The landing stage is what? How can a construction site be useful in construction?

The landing deck is an adaptation for the convenience of loading and unloading operations. With its help, the differences in the working planes of the vehicle and the places of acceptance or dispatch of passengers and cargo are equalized. Such objects are most common on water transport as floating marinas. Nowadays, they are increasingly being used as platforms for placing various equipment, as well as household or economic buildings.

Definition

The landing stage is an infrastructure facility used in the field of water transport and in the warehousing industry. It is used mainly to facilitate the reception and movement of goods and passengers. Purpose - leveling of the floor level of the vehicle and the receiving platform.

In the old days, landing stages (barns) were called passenger platforms at auto and railway stations. Currently, the term "landing stage" is most often understood as a river or sea object for receiving and mooring vessels, loading cargo or unloading them. It can be floating or stationary.

In cities, the landing stage is a floating structure with buildings. The owner of such an object may be an individual or a legal entity. The superstructure of the landing stages has a different form: from a simple platform to a modern office center or even a stylization for an old frigate or galleon.

Kinds

Distinguish objects of stationary type and mobile. The mobile landing platform is used on water. It has a constant buoyancy and can be towed to any suitable place for parking. For anchoring, berthing facilities are used: anchors, ropes, bollards, etc.

The stationary structure is installed on piles. The height of the landing stage is chosen based on the water level, the presence of tides and the height of the vessels that are planned to be serviced. The stationary object is reliable, it is easier to use, it does not require frequent verification of compliance with the requirements applied to mobile structures. In addition, it is much easier to equip it with communications, such as access roads, water supply, electricity, etc.

Concrete slabs are most often used for the construction and erection of floating temporary or permanent structures on a floating basis. It is reliable, durable, but at the cost of design and manufacturing is the most expensive.

Design

The device of a landing stage with the possibility of towing it assumes the presence of a pontoon at the base. Above it is equipped with a superstructure. It can have one or two tiers. Its characteristics can be different. It depends on the specialization of the object. In addition, for connection to the land, it is equipped with gangways and ramps.

If the landing stage is to be used only as a dock, then planking from boards or composite material is equipped from above. In case of conversion to a specialized facility (a filling station, a processing plant or a factory, a repair dock, an entertainment facility), materials most suitable for this are used.

Steel is often used for the construction of landing stages. It has a sufficient margin of strength, corrosion resistance, well tolerates temperature changes. The top of the structure is treated with a special coating to increase the service life.

A concrete landing stage is a massive slab, most often in the form of a parallelepiped. The construction of such facilities is carried out by specialized enterprises and firms that have the appropriate permit. Pontoon is made of special shipbuilding reinforced concrete. From time to time its fortress only increases. The concrete slab does not sink because of the buoyant force of the water acting on the object, which is immersed in it. The weight, dimensions, and volume of the structure are calculated during the design.

Use for construction

In addition to the use in the transport infrastructure, the landing stage is also a potential object for investment. In particular, it can be used as a site for building. In large cities, where there is a river or a lake, you can often see buildings on the water. This is a cafe, restaurants, entertainment venues, office centers, hotels.

They may be in a stationary arrangement or be suitable for melting in water using a tug. The owner of the mobile landing stage at any time can leave the shore and move to any other place. In addition, the construction of such an object can be justified in terms of its price. The cost of land in the cities is very high.

In addition to prices, there are situations when there is still no physical possibility of building in the right place: a developed infrastructure, inappropriate soil, etc. The landing stage in such cases can be the only true solution. However, in spite of the fact that the floating object is not actually considered real estate, it is subject to registration in a special order. For such objects, the standards and requirements applicable to floating facilities apply.