View of weighbridge at main entrance to yard. On its website, CWC Group says it is fuelled by its own hard-won resources and has raised itself from the ground to become one of the largest and strongest privately-owned UK property investment and property development organisations.. A spokeswoman for Highland Council said the authority did not know about the CWC Groups plans and the company had not yet been in touch with the planning department. We are doing this to improve the experience forour loyalreaders and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. The port comprises of 450 acres onshore and a further 340 acres offshore. Aberdeen Journals Ltd 2023. The company behind the proposals, Port of Ardersier Ltd, had already secured planning permission in principle from the Highland Council earlier this year. This photograph D922/3/2/2, is from the. Interior. View of cast-concrete pieces to SW side of the Deck Assembly building. A fall in demand led to the facility's closure in 2001. The former McDermott fabrication yard at Ardersier is under new ownership. Mechanic / Welder. About Places Records Transcribe Contact. The site includes a long "spit" of land, known as Whiteness Head. The project would breathe life into the former fabrication yard at Ardersier near Inverness. The remainder of the contract is. At its height, the yard employed about 4,500 people but it closed in 2001 as demand dropped. Plans to build floating wind turbines by recycling redundant oil platforms could create 4500 jobs in the Highlands. Ardersier is the largest port brownfield site in the UK Situated at Whiteness on the Moray Firth coast, near the village of Ardersier, the brownfield site sprawls across 400 acres (162ha) and. On its website, CWC Group says it is fuelled by its own hard-won resources and has raised itself from the ground to become one of the largest and strongest privately-owned UK property investment and property development organisations.. Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland, Courtesy of HES (James S Bone Collection). Les meilleures offres pour 1903 Glasgow, Stephen, Mitchel & Son, Tabac & Snuff, D Edvii Perfin To Arders sont sur eBay Comparez les prix et les spcificits des produits neufs et d 'occasion Pleins d 'articles en livraison gratuite! General view from S of Deck Assembly building (centre), with High-level Warehouse (left). The facility was formerly owned by Derbyshire-based land and property developer CWC Group, which bought the yard in 2016 in a 5 million deal after its previous owner went into administration. Detail of project notice board within Deck Assembly building. Business partners Tony O'Sullivan and Steve Regan, former chief executive of civil . off-shore renewables port facility at Ardersier. Port of Ardersier Limited (POA) bought the site of the former McDermott Yard in June last year. The site has been bought for just over 5m, according to a document from KPMG, the administrator for the . View from E of SE and NE (open) side of Deck Assembly building. expected to be delivered by the beginning of February. Today Steve and I will start to reinvent the wheel.". 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General view from NW of area of former slipways, with Deck Assembly building beyond. Harper Macleod LLP > Glasgow, Scotland > Firm Profile Harper Macleod LLP Offices 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. 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. When the Ardersier site was put up for sale in February it was specified that it should be taken on in its entirety rather than being broken up. View from SE of building to SE of Deck Assembly building (possibly paint shop). It is important that we continue to promote these adverts as our local businesses need as much support as possible during these challenging times. Based in Brailsford, Derbyshire, the CWC Group was founded in 1964 by Charles Clowes, who went on to feature regularly in the Sunday Times Rich List of Britains richest people. 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. View from E of sub-station and water treatment facilities on SW side of the yard. 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. View from S of open bay of Fabrication building to SE side of Deck Assembly building (possibly paint shop). contact the editor here. There has been widespread speculation over the future of the site since it went on the market earlier this year after its previous owners, Port of Ardersier, went into administration. 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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 Scotland 4 year apprenticship as mechanic/ welder/ plater. 12 August 2021 A new planning application has been lodged to build a town with almost 2,000 homes and a marina on the site of a former North Sea oil and gas fabrication yard. CWC Group now lists the 700 acre site, near Nairn, among its nationwide portfolio of 118 properties, but the companys plans for the land are not yet known. contact IPSO here, 2001-2023. the yard's chances of winning further orders in future. Before going into administration, Port of Ardersier Ltd secured full consent from the Scottish government to bring the site back into use. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2007-2023 STV. Access to the site is gained via a dedicated 2.5km long access road, which links to the B9092 to the south. Port of Ardersier Ltd, formed in 2012 to develop the former former oil and gas fabrication yard into an offshore wind manufacturing hub, had won Scottish Government consent last year to bring the site back into use. Grantown on Spey, Scotland Structural Draftsman . A Derbyshire-based land and property developer has emerged as the new owner of the former fabrication yard at Adersier, in the Highlands, following a 5million deal. 