Maritime Inspections and Surveys
We translate complex inspection data into clear, practical engineering advice, ensuring our clients always know exactly what the next steps should be.
Structural Inspections
We undertake comprehensive structural inspections of waterfront infrastructure to assess condition and inform robust maintenance strategies.
- Assets Covered: Jetties, piers, quay walls, pontoons, dolphins, berths, moorings, and coastal defence structures.
- Defect Identification: Expert diagnosis of deterioration mechanisms including corrosion, fatigue, scour, marine growth, and impact damage.
- Actionable Reporting: Findings are documented clearly and supported by engineering interpretation, allowing you to prioritise immediate interventions and plan further investigations where required.
Asset Management
Effective management of maritime infrastructure requires a clear understanding of your commercial objectives alongside the asset’s structural performance.
- Strategic Planning: We combine inspection data, engineering judgement, and lifecycle considerations to develop practical asset management strategies.
- Risk & Investment: Our advice helps you understand residual asset life, manage structural risk, and confidently plan future investment for long-term refurbishment or replacement strategies.
Marine Surveys & Investigations
Maritime engineering projects often require highly specialist surveys to understand both the existing structure and the surrounding marine environment.
- Coordination & Interpretation: We support clients with the specification, coordination, and engineering interpretation of specialist marine surveys.
- Survey Scope: Including underwater surveys, bathymetric surveys, condition investigations, and targeted testing to analyze scour, corrosion, or structural damage.
- Technical Baseline: The information obtained provides the definitive technical basis for structural assessment, repair design, and future asset planning.
Our Maritime Engineering services
Our experience covers a wide range of maritime structures including jetties, piers, pontoons, dolphins, quay walls, wharves, marinas, docks, berths and mooring systems, together with river and coastal infrastructure such as sea walls, flood walls, locks and navigation structures. We also provide engineering services associated with fender systems, linkspans, brows and lighthouses.
Inspections
We undertake structural inspections of waterfront infrastructure to assess condition, identify defects and inform maintenance strategies.
Our inspections cover structures such as jetties, piers, quay walls, pontoons, dolphins, berths, moorings and coastal defence structures. Inspections identify deterioration mechanisms including corrosion, fatigue, scour, marine growth and impact damage.
View Inspections
Structural Assessments
We undertake structural assessments of marine infrastructure to determine load-carrying capacity, structural behaviour and the suitability of assets for continued use.
Assessments consider structural loading from vessels, mooring forces, tidal and wave actions, environmental conditions and long-term deterioration.
View Structural Assessments
Flood Defence Walls
We provide inspection, assessment, design and modification of flood defence walls in riverine, estuarine and coastal environments.
Our experience includes tidal river walls in dense urban areas, coastal flood defences protecting waterfront developments, and river wall structures integrated with quays, embankments and transport infrastructure.
View Flood Defence Walls
Flood Risk Assessments
We undertake flood risk assessments for developments and infrastructure located within coastal, estuarine and riverside environments.
Our assessments consider flood risk associated with tidal, fluvial and coastal processes and support planning applications, development proposals and infrastructure resilience planning.
View Flood Risk Assessments
Feasibility & Optioneering
We undertake feasibility studies and engineering optioneering to help clients determine the most appropriate intervention strategies for maritime infrastructure.
Our studies assess the structural condition of existing assets alongside operational requirements, environmental constraints, regulatory considerations, and long term asset objectives.
View Feasibility & Optioneering
Permits, Consenting & Licensing
At Frankham, we support clients through the process of obtaining the licences and permits required for works within marine, tidal and riverside environments.
Our team has experience coordinating with statutory bodies including Local Planning Authorities (LPA), the Marine Management Organisation (MMO), the Environment Agency (EA) and Local Harbour Authorities (LHA).
View Permits, Consenting & Licensing
Contract Administration & Site Supervision
We provide contract administration and site supervision services to support the delivery of maritime infrastructure projects during construction.
Our engineers work closely with contractors, asset owners and project stakeholders to ensure works are delivered in accordance with design intent, contractual requirements and relevant standards.
View Contract Administration & Site Supervision
Berthing Assessments & Mooring Analysis
We undertake feasibility studies and engineering optioneering to help clients determine the most appropriate intervention strategies for maritime infrastructure.
Our studies assess the structural condition of existing assets alongside operational requirements, environmental constraints, regulatory considerations, and long term asset objectives.
Meet our maritime engineering lead
