the marina at brown & howard wharf, newport, ri
we do not only set advanced marine engineering standards – we continue to raise the benchmarks of our industry.
Every marina we engineer is unique, has an essence that sets it apart from the rest. To build a marina, one needs knowledge of the water, the land and how to bridge them together. More than just pontoons attached to one another, it is an extension of a city, a property, seamlessly connecting yachts and marine enthusiasts.
Through the passion, excellence and expertise of our teams and employees, we develop global, innovative, and reliable solutions to offer safe access to bodies of water worldwide. From site analysis to installation of floating infrastructures, our goal is to offer the highest quality standards in the industry, while collaborating with our clients and their selected professionals. We do not only set advanced marine engineering standards – we continue to raise the benchmarks of our industry.
As the figurehead company for engineering solutions, we surround ourselves with invested and knowledgeable people that are driven by new challenges, embrace efficiency, simplicity and navigate with unyielding ethical standards.
emery cove yacht harbor, emeryville, ca
SITE ANALYSIS
The key in marina design is to first know how to build and where to build it. Understanding the natural element of a site is essential for the orientation, position, optimization, and the selection of the proper anchoring method, while respecting environmental regulations, best practices, and local customs.
4 ANCHORING
A marina without an anchoring system is no better than a boat without one. There are multiple anchoring methods, each with their pros and cons. We specialize in selecting and designing the best site-specific-system, based upon all the site parameters.
7 CONSTRUCTION
With more than 25,000 boat slips installed in a variety of countries, we built a network of qualified marine contractors to execute the installation. To ensure quality control and warranty specifications, we assign one project manager and one site technician to each project throughout the construction process.
MASTERPLAN
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Experience matters when it comes to optimizing the boat sizes and capacity of a marina. We take special care of the manoeuvrability, water depth, walking distances, boat orientation, etc. We make sure that all our marinas are the most comfortable to the users and are maximised to be financially attractive to the owners.
ENGINEERING
Structurmarine pontoon systems are designed with a proven 40-year life cycle. Each project is engineered in house by our experienced team and sealed by our global network of third-party engineers to meet local regulations anywhere we dive into a project.
6 5 R&D MANUFACTURING
We have developed a strict and rigorous procedure for selecting the materials and suppliers with whom we work with in order to guarantee the longevity and excellent performance of our projects. When we can't find a component that meets our standards, we simply build our own.
Our 35,000 sq/ft manufacturing plant, certified by the Canadian Welding Bureau, allows us the flexibility of execution and exceptional control over the quality and schedule of the work.
9 8 PERFORMANCE DESIGN & AESTHETICS
Our marinas are stable, solid, and low maintenance. Our design process begins by considering the most difficult climate conditions, whether you are on the Red Sea, the Atlantic Coast, or in the Great Lakes, the performances of our marinas exceed expectations.
Our design is equal in superiority to our engineering excellence. Our portfolio of impressive projects is a testimonial to the attention we place on detail, forms, and functions.
NEWPORT HARBOUR MARINAS
NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND, USA
Located in one of the most exposed areas of the Harbour, Newport Marina owners were the pioneers in replacing their aged wooden docks by Structurmarine’s innovative aluminium floating pontoon system back in 2008.
Later in 2012, Newport Marina survived Hurricane Sandy with the most destructive winds and waves leaving negligible damage. From that time on, Casey’s Marina, International Yacht Restoration School, Brown & Howard Wharf and other neighbors considered Structurmarine as their sole docks supplier.
Our technology led to improvements to the load capacity, reduction of maintenance and winterization costs, while enhancing the overall aesthetics of the marinas.
Newport Marina is designed for yachts up to 45 m (150 ft) in site exposed to 1.2 m (4 ft) waves, winds of 45 knots and storm surges of 3 m (10 ft).
EMERY COVE YACHT HARBOR
EMERYVILLE, CALIFORNIA, USA
San Francisco Bay is home to one of the densest pleasure craft fleets in North America. The strategic location of the Emery Cove Marina near the Bay Bridge was a major project that took 26 months to complete, from contract signing to final delivery.
The renovation was carried out, section by section, with boats remaining at the marina in a temporary docking system, while debris was carefully managed by the owner so that the marina could maintain its Clean Marine environmental certification.
The members and management of this marina have benefited from our ability to plan, organize, communicate, and resolve problems encountered in effectively achieving the objective, all while providing the best technology available.
The mandate was to replace 430 double finger berths from 9 m (30 ft) to 18 m (60 ft) and supply a floating breakwater designed for waves in the range of Hs 600mm (2 ft) and 2 sec.
PUTERI HARBOUR
STRAITS OF JOHOR, MALAYSIA
A metropolis in the making, known as Nusajaya City, encompasses Puteri Harbour – a premier waterfront and marina development. Puteri Harbour features another prestigious Structurmarine marina with large walkways and generous spacing between fingers.
The outer pontoons are custom fitted to the curved basin walls accommodating a tidal variation of 4 m (13 ft). The underwater flexible anchoring is secured to heavy anchors, rather than pilings, providing the marina with a more attractive setting for the docked yachts.
Private Marina designed for 260-berth, will accommodate super yachts of up to 100 m (328 ft).
MARINEMAX FORT MYERS FLORIDA, USA
The MarineMax Fort Myers is a custom-fabricated marina designed to fulfill the client’s request for the use of interlocking paving blocks on the pontoons to match the blocks already used on shore. This required tank testing of prototypes, complex buoyancy calculations and mechanical design by our engineering team.
