Who controls Safety for the

client on an EPCI project?

A HSE Manager’s Experience

7 years in the offshore wind industry:

• C&D: Thanet Substation Construction

• Siemens Service: Gunfleet Sands, Sheringham Shoal, Greater

Gabbard, Teesside….

• Global Tech1: German Exclusive Economic Zone

• Gemini: Dutch Exclusive Economic Zone

• Merkur: German Exclusive Economic Zone

Jed Mawson

Multi contract project

EPCI

Contract Models

• 80 x 5MW WTGs

• 80 Tri-pod foundations

• 1 Jacket

• 1 OSS

• Inner cable array

Separate contracts each managed and controlled by the client

Multi-Contractor

• EPCI BOP contractor

• Cables (export / inner array)

• 150 Foundations

• 2 Substations

• 2 Jackets

• Export cable

• Vessel supply

• Marine coordination

• PTW

• EPCI Turbine Supply contractor

• Turbines Each aspect including subcontractor management entirely managed by the

EPCI contractor

EPCI

Control…

The Key HSE Word…

• Noun: “The power to influence or direct people's

behaviour or the course of events”

• Verb: “Determine the behaviour or supervise the

running of”

Control

It is natural for an organisation to want

to “shift the risk” of “liabilities”

However think about the consequence

of a high impact HSE incident:

• Delay

• Reputational Damage

• Litigation

Risk

Advantages

• Contractor & subcontractor

selection with client HSE

influence

• Control of PTW / MC / ESR’s

(into O&M)

• Contractual accountability to

the client

• Client driven HSE rules

• Client driven HSE KPI’s

Disadvantages

• Increased client HSE

departmental workload

• Increased headcount

HSE – Multi Contractor

In Control

Influence Control

No Control or Influence

HSE – Multi Contractor

Disadvantages

• PTW / MC / ESR is “responsibility” of the EPCI contractor and may not be transferable into O&M or be to a suitable standard to control the WTG installation phase

• Construction HSE is the “responsibility” of the EPCI contractor

• Installation HSE is the “responsibility” of the EPCI contractor

Advantages

• Engineering to codes and standards with inherent HSE

• Procurement to codes and standards with inherent HSE

• Construction HSE is the “responsibility” of the EPCI contractor

• Installation HSE is the “responsibility” of the EPCI contractor

HSE – EPCI

• Construction HSE is the “responsibility” of the EPCI contractor

• Installation HSE is the “responsibility” of the EPCI contractor

• Construction HSE is the “responsibility” of the EPCI contractor

• Installation HSE is the “responsibility” of the EPCI contractor

In Control

Influence Control

No Control or Influence

HSE – EPCI

“Influencing operational control within the EPCI model is vital for the client”

• Permit To Work

• Marine Coordination

• Electrical safety rules

Detailed in the Employer’s

Requirements of the contract:

• Ensures Risk Assessments are in place

• Manages simultaneous operations

• Manages LV / MV electrical works through approval of

switching letters

Permit to Work

Detailed in the Employer’s Requirements of the contract:

• HV rules that can be transferred into the O&M phase and

take into consideration the transitional phase from project to

O&M

• Linked to the PTW system

Electrical Safety Rules

Fundamental principles described in the Employer’s

Requirements of the contract including:

• Vessel suitability surveys

• People tracking and vessel tracking

• All linked to the PTW system

Marine Coordination

EPCI

• Early HSE influence at contract

negotiation

• Robust minimum requirements

incorporated into contract

including PTW / MC / ESR’s

• Early and close relationship

with EPCI HSE team

• Dealing with situations using

an influential approach

Multi-contractor

• HSE Plan / minimum

requirements a keystone

document in the contract

• Experienced “feet on the

ground”

• PTW / MC / ESR’s set up before

project phase that can transfer

to O&M

How to ‘Keep Control’

• Understand the models

• Understand the requirement for control

• Experienced, HSE input to contract negotiation

HSE - EPCI HSE - Multi Con

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