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Project Details: Sentosa Cove at the gateway to Singapore City is undoubtedly South East Asia's most prestigious waterfront development of 117 hectares including 75 hectares of reclamation and incorporating a major marina and waterfront canal precincts, with capacity for over 650 pleasure craft including 10 megayacht berths.

Burchill VDM Involvement: Our associated company Coastal Consultancy International (with Burchill VDM as the lead shareholder in this project) has been responsible to date for:

• Detailed hydraulic modelling of the Buran Channel, the proposed harbour entrance and internal waterways;

• Refinement of the harbour entrance design including megayacht navigability;

• Navigability simulations for the harbour entrance;

• Water quality modelling and schematic design for the waterway system and the existing Tanjong China Lake within the Sentosa golf course;

• Appraisal of the reclamation, land-use master plan, waterways system, revetments and infrastructure having regard to functionality and engineering aspects;

• Design and documentation of the marina precinct including marina floating structures, services and onshore facilities;

• Advice on marina operation and management aspects and technical criteria for developer/operator selection;

• Design, documentation and construction superintendence of Sing $15.0 million harbour entrance and revetments contract for which Binnie and VDM (Singapore) were engaged by CCI for day to day contract administration services, in addition to regular site inspections by Burchill VDM personnel.

• Design and documentation of Sing $7 million southern canals entrance.

• Design and documentation of the Southern Canals precinct internal revetments, as associate consultant with SPECS Consultants Pte Ltd ( a subsidiary of the Port of Singapore Corporation).

Innovative design of the harbour entrance and revetments delivered very significant cost savings, while the development of a methodology for construction in the dry facilitated a high level of quality assurance.