Steel extends leisure capacity at Norfolk pier

The entertainment arcade at Great Yarmouth’s Wellington Pier is being enlarged with a steel-framed extension.

Working on behalf of Regal House, TSI Structures is fabricating, supplying and erecting 175t of steelwork for the project, which will almost double the size of the arcade area.

“We have worked with Regal House on other pier projects at Felixstowe and Clacton,” says TSI Structures’ Director Andy Cullum. “They aren’t straightforward jobs to design, but our relationship has made them enjoyable and rewarding to complete.”

The new build is a stand-alone structure, gaining its stability from strategically placed bracing. It will link into the adjoining arcade building and is topped with a curved roof that replicates the design of its neighbour.

The roof structure is formed with long-span cellular Westok sections. Two of the beams, measuring 966mm-deep, span the full 49m-wide frame, while two others (885mm-deep) span 33m, in order to connect to internal columns that form a mezzanine level.

The Wellington Pier extension is due to be complete before Easter 2027.