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The primary purpose of the Layout and Design GUIDELINES for Marina Berthing Facilities is to provide technical assistance and direction in the planning, design and construction of marina berthing facilities funded under the various Local Assistance and Capital Outlay Programs administered by the Department of Boating and Waterways, Resources Agency, State of California. The GUIDELINES address typical conditions and are not intended to be all inclusive or absolute. Unique site conditions and circumstances may require special analysis, applications and design considerations not addressed herein.

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This publication offers guidance in designing canoe and kayak launches for a variety of access sites. Descriptions, designs, and photos of launches are grouped into eleven chapters, according to type, with focus on the point of entry onto the water.
Accessibility to paddlers with disabilities must be considered throughout the design and construction processes. The 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires that “new construction and alterations of facilities [which include canoe and kayak launch facilities] are readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities.”

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The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a comprehensive civil rights law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability. The ADA requires that newly constructed and altered state and local government facilities, places of public accommodation, and commercial facilities be readily accessible to, and usable by, individuals with disabilities. The ADA Accessibility Guidelines (ADAAG) is the standard applied to buildings and facilities. Recreational facilities, including boating facilities, are among the facilities required to comply with the ADA.

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This UFC provides general criteria for the design of small craft berthing facilities. This UFC is comprised of two sections. Chapter 1 introduces this UFC. Appendix A contains the full text copy of chapter 2 of Military Handbook (MIL-HDBK)1025/5. Only those portions of MIL-HDBK-1025/5 pertaining to small craft berthing are included. The information contained in Appendix A has not yet been updated, this includes references. Use the latest UFC available from the Whole Building Design Guide.

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This Guide has been developed by the International Technical Committee (1978-1979 and 1979-1980) of the Offshore Racing Council and the American Bureau of Shipping. The strength standard given have been derived from the various existing standards established by satisfactory service experience.
This 1994 Guide includes the charges to the 1986 editions as developed jointly by the International Technical Committee of the Offshore Racing Council and the American Bureau of Shipping in 1991, 1992 and 1993. In accordance with 1.5.4 this guide will supersede the 1986 edition November 1, 1994; however, the Bureau may bring into force individual changes before that date if necessary or appropriate.

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The advantages of floating concrete structures lie in the economy of the materials used (concrete is very well suited to a marine environment), in the fact that it is easy to make concrete structures buoyant in the construction stage as well as permanently and for towing, whereas they are or can be made heavy enough for a safe permanent installation, and in the fact that they can also provide storage space. Although concrete has been extensively used since 1900 for marine and coastal structures, post-tensioning has had a major, if not decisive, role in extending its full exploitation in marine structures. Posttensioning creates a favourable state of stress.

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As population and urban development expand in land-scare island countries (or countries with long coastlines), city planners and engineers resort to land reclamation to ease the pressure on existing heavily-used land and underground spaces. Using fill materials from seabed, hills, deep underground excavations, and even construction debris, engineers are able to create relatively vast and valuable land from the sea. Countries such as the Netherlands, Singapore and Japan, have expanded their land areas significantly through aggressive land reclamation programmers.
 

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These guidelines are to be read in conjunction with Part 2, " Stability Booklet Format" for Fishing Vessels. These guidelines and the Stability Booklet format of part 2 are intended for fishing vessels of 45 meters (148 feet) in length and over. The stability criteria for these vessels are stated in Section 17 of the ABS Guide for Building and Classing Fishing Vessels.


 

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SCOPE. This UFC contains general criteria for the design of piling, deck, and substructure framing and bracing, and hardware and fittings for waterfront construction. Unless indicated otherwise, these criteria also apply to the design of offshore structures. This document, and all references contained herein, provides guidance primarily to DOD and U.S. Coast Guard activities. They may also be useful, however, to commercial firms that are engaged in the design and construction of waterfront facilities.

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