UK: Ulstein Idea Supplies Pile Gripper Frames for West Duddon Sands

Dutch based Offshore Windforce (OWF) has awarded Ulstein Idea Equipment Solutions BV the contract for the Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) of 2 pile gripper frames for the West Duddon Sands wind farm installation project.

The pile gripper frames will be installed on board jack-up units and used to support mono-piles when placed onto the seabed and hammered to their final, fully installed position. At the same time the gripper frames will allow OWF to adjust the inclination angle of the pile during the piling operation.

Ulstein Idea Equipment Solutions is proud to have been awarded this EPC contract, following a successful concept customisation phase. The company was selected by OWF after submitting the best concept in a competitive tender.

‘During the customisation phase we worked closely with the client to meet their specific project requirements’, says Gilbert Rezette, Director of Engineering and Operations at Ulstein Idea. ‘And to our mutual satisfaction we have to say. We have been able to convince OWF of the safety, efficiency and robustness of our equipment, offering a new testimony to our commitment to quality.’

The gripper frames will be delivered in Belfast in May 2013 for final installation onto the two jack-up platforms that will be used for the installation of the offshore wind farm West of Duddon Sands in the Irish Sea, offshore UK.

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Offshore WIND staff, July 19, 2012; Image: Ulstein Idea