Prickly Bay development Grenada Keywords Risk Analysis Detailed Design Waterside Development Coastal Engineering Shoreline Protection Client, Architect & Other Organisations Prickly Bay Waterside Ltd Richard Hywel Evans Architects King Shaw (Structural Engineers)

Prickly Bay Marina

Description Prickly Bay Waterside Limited is intending to construct a development of luxury property including seven marine houses, fourteen lawn properties, a marina, hotel, club and a number of condominiums on the site of the existing prickly Bay Marina. The development is located on the eastern shoreline of Prickly Bay on the southern coast of the Caribbean island of Grenada. The marina properties will be built on individual open piled structures which will extend over the sea and these will be vulnerable to wave and surge conditions associated with Tropical Storms and Hurricanes. Wave loading in conjunction with elevated water levels during a storm surge was seen as an important risk which could cause damage to the building structure, the architectural items such and the glazing and cladding, personal property and the building services. There was also an attendant risk of flooding and damage to the marine house, lawn properties, hotel and club facilities.  It addition, it is also perceived that there is a risk of high speed uncontrolled high energy collision a result of loose yachts and craft in the bay during poor sea conditions.   . Prickly Bay Bathymetry

Scope of Work Edenvale Young Associates Ltd (JYA Ltd) was appointed by Prickly Bay Waterside Ltd to undertake a number of preliminary and design studies associated with the marine engineering of Prickly Bay.   The scope of works included an assessment of the wave climate. A significant element of the project was to advise on wave loads on the sub-structure, superstructure and fascade of the buildings and the viability of the structure during storm conditions in the bay. This work was used to form a risk assessment for the development The methodology for assessing  risk was based upon and adapted from "Control of Risk, A Guide to the Systematic Management of Risk from Construction (CIRIA 1996) and Construction Risk in Coastal Engineering (Thomas Telford, DETR and HR Wallingford 1998). The economic impact was incorporated in the risk assessment to give a quantative overview of a number of engineering options which could be used to reduce the risk of damage to the property. Location of Prickly Bay Waterside Development