Precast concrete seawall protects South
African coastal town
Over the past 10 years, high seas and wave action in False Bay have impacted on beach structures located between Gordon’s Bay and the mouth of the Eerste River. A two-year research programme led to a decision to replace the existing Strand seawall with a 3 km precast concrete seawall in a triple-phased construction programme.
Over the past 10 years, high seas and wave action in False Bay, situated off the Western Cape peninsula in South Africa, have impacted on beach structures located between Gordon’s Bay and the mouth of the Eerste River.
Sections of a seawall adjacent to Beach Road in Strand were breached between April 2006 and June 2007, causing damage to pavements and streetlights, and threatening to flood basements in some of the side streets. Despite remedial measures taken by the City of Cape Town (CCT), which included replacing a broken seawall with a temporary revetment on the eastern beach, the seawall...