This site had challenging manoeuvring parameters due to the strict mangrove regulations and a narrow canal. Berthing at an angle on private patios proved to be a successful solution.
The 133-berth marina was designed for boat-size ranges of 12 m (40 ft) to 21 m (70 ft), wind load of 130 km/hour (80 miles/hour) – Hurricane Cat. 1 – at full occupancy and 225 km/hour (140 miles/hour) – Hurricane Cat. 4 –unoccupied and exposed to waves in the range of Hs 610mm (2 ft), Period3 sec, brackish Water – 2.5 m (8 ft) storm flood.
LUSAIL MARINA DOHA, QATAR
Accessible via a wide main pier, Lusail Marina is an extension of the futuristic Lusail City development and can accommodate 93 yachts up to 40 m (130 ft).
Lusail is the first marina in the Gulf region to offer its customers covered floating lounge areas built with unique contemporary shade structures that create an ambiance of luxury, ease, and comfort. These shaded structures significantly reduce extreme temperatures to a comfortable level.
The marina features 24-hour security, a five-star concierge service, deck washing for all yachts and valet parking. It hosts the Qatar International Boat Show (QIBS) yearly, with more than 15,000 visitors on the docks and received many prestigious awards like:
• World of Yachts Recognition Award 2012
• Arabian Gulf Yachting, Most Interesting Marine Development Award 2013
• Leading Marina Developer in the GCC 2015
MARINA DU PORT DE QUÉBEC QUÉBEC, CANADA
Anchored in the historic city of Québec, the Marina du Port de Québec and developed around the old piers, alongside the public harbour bathing area with the dimensions of an Olympic swimming pool, are both of which are near the emblematic Fairmont Le Château Frontenac.
The fully equipped 425-berth marina, capable of accommodating yachts of up to 60 m (200 ft), was a landmark in the construction of a modern marina, as it was the first system of engineered aluminum frame marinas in North America.
The Port of Québec is an affirmation of the main attributes and strengths that make aluminum become the material of choice in the construction of marinas and floating structures.
The marina has weathered over 30 harsh Canadian winters in layers of ice up to 1.2 m (4 ft). During the navigation season, the marina's flexible anchoring system allows for more than 25 lockage operations per day with a 4.5 m (15 ft) anchorage tidal variation.
FORE POINTS MARINA
PORTLAND, MAINE
Fore Points Marina floats along Portland's waterfront, which has been a gathering point for centuries. At the mouth of the Fore River, the Foreside neighborhood has revitalized Portland Co.’s historic building and existing marina and adds modern buildings and outdoor spaces.
This part of Casco Bay presents significant challenges for a facility such as this. It was necessary to consider the long fetch of the northeast winds, the currents of the Fore River, the strong tides, and the poor behavior of the muddy and sloping bottoms. With the help of partners, a wave attenuator and a huge floating breakwater with a connection that cushions the different movements of the two systems in extreme weather conditions were integrated into the project.
The marina was designed with 150-berths ranging from 6 m (20 ft) to 166 m (545 ft), flexible anchoring in more than 7.3 m (24 ft) or water depth with 3 m (10 ft) tidal variations. The gangway to access this fully equipped marina is 2.5 m (8 ft) x 24 m (80 ft) in a single span, with a new and innovative design.
SAVANNAH BOATHOUSE MARINA
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA
Located at the base of the Bull River bridge on Wilmington Island, the Savannah Boathouse is a family-owned marina that offers dry stack storage with 610 li/m (2,000 li/ft) of in-water dock space. It is one of the Freedom Boat Club franchises and a full-service marina serving the Savannahians and transient boaters on the Intracoastal Waterway.
50-berths allows safe and secure mooring for vessels ranging from 9 m (30 ft) to 24 m (80 ft) long.
Two aluminum access gangways join the shore on both sides of a wide service access leading to the maintenance and travel lift in the middle of the marina. The dock, which is anchored on concrete piles is integrated into the structure. The durability of the composite wood decking will allow boaters and to enjoy this marina for years to come.
THE ARCHITECTURE ROOF SYSTEM
The R&D team designs a very innovative textile architecture roof system that offers a third dimension to marinas.
COMMERCIAL VESSELS DOCKS
Structurmarine design and manufacture docks to accommodate heavy and imposing workboats.
FOUNDATION OF THE COMPANY
In 2006, several key players in the industry, with more than 150 years of accumulated experience, joined forces to form STRUCTURMARINE.
TRANSAT QUÉBEC SAINT-MALO (TQSM)
Structurmarine becomes one of the main partners of the Transat Québec Saint-Malo, the mythical race from west to east, non-stop and crewed.
25,000
The team is celebrating a new milestone of having installed 25,000 boat slips around the world.
T HE STRENGTH OF OUR INGEN UITY
The environment is everyone's concern, high-level storms are more and more frequent and the technology that we have put in place with our engineering team proves that our method is worth the effort. Leaving such a legacy is our reason to continue.
AMERICA’S CUP
Structurmarine is selected to design, manufacture, and install all floating infrastructures and moorings for the prestigious America’s Cup in Bermuda.
15 th ANNIVERSARY
Sustainability has always been the cornerstone of our approach and methods. Long live the Structurmarine marinas!
Structurmarine is a global leader in floating aluminum infrastructures with knowledge and expertise that is internationally proven. We support our clients from the beginning to the end of each project and extend the journey to offer after-sales and a multi-point inspection service of the waterfront facilities we brought into this world.
We offer unique designs, consulting, engineering, manufacturing, installation support, maintenance and supply spare or replacement parts. Structurmarine supports its partners and customers responsibly with the conviction of a durable and very high-quality product.
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