Quantity surveying and claims support for construction packages on onshore and offshore wind projects.
Wind construction includes foundations, access, installation support and electrical connections alongside turbine supply. Onshore work can involve extensive routes and site preparation; offshore packages add marine installation and mobilisation interfaces. Each appointment needs a defined construction scope and payment basis.
Changing the turbine can change the foundations, crane pad and delivery route as well as the purchase price.
We assess the selected machine's requirements across civil, transport and installation packages. Orders already placed, cancellable items and superseded work all matter. This gives the client a view of the total change before a turbine substitution is accepted on its headline cost alone.
Offshore installation depends on suitable sea conditions and vessel availability; onshore lifts also depend on weather and crane readiness. Missed windows can create substantial standby or remobilisation claims.
We read the weather and standby provisions alongside daily weather, plant and readiness records. A vessel unable to work because of sea conditions is a different case from one waiting for a late component during workable weather. Separating those causes is essential to assessing a standby or remobilisation claim.
A missed cable pull-in or termination can hold up another contractor's installation and testing. Competing attendance claims can then refer to the same lost period.
We make the interface dates and attendances visible in the commercial schedule. Where a dependency fails, we trace the affected activities and costs to the relevant records rather than attributing all delay to the final connection.
Onshore turbine deliveries can require road alterations, temporary bridges, land access and restoration. A changed route or component size may increase work outside the wind-farm boundary.
We measure authorised route and access changes by location, checking the land commitments and crediting enabling work no longer needed.
Offshore installation slots bring fabrication, port handling and a booked vessel together. A late component can lose the slot; an unavailable vessel can leave components in storage. The costs may look similar, but the cause and contractual responsibility are quite different.
We compare fabrication, port and installation commitments before award. In a dispute, we distinguish the cause of lost slots from the resulting storage, standby and remobilisation costs, testing each against the contract.
