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16 SUBSEA UK NEWS NOVEMBER 2011
ACHIEVEMENT
Teamwork Results in Award for
IHC Engineering Business
Leading Engineering company IHC
Engineering Business (IHC EB) has
been named Design Team of the Year
2011 by the British Engineering
Excellence Awards (BEEA).
IHC EB were awarded the
accolade for the work done to design
and fabricate the innovative J-Lay
Tower for Saipem’s FDS2.
The Excellence Award judges
were highly impressed by the level
of teamwork and the procedures
adopted by IHC EB (part of IHC
Merwede) to deliver a genuinely
ground breaking J-Lay Tower now
in operation off the West Coast of
Africa.
It is one of the most versatile
pipelay systems in the world, capable
of allowing the installation of large
diameter subsea pipelines in water
depths of up to 3,000m.
“There is no doubt about it,
teamwork was critical to the
successful delivery of the J-Lay
Tower. The whole team is delighted
J Lay At Anchor
BEEA Design Team of the Year Receiving Award
to have won this prestigious award,”
said Neil Baxter, Managing Director.
“Communication was the key to
the successful teamwork, given the
‘from scratch’ start point and the
size of the engineering challenge,”
said Barry Malone, Project Manager.
“The senior technical team
members, including Martin Bingham
(Chief Engineer), Tim Grinsted
(Technical Consultant) had significant
roles to play in ensuring that all
elements came together to deliver a
working system.
The design and build of the J-Lay
Tower was a complicated project
presenting several key engineering
challenges. Overcoming these
required multi disciplinary team work
of the highest order with input from
in-house specialists in mechanical,
structural, electrical, control and
hydraulic design. The project was
the largest system IHC EB has built
so far with all equipment having to
be developed against a fixed client
deadline.
IHC EB won the contract in the
third quarter of 2007 and worked
closely with Saipem throughout every
stage of development, installation
and commissioning. The J-Lay tower
was built on Teesside, taking full
advantage of the region’s supply
chain. It left Teesside in mid-May
2010 to be installed on the FDS2
in Samsung Heavy Industries’ Geoje
shipyard in South Korea.
IHC EB is currently in the process
of delivering two further pipelay
systems to international clients
and is optimistic of securing further
orders in the near future.
Prospect Sponsors Befriend a Child Dinner 2011
Prospect, a Superior Energy Services company, recently sponsored the first Befriend A Child “Big Kid’s Sportsman’s
Dinner”. Prospect are proud to have been involved in this fantastic event as all proceeds go back to the Befriend A
Child charity for helping disadvantaged children.
This was Befriend A Child’s first Sportsman’s Dinner, the attendance was good with 140 tickets sold with a
number of local businesses from the trades, financial sectors and shipping industries in attendance. The auction was
especially successful on the evening, taking in just under £6,500, including
the top bid of £1,200 for a round of golf with dinner B&B at Meldrum House
Hotel for four people. There was also a table top raffle and a game of true or
false which helped to generate over £2,000.
If you would like to support this charity, please visit www.befriendachild.org.uk
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