KGAL Fluid Autumn / Winter 2024 - Flipbook - Page 1
consulting engineers
Keeping you up to date with KGAL Autumn | Winter 2024
As we approach the end of another busy year, we can look
back at a variety of projects, at home and abroad, covering
new build and rehabilitation.
The never ending challenge of maintaining and improving
our UK Flood Defence assets is always at the forefront of
KGAL’s scope of services along with overseas projects in
South East Asia and Africa.
We’re looking forward to supporting our clients into 2025
on another set of challenging projects. It’s what we do!!
Dave Griûths | CEO
Inspecting the gates at Port of Grangemouth
Port of Grangemouth
KGAL has been retained by Forth Ports to carry out mechanical, hydraulic and electrical inspections on
the outer, middle and inner mitre gates located in the entrance lock for the Port of Grangemouth, which
are owned and managed by Forth Ports. The gates serve as a means of equalising the water level with
the dock to that of the tidal River Forth, allowing various types of vessels to transit the Port.
Site survey inspections were carried out over the course of a week in mid-June.
In addition to the gates and associated equipment, we also carried out confined
space inspections of a penstock and the cross lock pipe and cable culverts.
Subsequent to the inspections, detailed condition reports were successfully
produced and submitted to Forth Ports for review, all within the agreed
timeframe.
Further to the original inspections scope, KGAL has been instructed to produce a
Scoping Document outlining the work required to maintain service life for a
five-year period and support a strategic lifecycle management program, a
Support Options Appraisal in terms of technological developments in gate
design, monitoring or maintenance, or change in operational controls, and a
Work Scope to enable recommissioning of the middle gate.
Forth Ports has also shown an interest in the production of a detailed 3D model
of the complete lock with gates and operating equipment, which KGAL is more
than happy to assist with.
