Subsea 7 S.A. / seaway Heavy Lifting was awarded an EPCI contract by Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Limited (BOWL).

The scope of work includes the engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) of the turbine foundations and array cables, and the transport and installation of transmission modules for the Beatrice offshore wind farm, offshore Scotland (UK).

The Beatrice offshore wind farm will be located in the Outer Moray Firth. The 588 Megawatt offshore wind farm comprises 84 wind turbines on pre-piled jacket substructures.

Q3 Heavy Lift managed the installation / modification / removal works of the pile and jacket grillages onto 10+ barges over a period of 8 months. Main goal was to ensure installation works of these heavy duty grillages were performed in time, within budget and according the quality specification. These works were outsourced to 5 main subcontractors within the Netherlands.

Which involved: subcontractor management ; tight scheduling ; strict QC ; variation order management ; HSE overview and budget control.