Editors' Code of Practice. General view of yard from E, with Pipe Mill buildings. Bull Arm Fabrication Yard, Newfoundland Halliburton 5 years 11 months Structural Draftsman Halliburton . Elevated distant view of the Pipe Mill buildings from SSE. Business partners Tony O'Sullivan and Steve Regan have acquired the former McDermott fabrication site from Clowes Developments for an undisclosed sum. View from S of Paint Hangar (? The latter contained a robot-operated record store for project drawings and other documentation. The Ardersier Port site is the largest brownfield port in the UK. ), and nearby offices (to the NW of the Deck Assemby building). Interior view from SE along Plate-prefabrication area at SW side of Deck Assembly building, Ardersier oil rig construction yard. We also may change the frequency you receive our emails from us in order to keep you up to date and give you the best relevant information possible. 2023 BBC. Historic Environment Scotland. View from SE along access road to yard main entrance. Putting names to archive photos, The children left behind in Cuba's mass exodus, In photos: India's disappearing single-screen cinemas. is still one big fabrication yard too many in Scotland. View of cast-concrete pieces to SW side of the Deck Assembly building. General oblique aerial view of Ardersier, looking to the SW. Courtesy of HES (G D B Jones Collection). A new slipway will be created along with a 300m steel mill and a concrete production plant. Apr 1994 - Sep 1998 4 years 6 months. Ardersier's long dormant fabrication yard is set to take on a new life as one of Europe's most important locations for renewable energy and decommissioning, according to its new owners. However, a fall in demand finally led to the facility's closure in 2001. You must be signed in to do this. However, a fall in demand finally led to the facility's closure in 2001. Highland Council planning officers said the majority of this brownfield site was reclaimed using dredged sand that was levelled behind a steel pile retaining wall. Ardersier's long dormant fabrication yard is set to take on a new life as one of Europe's most important locations for renewable energy and decommissioning, according to its new owners. View from NW along foundation of Pipe Handling area with Fabrication Shops and Pipe Mill buildings beyond. View from W within Pipe Mill building, showing pit exposed by removal of large-scale plant. Ardersier Port Ltd separately has approval to resurrect the 741-acres (300ha) site as a working port. Locate and compare lumber materials in Saseenos Station BC, Yellow Pages Local Listings. View from SE along open (NE) side of deck Assembly building. "We strongly believe that a credible execution and industrialization plan, accurate cost assumptions, a proven and bankable technology, and the option to manufacture our concrete floating foundations locally will contribute to our projects successful execution. Today is a monumental move towards the energy transition that the UK needs and desires. Plans to transform the former oil fabrication yard at Ardersier and bring it back into use have been approved. Although completed on Friday July 8, news of the sale was greeted with surprise in the Highlands this week. These adverts enable local businesses to get in front of their target audience the local community. [2] 2023 BBC. She was predeceased by her parents, her husband, James Connie Andrews, to whom she was married for 60 years, and her brother, Samuel Elzie Williams II. A link has been emailed to you - check your inbox. McDermott Yard Ardersier GB0232/D922/3/2/2 In the Archive Centre we hold around 1600+ deposited collections, with new deposits being added frequently. Interior. Harry: I always felt different to rest of family, Everything Everywhere wins big ahead of Oscars, US-made cheese can be called 'gruyere' - court, Street fighting in Bakhmut but Russia not in control, PM to end asylum claims from small boat arrivals, Alex Murdaugh's legal troubles are far from over, Mbappe breaks PSG goal record in win over Nantes. At its height, the yard employed about 4,500 people but it closed in 2001 as demand dropped. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. View of weighbridge at main entrance to yard. Detail of project notice board within Deck Assembly building. Business partners Tony OSullivan and Steve Regan, former chief executive of civil engineering firm Careys, have acquired the former McDermott fabrication site for an undisclosed sum. I use my 9 years of experience to help my internal peers to acquire external client contracts and advise them on best practices for proposal development and pursuit strategy. He said: We have the yard, weve got the skills base. The yard on the Moray Firth once employed 4,500 people. It's not totally accurate, and can sometimes assign images to odd clusters. A Derbyshire-based land and property developer has emerged as the new owner of the former fabrication yard at Ardersier, in the Highlands, following a 5million deal. Ardersier's long dormant fabrication yard is set to take on a new life as one of Europe's most important locations for renewable energy and decommissioning, according to its new owners. The two constuction yards in the east coast of scotland were thousands worked on some of the biggest oil platforms installed in the north sea It all sounds very, very positive. off-shore renewables port facility at Ardersier. Distant general view of yard from SE, with the approach road stretching out in the foreground, and the Moray Firth and Black Isle in the background. She leaves to cherish her memory her brother. She leaves to cherish her memory her brother. General view from NW within Pipe Mill building, showing pit exposed by removal of large-scale plant. in NH8057, near Ardersier. A link has been emailed to you - check your inbox. Port of Ardersier Limited (POA) bought the site of the former McDermott Yard in June last year. A former oil and gas industry fabrication yard at Ardersier near Inverness has been sold. ), adajacent to former Slipways. Historic ocean treaty agreed after decade of talks, China looks at reforms to deepen Xi's control, Inside the enclave surrounded by pro-Russia forces. We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse. What sparked a 'ferocious frenzy of bidding' at Dingwall Mart's sheep sale? Click here to sign up to our free newsletters. View from S of typical block of Project Offices, at the SE end of the yard. View from W of NW and SW sides of Deck Assembly building. Aerial view of Ardersier fabrication yard, Whiteness Point and the Moray coast, looking E. General view of yard from SSE, with the approach road stretching out in the foreground, and the Moray Firth and Black Isle in the background. The steel mill the UKs first for 50 years will be powered by energy from existing offshore wind turbines. The company behind the proposals, Port of Ardersier Ltd, had already secured planning permission in principle from the Highland Council earlier this year. Opened by US engineering group McDermott in 1972, at its height the Ardersier fabrication yard had some 4500 staff, making it the largest private sector employer in the Highlands. A Gannett Company. 2023- Highland News and Media Ltd. All rights reserved. "Dredging will commence this year and the port will be open in 2022.". All Rights Reserved. Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours. View from S of SW side of Fabrication Shop. A fall in demand led to the facility's closure in 2001. At its height the yard employed about 4,500 people, but it closed in 2001 as demand dropped. contact the editor here. 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