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Mwaves Ltd (Waves Group)
Business type: Engineering
Contact: Jeremy Panes, Director/Naval Architect
Address: 1 Marischal Square, Broad Street, Aberdeen, AB10 1BL, Aberdeen AB10 1BL
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Countries worked in: Global
Waves Group are a leading provider of marine consultancy, engineering, and warranty surveys to the offshore renewable energy sector. We assist developers, underwriters, brokers, and contractors to mitigate construction risk by reviewing and approving the installation of the high value assets that make up renewable energy devices.
Our core capabilities include:
Offshore Energy ( Marine Warranty Surveys) - Specialist advice, analysis and assurance to the offshore energy sector for construction and decommissioning of offshore fields and developments.
Marine - Specialist advice, analysis and support to the commercial shipping and port sectors, based on applied experience combined with new technology.
Marine Engineering - Mooring analysis and heavylift design using Orcaflex, Structural Engineering, Third Party Verification
Digital Surveys - Specialist advice in the reconstruction of maritime incidents, data collection and collation using high-resolution 3-D surveys to increase certainty in casualty assessments.
Capabilities
Established supplier with significant experience supplying the sector
- DEVEX - Project Management & QA Services: Project Management & Programme Management
Good capacity and some experience in supplying the sector
- Pre-Construction Development Phase (DEVEX): UXO Management
- DEVEX - Project Management & QA Services: QA Management & Document Control
- CAPEX - Balance of Plant - Manufacture / Supply Services: Salvage & Recycling / Waste Management
- CAPEX - Balance of Plant - Manufacture / Supply Services: General Lay Down Areas & Installation Support Services
- OPEX - Operations & Maintenance: Testing and Certifications
- Decommissioning: Documentation
- Decommissioning: Decommissioning
Capabilities to supply, but no/limited experience in the sector
- Pre-Construction Development Phase (DEVEX): Front End Engineering & Design Studies
- Pre-Construction Development Phase (DEVEX): Human Impact Studies
- Pre-Construction Development Phase (DEVEX): Fishing Studies & Liaison
- CAPEX - Turbine Services: Shoreside Engineering Services
- CAPEX - Turbine Services: Shoreside Lifting Services
- CAPEX - Balance of Plant - Manufacture / Supply Services: Offshore Labour Services
- CAPEX - Balance of Plant - Manufacture / Supply Services: Marine Coordination or Shipping Services
- OPEX - Operations & Maintenance: Marine Operations
- OPEX - Operations & Maintenance: Vessel repairs and liftout services
- OPEX - Operations & Maintenance: Wind turbine blade access, Inspection & Repair
Ambitions to diversify in the sector
- Pre-Construction Development Phase (DEVEX): Seabed Bethnic Surveys
- Pre-Construction Development Phase (DEVEX): Geophysical Surveys
- Pre-Construction Development Phase (DEVEX): Geotech Surveys
- Pre-Construction Development Phase (DEVEX): Survey Vessels
- DEVEX - Project Management & QA Services: Asset Management and Inventory Control
- OPEX - Operations & Maintenance: Export & Array cable Surveys & Repairs
Case studies
Beatrice Offshore Wind Farm Appointed MWS in relation to the marine operations and installation of: • Pile installation frame & wet test; • Tunnel Boring Machine Retrieval; • 2 x Offshore Transformer Modules and foundations (OTMs); • 84 x piled jacket structures; • 84 x WTGs; • Export, OSS interconnector and inter-array cables. For each of the above, this involved inter-discipline document review, vessel suitability surveys and offshore attendances to witness and approve marine operations, plus monitoring of repeat operations. The Export cables were manufactured by Nexans and installed/buried by the Skagerrak. 5 separate cables sections were used with 2 joints and to major HDD’s.
Contract type: Marine Warranty Survey
Value: 800,000
Appointed MWS in relation to the marine operations and installation of: • Pile installation frame & wet test; • Tunnel Boring Machine Retrieval; • 2 x Offshore Transformer Modules and foundations (OTMs); • 84 x piled jacket structures; • 84 x WTGs; • Export, OSS interconnector and inter-array cables. For each of the above, this involved inter-discipline document review, vessel suitability surveys and offshore attendances to witness and approve marine operations, plus monitoring of repeat operations. The Export cables were manufactured by Nexans and installed/buried by the Skagerrak. 5 separate cables sections were used with 2 joints and to major HDD’s.
Galloper Offshore Wind Farm Appointed MWS in relation to the marine operations and installation of: • 1 x Offshore Substation Platform (OSP); • 56 x monopile foundations and transition pieces; • 56 x WTGs; • Export and inter-array cables. For each of the above, this involved inter-discipline document review, vessel suitability surveys and offshore attendances to witness and approve marine operations, plus monitoring of repeat operations.
Contract type: Marine Warranty Survey
Value: 500,000
Appointed MWS in relation to the marine operations and installation of: • 1 x Offshore Substation Platform (OSP); • 56 x monopile foundations and transition pieces; • 56 x WTGs; • Export and inter-array cables. For each of the above, this involved inter-discipline document review, vessel suitability surveys and offshore attendances to witness and approve marine operations, plus monitoring of repeat operations.
