December 2002

December 10, 2002

Barnhart Inc completed passenger balcony at San Diego Cruise Ship Terminal

New structure speeds up embarking/disembarking procedure

Barnhart Inc (deb) - a San Diego company - completed construction of a passenger access balcony that will make cruise hip access for embarking and disembarking ships easier at the San Diego Cruise Ship Terminal. The project was contracted to Barnhart, Inc. by the Port of San Diego. The fixed access balcony is being build on B Street Pier, along the north side of the Cruise Ship Terminal, and provides access to the pier via a new mobile passenger gangway.

Passengers getting on and off a ship currently use a narrow gangway that connects the pier to the boarding deck of the ship. The current process of boarding/disembarking the ship can take as long as three hours. With the new 3,800 square foot balcony and mobile gangway, hundreds of passengers can enter/exit at once, making this process significantly faster.

The fixed access balcony is a design/build project, a first for the Port of San Diego. Design/build is a process that puts the client, contractor, and designer in proactive roles through every state of the project. The Port worked closely with Lee & Sakahara Architects of Irvine to design this state-of-the-art facility at a cost of $1.9 million. Due to its state-of-the-art nature, Barnhart, Inc. is nominating this project for an Associated General Contractors Bid America award for 2003.

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