ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE, ECOLOGICALLYCONSERVABLE AND ECONOMICAL VIABLE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION SOLUTION OF SHIP SIDE LAUNCHING WHARFGokhale Chandrakant S.Abstract India is on development path and construction of various infrastructures work is happening at increasingpace and magnitude. The cement and reinforcement are most essential materials required for a infrastructureprojects. Both cement and steel production produce large amount of carbon di oxide and also require largeamount of energy for production. This is one main aspect of environmental destruction. Ship buildingactivities are ever increasing in India and so construction of new shipyards and modernization of existingshipyards. Launching of ship is one of the most important operations in the entire ship construction process.Getting permissions for such construction involves various authorities and agencies such as concernedIndustrial Development Corporation, River Navigation Department, Caption of Ports, Coastal RegulationZone Authority, Pollution Control Board to name a few. This paper presents some important aspects ofenvironmentally sustainable, ecologically conservable and economical solution Design and ConstructionSolution of Ship Side Launching Wharfby substituting conventional RCC piles by rammed stone columnsto a large extent and use of gabion walls for closing the face of jetty in place of steel or RCC sheet pilemaking use of locally available quarry stones. |