CFE - 2006 annual report - Vinci

In 2006, the soil investigations and basic engineering for
the project were carried out and the design basis was
finalised by the owner’s engineer (JV Technum-Tractebel,
ELSAM, SOGREAH) and certified by DNV. DEME was
selected as the marine contractor responsible for all
offshore construction works, such as the dredging works
for the foundations, the construction and lifting of the
gravity-based foundations, the cable-laying works and
the installation works of the turbines. The detailed design
is ongoing by the marine contractor’s engineer, COWI.
Meanwhile, based on the obtained best and final offers, the
negotiation process with contractors is ongoing, and will
lead to the start of the execution works at the beginning of
the second quarter of 2007.
The planning is split into three phases, taking into account
the obligation outlined in the building and environmental
permit, to first develop a demonstration stage of 6 tur-
bines. Following the preparatory onshore works for phase
1 in 2007, the offshore works will be executed in the good
weather season (May-September) of 2008, assuring the
first offshore energy production of the Belgian coast by
October 1 st 2008.
C F E A N N U A L R E P O R T 2 0 0 6 I 1 2 6 e c o r p o r a t e f i n a n c i a l y e a r
Rock placement services
in the North Sea by the
D.P. “Rollingstone”.
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