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Work re-starts on troubled Norfolk job
00:00 26 May 1994
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Work has finally restarted at Balfour Beatty's œ6 million sea
defence project off the East Anglian Coast at Sea Palling.
A series of accidents has led to the contractor falling behind on work to build four protective reefs for the National Rivers Authority.
Two people have been killed while working on the project and work came to a standstill in mid-April after a crane barge broke loose in heavy seas and was damaged.
The crane was back in position and working by 15 May but after only two days' work bad weather halted the project again for a week.
Work eventually got underway last Sunday, though Balfour Beatty's plan to introduce a side-loading barge to speed up operations was delayed until later in the week while a problem with the barge's screw was eliminated.
If the weather remains favourable a second side loading barge will be added to the project in a bid to complete the contract on time and before winter when bad weather will again make further progress unlikely.
A series of accidents has led to the contractor falling behind on work to build four protective reefs for the National Rivers Authority.
Two people have been killed while working on the project and work came to a standstill in mid-April after a crane barge broke loose in heavy seas and was damaged.
The crane was back in position and working by 15 May but after only two days' work bad weather halted the project again for a week.
Work eventually got underway last Sunday, though Balfour Beatty's plan to introduce a side-loading barge to speed up operations was delayed until later in the week while a problem with the barge's screw was eliminated.
If the weather remains favourable a second side loading barge will be added to the project in a bid to complete the contract on time and before winter when bad weather will again make further progress unlikely.
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