We start with the vessel, the application, the geometry, the loads and the constraints.
EngineeringHow a project runs
Bespoke does not mean unpredictable.
Seven stages, two clocks and one point of contact, from the first conversation to commissioning.
01The seven stages
Every project is different.
The process is not.
Tell us what you are building and what it has to do. The rest follows the same seven stages, whether it is a single sprit or a full spar package.
01–03Engineering
04–06Manufacture and delivery
07Support
Understand.
We start with the vessel, the application, the geometry, the loads and the constraints.
01–03Engineering
We use structural analysis to understand what the component actually needs to do.
We develop the load path, the material strategy and the manufacturing approach.
04–06Manufacture and delivery
We manufacture using controlled composite processes and experienced craftsmanship.
We inspect, test and document the component, and the records come with it.
The component leaves ready for its next stage. Installation, integration, and ultimately the ocean.
07Support
The component ships. We stay available, through installation and commissioning.
02Project timing
Two clocks,
not one.
A bespoke component takes engineering time and manufacturing time, and they do not run at the same speed.
01–03Engineering
Engineering time
How long it takes depends on the structure's complexity, the design information you give us, the analysis needed and the documentation you require.
Engineering time catches people out because nothing visible happens. It is where the component is decided, and compressing it is where suppliers get into trouble.
04–06Manufacture and delivery
Manufacturing time
Approved engineering becomes a component, is verified and reaches you. Once engineering is approved, this clock is the predictable one.
03Communication
Scope, cost and timing,
before we start.
Once we understand the requirement, we define the work. We will explain the scope, the costs and the expected timing before we proceed.
If something is unclear, we will say so. If the requirements change, we will deal with it openly. If we think there is a better way to solve the problem, we will tell you. If we are not the right people for the job, we will tell you that too.
04After delivery
When it matters,
we show up.
A component can spend months in engineering and manufacture, and none of it counts until the day it reaches the vessel. Installation is where the yard's schedule, the designer's drawings and our component meet for the first time, and it is the point at which most suppliers have already moved on to the next job.
We have not. The engineer who modelled the component and the people who built it are the ones who answer the phone, and for projects that need it, the ones who travel with it. Fit-up, alignment and commissioning are done against the same drawings and the same records the component was built from, so nothing is reinterpreted on the dock.
Installation support. Fit jigs, templates and installation drawings ship with the component, and our engineer is on site for projects that need it.
Commissioning. First load on the structure is seen through by the people who modelled it, so the yard signs off against the analysis rather than a guess.
Service. Hatches, fittings and systems were designed to be reached. When something needs attention years later, the records say exactly what is inside.
You will not be handed to someone who has never seen your component.
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