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Sea Defences
Brancaster, Norfolk | | |
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Coastal erosion is being prevented by two giant sausages. Each sausage was inflated to 100 metres long and three metres round and was installed as pioneering sea defences to protect a Golf Course at Brancaster.
Each tube was filled with sand and water and covered with clay and earth, all materials reclaimed locally, then left for a year to settle before being sculptured into a 2.5 metre high flood defence.
It was the first time that the Dutch-made geotextile tubes had been used in the UK. The idea came about because there was not enough clay of the right quality on site to build a traditional earth bank.
Project Management: Carter Design Group
Specialist Engineering Consultants: Carter Design Group & St La Haye Ltd
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