FABRICATION & ENGINEERING
Dynamic Platform for Exceptional Transport
Refurbishing to Higher Specs
SAL HEAVY LIFT & XXTRAS
OAC-GROUP
SAL Heavy Lift’s DP vessel Svenja loaded Statoil’s nine-floor, 35m high, 1,425t Valemon Living Quarters in Rotterdam before the journey to Korea with open hatch and an overhang of 20 m. Mercon built the steel structure for Hertel, part of the production platform under construction at Samsung Heavy Industries in Geoje. Managing the project in partnership with Remove BV was xXtras – a new but highly experienced platform predominantly serving the project
and heavy lift market. “Engineering and executing such a project in less than 3 weeks is really a formidable job,” stated Nina Roewas from xXtras. The vessel’s standard equipment had to be adapted to this unique job: Amongst others, the traverse had to be rigged and fastened at a certain angle. To this purpose, various grommets with different lengths needed to be ordered and certified. i. www.xxtras.nl
“The market is increasingly demanding complete turnkey solutions that can be executed offshore without interrupting production,” says Johan Vermoen, Project Manager at OAC-Group, pictured onboard Jack-Up Barge’s JB-115. Together with partners Kranendonk BV and Heinen & Hopman Engineering BV, the OACGroup specialises in both accommodation refurbishments and new build projects and has seen an upturn in the market for accommodation extensions over
the last 3 years. “An interesting part of the market is converting accommodation on board of construction platforms built for renewables projects to make these platforms fully certified for construction assistance in the oil & gas sector, such as the current conversion of the JB-115. We have an in-depth knowledge of offshore standards for everything from passive fire protection coating systems to in-cabin entertainment systems.” i. www.oac-group.com
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