Jack-Up & Wind Farm Installation Vessel Support
ABL Group’s pioneering experience in wind farm installation, combined with our established reputation in the jack-ups market, places us uniquely to provide a comprehensive package of technical support throughout the life-cycle of jack-up wind farm installation vessels. Our multi-disciplinary teams of engineering, geotechnical specialists and marine consultants offer in-depth knowledge and support from initial concept and feasibility through to construction, and operations and maintenance.
Jack-up vessel services
ABL Group offers a range of specialised services across our core service lines to help clients mitigate risk and optimise efficiency from the early outset of a project right through to operations: engineering and design, marine engineering consulting, marine surveys inspections and audits, marine warranty survey, and expert advisory services in legal claims disputes and litigation.
Wind farm installation expertise
We provide a broad range of technical services to support at every stage of a jack-up vessel’s work in wind farm installation:
- Desktop studies and site feasibility
- Marine warranty survey (MWS) services, including field and individual location approvals
- Specification and management of offshore geotechnical and geophysical surveys
- Field categorisation of multiple turbine locations, interpretation and risk mitigation
- Metocean studies
- Leg penetration analysis with V-H interaction and leg extraction assessment
- Site-specific assessments to ISO19905-1 or SNAME 5-5A
- Liquefaction and seismic assessments
- Scour assessment and protection
- Spud can footprint interaction studies for safe installation
- Rack phase difference (RPD) studies
- Pre-load optimisation
- Planning of marine and installation activities, including navigation studies and risk assessments
- Jack-up surveys and audits
- DP audits and surveys
- Safety cases and reliability/integrity assessments
- Lift and installation conceptual and detailed design
- Seafastening design
- Stability calculations
- Jack-up modifications and strength checks
- Dry transport engineering
- Tender/bid support
- Expert advice and/or litigation support
