Dock waler

A dock waler moulded from a settable material and configured to engage together a plurality of dock float assemblies, the dock waler defining a main body which encloses a volume and defines at least one interior cavity, the body defining at least one engagement structure arranged to interlock with a complimentary engagement structure formed in a dock float assembly vertically orientated side wall of a dock float assembly with a void in one engagement structure being filled by a projection provided by the other, where said at least one engagement structure of a dock waler defines at least one angled contact surface arranged to contact a complimentary angled contact surface formed in a complimentary engagement structure, said angled contact surfaces being orientated at an angle to a vertical plane when interlocked with a vertically orientated side wall of a dock float assembly,

• the volume enclosed by the main body being arranged to receive at least a portion of a tie rod configured to hold the engagement structure of a dock waler in contact with the complimentary engagement structure of a dock float assembly, wherein the engagement structure of a dock waler impedes vertical movement of the dock waler at least in the region where a tie rod extends from a dock float and into the interior volume of the dock water when said engagement structure is engaged with the complimentary engagement structure of a dock float and said at least one angled contact surface of the engagement structure translates vertical loads placed on the waler into horizontal tensioning forces applied to the tie rod.