More Than Client Representatives
Ahead of the main installation campaign, validation trials of cable burial tools were needed but delayed from the planned start date. This meant that the staff engineers with the required offshore qualifications were unavailable. Supporting the trials with client representatives was a critical requirement commercially, and our personnel stepped in to help.
We were approached 10 days before the confirmed start date, asking to provide personnel. Taking the time to understand the situation we realised there was more here, and they needed a operationally and commercially aware person, experienced in a niche activity and with the network needed to know the key people in advance.
With good people great things can be done, knowing this, we reached out using all means at our disposal and found personnel that would be suitable. Ultimately we placed an individual with all the required knowledge and experience. They also had worked with the client before, helping smooth out inductions and ensuring they hit the ground running.
The trials were a success, and the the individual was sufficiently capable that the client’s own technical manager could leave the vessel early, delegating primary authority to the Client Representative.
Saving £30 Million in Seabed Intervention
The client was developing a windfarm within an EPCI framework and site conditions changed post tender. This, coupled with a exemption which had been missed during procurement meant an expensive, technically challenging dredging campaign which did not guarantee protection to the cables.
We reviewed the client’s existing data, and combined the seabed mobility and CBRA information data into a single cohesive data set. Baselining the risk to the required DNV-RP-F107 standard, we then modelled the mobility, cable burial capacities, risk profile and remedial works against a common timeline. The conclusions were then presented with clear recommendations, supported by data. This was scrutinised and passed by insurers, regulatory bodies and 3rd party consultants.
Ultimately, the client was able to change strategy to a more targeted, economic and environmentally considerate methodology. This saved £30 million, simplified installation, reduced interface and was accepted by all. All by reviewing the data already obtained in. a different way.
Consultancy Support How You Need It
The submarine power cable industry has a CAGR of >12% and this creates a challenge of meeting demands of the project with expert personnel capable of meeting the challenges.
Njord Subsea believe that the answer isn’t simply more. One can’t scale up 10 years of experience in an individual easily. Instead we offer consultancy services either on a time duration or fixed scope basis, which means that clients can scale their output at a fraction of the cost of a large project team.
An example of this was supporting a client in the APAC region with Risk Assessment Method Statements (RAMS) on a fixed price basis. The client had the vessel and offshore team with a strong project management function onshore. Their team were fully utilised with existing projects and they reached out to for support.
Our task was to produce a full project suite of RAMS, including drawings, animations and HIRA documents. This then allowed their offshore teams to comment internally, before going to their client.
The documents were accepted, the project was successful and the client could still meet their project and bidding obligations, with the flexibility of a bolt on team at a fraction of the cost.