Thanet Offshore Wind Farm 2011 - 2012

Programme Manager for nine separate projects for a major UK wind farm, planned and coordinated under a single programme. Each project was undertaken during generation to minimise revenue impact and maximise work benefits. 

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Works included onshore and offshore cable works, structural alterations and remediation, pontoons and piling, rock dumping, electrical inspection works, and revisions to documentation management systems.

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Employed by: Noble Denton. Client: Thanet Offshore Wind Ltd. Duration 9 mths.

Borkum West II - Offshore Substation 2009-2011

Project Manager for the Offshore Substation Package for a 400MW offshore wind farm in German Waters. The substation was a turnkey delivery onto a barge by Alstom Grid (formerly Areva), designed by Overdick and installed by Seaway Heavy Lifting using the vessel Stanislav Yudin.

Borkum West 2.1 was the first phase, featuring forty (40) Areva 5M (formerly Multibrid M5000) turbines in a 200MW array, but including the full 400MW-ready substation.

The offshore substation was designed to operate in 2 stages, each of 200MW, interconnected and fully operational from day one, fully grid code compliant and with sufficient on board generation to enable WTG commissioning and maintenance independent from the grid connection. This was seen as essential due to the third party nature of grid connections in Germany.

Employed by: Noble Denton. Client: Trianel. Duration: 18 months.

Gwynt Y Mor Site Investigation - 2009

Project Manager for management of the main site investigation for the Gwynt y Mor Offshore Wind Farm off the north Wales coast. 57 boreholes and over 200CPTs using three different vessels. Contract and technical management of contractor, and resource management for four Client Representatives.

Boreholes completed from Fugro Seacore vessel Fugro Commander and the Geosea vessel Buzzard. CPTs completed by Fugro Seacore from Fugro Commander and GEO from Noordhoek Singapore.

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Employed by: Noble Denton. Client: RWE npower. Duration: 11 months

North Hoyle Met Mast Decommissioning - 2009

Lead Engineer for demolition of a piled concrete dolphin and met mast for the North Hoyle Offshore Wind Farm.

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Works were conducted from the Fugro Seacore vessel Excalibur. The met mast was removed in two sections and then the concrete section was held in position while it was cut free form the piles. An internal pile cutting tool was used to cut each pile at approximately 2m below seabed.

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Employed by: Noble Denton. Client: RWE npower. Duration: 6 mths.

Triton Knoll Site Investigation - 2009

Lead Engineer for technical advice during site investigation campaign for the Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm.

Source: http://www.rwe.com/web/cms/mediablob/en/413722/blowupData/4/blob.jpg

I provided specialist advice for the preparation of the technical specifications, vessel selection and approvals, and day to day project management of the offshore campaign which was scheduled to fit in with other Client projects utilising the same vessel assets.

Employer: Noble Denton. Client: RWE nPower Renewables. Duration: 4 mths.