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Bifab selected as part of BOWL supply chain

20th June 2016

Fife firm Burntisland Fabrications LTD (BiFab) has been awarded a new £100 million contract for Beatrice Project.

The contract is to supply 26 WTG jacket substructures for the Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Development in the Moray Firth.

The development site will cover an approximate area of up to 130km and will consist of 84 WTG Jacket Substructures for turbines with a projected

"BiFab manufactured the two Beatrice demonstrators in 2006, and we have been monitoring closely the development of the Beatrice Project over the last 10 years.

"We are very pleased that SSE and their partners are moving forward with the full development of the Beatrice Project."

He added: "The BiFab scope is based on 26 off structures. This is 22,500 tonnes of steel fabrication which is a major project award for the BiFab management team and workforce, giving the company a base load of work through to April 2018.

"The award of this project compliments and strengthens our ambition to set up one of the most advanced manufacturing facilities for the supply of substructures for the offshore wind industry. The BiFab facilities can produce over 80 jacket substructures per year."

Mr Robertson said work on the project would start immediately, and although the company already has a workforce of around 500 working on a number of projects, including 37 apprentices, they hoped there would be scope to increase that number early next year, with with approximately 10 additional apprentices joining the company.

He said: “Our management team and workforce have been working extremely hard to win the Beatrice Project contract and its award demonstrates a high level of confidence by Seaway Heavy Lifting in what BiFab can offer."

Paul Wheelhouse, minister for Business, Innovation and Energy, said: “I am delighted that, yet another key Scottish supply chain company, BiFab, has also secured a contract resulting from the 588MW Beatrice Offshore Windfarm - a windfarm that will generate enough electricity to supply the equivalent of 450,000 homes.

“By winning this £100m contract to provide 26 jacket substructures, BiFab will be able to cement their position as a key supplier to a new offshore wind industry and utilise their facilities in Fife and in the Western Isles to further spread, across Scotland, the economic benefits arising from this exciting, £2.6Bn offshore wind development."