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One-of-a-Kind Rowing Dock for Northeastern University

February 18, 2016 / No Comments

A case study in technical design and constructability of floating structures: Northeastern University boathouse ramp and crew dock

Northeastern University Boathouse

An oversized aluminum gangway leads down to the University’s low freeboard rowing dock.

The most fascinating part about this small rowing pontoon and gangway built for Northeastern University in Boston, MA, are the challenges associated with the constructability of the design and how they were overcome.

At 100 feet wide by 17 feet long the gangway at Henderson Boathouse is truly one of a kind. To a layman, these dimensions might not seem extreme. But to a marina builder, to build an oversized gangway like the one envisioned for Henderson and have it land on an 8-foot-wide by 120-foot-long floating dock that has a six-inch freeboard is no small feat.

Northeastern’s vision for their new boathouse and rowing dock was perfect on paper. The poster child for functional luxury – elegant in design and calculated in its function.

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