As the manufacturing activities accelerate, WSP continues to be a key partner in this significant project which will deliver a long-term environmental impact and contribute to the UK’s Net Zero target.
Our Quality and Inspection Services team are providing specialist advice and technical support during the development, manufacturing and construction phases of the project.
We are supporting the foundations, offshore and onshore substations, cables and WTG packages. Utilising our global experience in offshore wind, we critically review and comment on key quality documents provided by the main contractors. This allows us to assess compliance with the relevant International standards, Employers Requirements and best engineering practices. This is validated with a structured surveillance program to verify procedural adherence to governing standards (DNVGL) by undertaking inspections of critical assets during manufacture and reviewing the lifetime records, ‘Manufacturing Record Books’ (MRB).
An example of documents we have reviewed, commented on and collaborated with the project team are shown below. These are to address clarifications, changes in content, or demonstrating the practical intent to achieve robust processes that minimise the risks of errors:
- Inspection and Test Plans (ITP)
- Inspection Procedures (IP)
- Welding Procedure Specifications (WPS)
- Manufacturing Specifications
- NDT Procedures (NDT)
- Coating Procedures
- Mechanical and Electrical Test Procedures
* Based upon the average domestic electricity consumption per home of 3,889 kWh per the Energy Consumption in the UK (published July 2017) and Renewable-UK offshore wind average load factor at 37.2%
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