Kennoxhead Wind Farm
Scotland, South Lanarkshire
Project synopsis
Detailed design and temporary works for the delivery, installation and operation of thirteen 4.8MW Nordex Wind Turbine Generators
Contractor
Jones Bros
End client
Orsted
The wind farm complex is situated in a highly inaccessible and remote rural location and consists of 13 4.8MW Nordex Wind Turbine Generators. Tony Gee optimised the detailed design and temporary works services for the delivery, installation and operation of the turbine generators.
Tony Gee utilised parametric modelling for turbine foundation design, which provided an iterative approach to defining concrete and steel volumes and contributed to significant savings in material costs and delivery logistics for the 13 turbine bases.
The minimisation of bulk material volumes at the remote project location served as another significant cost saving measure. Component temporary and permanent works designs were value engineered to maximise material savings as well as the re-use of all excavated materials.
Tony Gee’s scope of works included:
- Detailed design of the civil engineering elements, including foundation design, for each of the 13no. 4.8MW Nordex Wind Turbine Generators (WTG).
- Kennoxhead WF substation which will be grid point of connection. Design of building substructure, superstructure and substation platform
- External foundations electrical substation equipment situated on substation platform
- 11.8km of newly constructed track and 14km of upgraded existing access track (public and private). These works shall be inclusive of all temporary works such as turning heads, passing bays and blade laydown areas suitable for safe execution of the works including safe access and egress by turbine supplier personnel
- Design of Glespin Bridge, a new single span permanent bridge over the Glespin River including tie-in to infrastructure on either side of the bridge
- Trackside drainage
- Trunk road improvements for AIL delivery
Tony Gee also carried out designs on site routing and working platforms for oversize vehicle delivery and heavy lift cranage as well as the newly constructed 11.8km access track which included an additional 14km of upgraded existing access track/roads, this included a new single span permanent bridge structure over the Glespin River. 3D Infrawork modelling was utilised to fully define optimised extents of access tracks, crane hardstands and wind turbine bases.
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