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Acteon companies support heavy lift work at Wikinger

4C Offshore | Tom Russell
By: Tom Russell 06/11/2015 UTEC Survey edited by 4C Offshore
UTEC NCS Survey, part of UTEC Survey, an Acteon company, was recently awarded a contract for heavy lift support services for the Wikinger offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea.

The contract covers the delivery, January 2016, of a pile guide frame monitoring system in. The system will be used for the installation of approximately 70 foundation pile clusters for the subsequent installation of 4-legged jackets for the Wikinger windfarm development in the Baltic Sea. The contract will be carried out  in partnership with LDD, another Acteon company.

LDD has also been contracted by Offshore Wind Force to deliver the entire design and engineering (including full DNV certification) of the overall subsea pre-piling template system including provision and fit up of all specialist equipment, hydraulics, controls, noise mitigation and motioning systems both surface and subsea.

UTEC NCS stated they will be using the specifically designed heavy lift / renewables internal software package “Groundbase” to monitor the installations.

Groundbase is a customised, stand-alone, navigation software package developed to provide the necessary QC for any offshore structure installation.  Capabilities include monitoring: jackets, top-sides, monopiles, transition pieces, templates, manifolds etc. when installed from vessels, barges or jack-ups.

Crawford Tennant, Regional Manager EMEA stated:
“UTEC NCS is delighted to receive this contract award as it supports our commitment to expanding operations in the heavy lift and windfarm survey support sector whilst also offering broader workscopes with our sister companies.”

The 350 MW Wikinger project is Iberdrola’s first offshore project in Germany. Located in the north east of the island of Reugen, the windfarm will have 70 turbines and an offshore substation, generating enough energy to power more than 350,000 German homes.

For more information on Wikinger offshore wind farm please follow the links provided. Alternatively you can view our detailed interactive map which shows offshore wind farms worldwide.

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