Important notice: Website update - 21st of January 2025
We're merging our website with our main site and to offer a more streamlined experience. To make the switch smooth, this website will be unavailable for maintenance today. This means you won't be able to purchase publications. Don't worry, everything will be available on the new site by the end of the day. To avoid any hiccups, we recommend holding off on purchases until then. Thank you for your patience, and see you on the new site soon!
Steel fabrication in the offshore wind industry - A good practice guidance for developers
- Published: December 2024
- REF/ISBN: 978 1 78725 456 5
- Edition: 1st
- Status: Current
This document presents a set of formal, practical, and relevant good practice guidelines aimed at project developers, to address the major challenges in health and safety (H&S) during steel fabrication for offshore wind.
The objective is to create a common set of guidelines to improve H&S in the industry and reduce the unfortunate rise in fatalities at the time of writing this document.
For clarity, the scope of this study covers:
- Fabrication, which begins from receipt of steel and considers all welding activities up to the inspection and acceptance of welds.
- Preparation of steel for coating (e.g. water jetting, blasting and coating).
- Mechanical completion (e.g. assembly and installation of internal platforms, internal ladders and fixings (excludes electrical)).
- Loadout, which includes upending of components and may include loading onto the transportation vessel and preparing sea fastenings.
It is recognised that many of the hazards identified within the document may be applicable to other scopes, and this guidance will be updated to cover other types of fabrication in future revisions. Fabrication of floating wind foundations may also bring other risks which have not been identified within the scope of the current document.
Members Benefits
Are you an EI Member? If yes, register/log in now to ensure you receive free access or discounts to EI publications.
If you are not a Member, why not join today and receive all of the benefits of EI Membership? EI Members are entitled to a 25% discount on most EI publications.