Marine

North Cargo Berth 8 Expansion

Port Canaveral, FL, USA

Description

The expanded North Cargo Berth 8, dredged to a depth of -35 ft (11 m), can now accommodate a wider range of cargo. The new 900-foot seawall and 100-foot pier of the expanded Cargo Berth 8 are capable of handling an 850-foot (78 m) ship. Construction work carried out by Infrastructure and Industrial Constructors SE, the project’s general contractor, included an open pile pier extension (ca. 14,200 ft²), pile foundations, concrete pile caps, precast concrete deck units, cast in place concrete topping, mooring bollards, cell fenders, fender piles, utilities, and water stations/manifolds. The berth was constructed with a 2,000 lbs. per-ft² capacity, a necessary requirement for handling aerospace cargo and other heavy cargo.

Products Used

Penetron’s permeability-reducing admixture, PENETRON ADMIX SB, was added to the concrete mix delivered by Cemex, the ready-mix concrete supplier, for the construction of the new pier extension, the concrete pile foundations and pile caps, and the marine moorings.