TIMARU HARBOUR

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLII, Issue 20557, 24 October 1936, Page 4

TIMARU HARBOUR

COST OF THREE SCHEMES ENGINEER’S REPORT The estimated costs of the three schemes of improvements to the port of Timaru, now before the Harbour Board were submitted by the Resident Engineer (Mr B. W. Charman) in a report to the Board yesterday. The figures were as follow:

The estimates included the cost of dredging to be undertaken by dredge “No 350.” The provision of 10 per cent contingencies had been applied to each estimate. If it were decided to carry out the dredging out of revenue i.e not to put dredge “No 350” on to loan money, he felt that the sum set aside for contingencies should not be decreased. It was extremely difficult to estimate accurately, the output from the proposed Priestman dredge, and for this reason the contingency figure of 10 per cent had been applied to the total estimated costs of the various schemes.

NO 1 SCHEME s d £ Dredging to complete new entrance channel — 1,190 loads at £37 a load 44,030 0 0 Dredging out new swinging basin, 345 loads at £37 a load 12,765 0 0 Lifting north mole 61,000 tons says one year at £5,000 5,000 0 0 450 lineal feet of steel sheet piled wall 28,000 0 0 89,795 0 0 Contingencies 10 per cent 8,979 10 0 Total 98,774 10 0 Say 99,000 0 0 If a protecting wall is built in random rubble the total estimated cost is 94,715 10 0 Say 95,000 0 0 NO 2 SCHEME £ s d Dredging to complete entrance channel 1,190 loads at £37 a load .. 44,030 0 0 Dredging new swinging area 867 loads at £37 a load 32,079 0 0 Lifting north mole, 124,445 tons say two years at £5,000 10,000 0 0 1.200 lineal feet of steel sheet piled wall 74,666 0 0 160,775 0 0 Contingencies 10 per cent 16,077 10 0 176,852 10 0 Say 177,000 0 0 If a protecting wall is built in random rubble the total estimated cost 163,469 164,000 18 0 Say 0 0

NO 3 SCHEME £ s d Dredging to complete entrance channel 1,190 loads at £37 a load .. 44,030 0 0 Dredging new swinging basin 963 loads at £37 a load 35,831 0 0 Lifting north mole, 124,445 tons say two years at £5,000 10,000 0 0 900 lineal feet of steel sheet piled wall 56,000 0 0 145,661 0 0 Contingencies 10 per cent 14,566 2 0 160,227 2 0 Say 161,000 0 0 If a protecting wall is built of random rubble the estimated cost is 147,027 2 0 Say 147,000 0 0 If a random rubble protecting wall is employed in place of steel sheet piling, the estimated total costs are as follows:— Scheme No 1 £95,000 Scheme No 2 £164,000 Scheme No 3 £147,000 If a steel sheet piled protecting wall is employed, the estimated costs are as follows:— Scheme No 1 £99,000 Scheme No 2 £177,000 Scheme No 3 £161,00Q