Cockett Wick
Design intent
A sustainable engineering approach creating a
safe environment to enhance resident wellbeing.
Design
Building a resilient solution whilst reducing
carbon costs.
Design reality
Protecting the coastal community for decades
to come.
Control
KITE Projects Ltd were pleased to work with BAM UK & Ireland and the Environment Agency to enhance the safety of pedestrians as part of the £10m Cockett Wick Sea defence scheme in Essex.
Investment in sea defences, serves the dual purpose of keeping coastal erosion at bay whilst keeping people safe from harm. Equally, increased participation with our natural surroundings requires a future oriented approach that can only be delivered in a collaborative way.
The project at Cockett Wick, presented the opportunity to work alongside the Environment Agency, asset owners, contractors and residents to deliver a solution that goes beyond compliance. In the face of unforgiving tidal flooding, a prerequisite for the scheme was to maximise the space available for public recreation, whilst protecting more than 3,000 homes and businesses along the coastline.
The KITE Projects role in this £12m scheme was to:
Contribute to providing an adaptive approach to meeting challenges from climate change
Maintain the sea views from the promenade
Consider the 50-year proposed design life, by utilising stainless steel (as opposed to galvanised steel) complying with BS 7818 Class 3 specification
Develop 3D modelling from its site survey, to prove the viability of its solution
Comply with the decarbonisation strategy, which was at the heart of decision-making, and was reached through working collaboratively with all parties
KITE Projects is proud to have collaborated in small part on in this scheme, that included:
The use 152 recycled steel tube piles rather than new steel sheet piles, saving approximately 1,000 tonnes of carbon
Carbon savings by transporting the revetment rock in 6 barge movements instead of 700 flatbed lorry loads, saving 48 tonnes of carbon
Redistributing 1,200 tonnes of surplus rock to support several local collaboration projects with landowners to protect seawalls from erosion
