1. A Brief Introduction
to KCI’s Project Support Capabilities
Renewables
2013
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2. Who we are
• History
– Founded in 1987
– Originally Oil and Gas engineering services
UK
– Renewables engineering services since 2006
• Ownership NL D
– Family owned untill 2003
– Part of Wood Group (UK) till 2008
– Management buy-out as of 2008, privately owned
• At a glance
Hydrodynamics
– Succesfull engineering company (approx. 160 pax)
– Innovative solution provider
– Operates as a partner with the client
3. Our mission
• Our Vision; In the high demand for offshore
energy KCI sets the development standard
with their team of highly qualified
professionals in the next 5 years
• Our Mission; Enable technically and
economically challenging developments
through innovation!
• Our strength is early involvement from first
concept to execution and commissioning for
all engineering disciplines. Beyond that we
give full support in small and large
maintenance or upgrade projects.
• Our proof of the high standard of work that
KCI is used to provide is the long term client ‘’KCI employees are hardcore engineers. They produce thorough
work and take ownership of our problems. They are a natural
relations based on repeat business with them. extension of our organization’’
Arie Berkman – Hertel Defense & Offshore
5. Owners Engineering: GlobalTech 1
Scope:
Owner’s Engineering support / interface support
Other Owners
- Turbine foundation designer & fabricator Engineering Projects:
- project engineering support offshore - Thornton Bank (BE)
- Nord See Ost (GE)
-Gwynt-y-Mor (UK)
-Luchterduinen (NL)
6. Foundation Design: Hochse, He Dreith II, Hohe See
Hochse & He Dreith II Hohe See
Scope: Concept Design Scope: Feed, Basic & Detailed Design
WTG substructure & foundation design WTG substructure & foundation design
- 3 and 4 legged jacket - 3 legged jacket
- Water depth: 22 – 39 m - Water depth: 39 – 40 m
- weight reduction: 110 mT
7. Transportation & Installation Engineering: Gwynt-y-Mor
For the logistics KCI have advised the client
based on our in house developed logistics
tool TILT. For the installation KCI developed an innovative
monopile guiding tool to position and place the
monopoles.
Other Installation Engineering Projects:
- BARD Ofsshore I – Complete WTG Installation
- Global Tech1 – Foundation Installation & Analysis