Al-Khiran Pearl City is being developed as a mega residential development and new waterway system along the coast. The first phase more than doubled the area of waterways within the Al-Khiran estuary. This includes plans for wetland creation as environmental mitigation and a planting plan for mangroves.

Beckett Rankine prepared conceptual designs for a new 500 berth marina in this development. This formed an essential part of the new ground breaking Al Khiran residential scheme with integrated shoreside, small craft berths and associated boat repair facilities and infrastructure.

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 The current development of Ras Laffan will make it one of the largest LNG ports in the world. The expansion will involve 20km of breakwaters and 15m cubic metres of dredging to accomodate over 30 ship berths. This was required because of the dramatic rise in the export of LNG and other gas products from Qatar.

Beckett Rankine were responsible for preparing a Masterplan to cover the entirity of the construction of the port. This included selection of an appropriate site, and have used various hydrodynamic model studies to consider the waves, currents and siltation as well as vessel simulation.

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A feasability study with cost estimate was required by the client for a graving dock that would be suitable for construction of an offshore concrete gravity platform. Possible locations were to be considered with a focus on the Middle East, particularly the UAE, due to its strategic location and rich oil supplies.

Beckett Rankine considered the feasibility of the scheme with a focus on access to the open sea and geotechnical conditions. An assessment was made of the main construction elements and likely volumes, with cost rates for these elements obtained from current UAE construction projects.

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A new 480MW power plant has been built at Marmara Ereglisi. However during commissioning it was found that the 2.4m diameter GRP cooling water intake and outlet pipelines were not installed to specification. This has given rise to a need for inspection to monitor the underwater elements on a regular bi-annual basis.

Beckett Rankine has been providing essential technical advice including subsea engineering and sending diving engineers on site to monitor both the GRP intake and outlet lines. This work has been carried out by BR's own specialist underwater engineering staff.

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