTURE

Bauer safeguards harbour breakwater on the island of Helgoland

Situated in the middle of the North Sea, roughly50km away from the mainland, Germany’s only island in the open sea is serviced by the harbour in southern Helgoland. To continue providing a safe port in the future, safeguarding measures are being carried out on the southern breakwater of the harbour over a length of roughly 70m.

 Sonic drilling to a depth of 12m to allow the installation of the valve pipes for grout injection on the breakwater at harbour in Hegoland

Sonic drilling to a depth of 12m to allow the installation of the valve pipes for grout injection on the breakwater at harbour in Hegoland

The area of the breakwater under construction was destroyed in two sections during a storm surge in December 1954 and then reconstructed using wooden caissons that were filled with demolished concrete...

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