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. The B9092 subsequently links with the A96, which is the The group owns industrial, commercial, office, retail, leisure, residential and mixed-use sites throughout the UK, which it runs through 16 active trading companies and a number of management/service companies. The wildlife of the area includes bottlenose dolphins and seabirds, including terns. Yesterday Gordon Arthur, director of Edinburgh-based Clowes Developments (Scotland) Limited, part of the CWC Group, failed to respond to requests for further information on the companys plans for the land. "Dredging will commence this year and the port will be open in 2022," Mr Sullivan revealed. Interior. Ardersier Port (Scotland) describes the facility as the largest brownfield port in the United Kingdom and say it has been identified as one of just three UK east coast sites with the size, scale, shape, and location capable of being an offshore renewable energy hub port. Nigg Bay and Ardersier Fabrication Yards, Scotland Structural Draftsman MacKellar Sub-Sea Ltd Sep 1993 - Apr 1994 8 months. Ardersier's 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. Oblique view from W along SW side of Deck Assembly building, showing low bay (Plate pre-fabrication) and the High-level Warehouse. Based in Brailsford, Derbyshire, the CWC Group was founded in 1964 by Charles Clowes, who went on to feature regularly in a London newspapers list of Britains richest people. Business partners Tony O'Sullivan and Steve Regan have acquired the former McDermott fabrication site from Clowes Developments for an undisclosed sum. Ardersier Port co-owner Steve Regan. . This website and associated newspapers adhere to the Independent Press Standards Organisation's In the 1970s Ardersier - a vast and currently unused port 14 miles east of Inverness - was one of the largest oil rig fabrication yards in the world, employing up to 4500 workers. The plans include a floating wind manufacturing hub for concrete. The site at Whiteness Head on the Moray Firth, west of Nairn, is the former McDermott Yard which opened in the early 1970s for the fabrication and construction of offshore platforms for use in the North Sea gas and oil industry. The Ardersier yard, like its near neighbour, Nigg on the Cromarty, Firth, has had to contend with predictions from some analysts that there. The partners will recycle dredged sand as aggregate for concrete production, recycle steel from decommissioned oil rigs as reinforcement for concrete floating wind foundations and generate energy from waste. 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. Ardersier Fabrication yard Cutting, rolling and welding of heavy plate steel for jacket piling. After Port of Ardersier Ltd went into administration in November 2015, the property has gone on the market, according to the offer on JLL's website.. Elevated distant view of the Pipe Mill buildings from SSE. PICTURES: Cornhill Highland Games and rugby club celebrate Robert Burns Ardersier's 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. Work is due to get underway in the next fortnight beginning with dredging along the 400-acre sites banks on the Moray Firth coastline at a cost of 20m. Theyre telling me that they wont be short-term contracts, theyll be full-time contracts. Oblique aerial view of Whiteness Head, with Nairn in the distance, looking SE. Ardersier; IInverness; McDermott's fabrication yard; Premium content . The site is the former McDermott Fabrication Yard located approximately 7.5km to the west of Nairn, 18km northeast of Inverness and 3km northeast of Ardersier. The proposed. "Using circular economy practices the facility will accommodate multiple complementary work streams from decommissioning of oil and gas assets, recycling of wind turbines, production of sustainable aggregates and concrete, large scale manufacturing, offshore wind logistics and fabrication, sustainable energy production as well as offering its extensive marine facilities for the upgrade and maintenance of existing assets. Detailed view from SE along SW side of Pipe Mill buildings. MHG45951 - Ardersier, Oil Rig Construction Yard Summary. Copyright and database right 2023. At its height the yard employed about 4,500 people, but it closed in 2001 as demand dropped. View from SE of Deck Assembly building (right), Plate Warehouse (centre) and High-level Warehouse (left). This site uses cookies. As a subscriber, you are shown 80% less display advertising when reading our articles. What's the least amount of exercise we can get away with? The event was held on 21 June 2018 at the Ardersier War Memorial Hall. in NH8057, near Ardersier. A major offshore fabrication yard is established by Lewis Offshore Ltd (owned by Fred Olsen) at Arnish Point, near Stornoway. 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. Business partners Tony OSullivan and Steve Regan have acquired the former McDermott fabrication site from Clowes Developments for an undisclosed sum. Ardersier Port co-owner Steve Regan acknowledged that a disproportionate number of jobs connected with UK renewables construction contracts had previously gone abroad. A new planning application has been lodged to build a town with almost 2,000 homes and a marina on the site of a former North Sea oil and gas fabrication yard. Historic Environment Scotland. And were seeing many of the structures that are going now for renewables offshore and all the structures onshore being done elsewhere. This site uses cookies. View from SE at main entrance, showing Pipe Mill buildings. Leading offshore wind farm developer BW Ideol AS has reaffirmed plans to create a major manufacturing hub at the former McDermott fabrication yard site at Ardersier after securing rights to develop a floating offshore wind farm with an approximate capacity of 1GW off the northeast coast of Scotland. View from E of Maintenance Shop (? Don't miss the latest headlines with our twice-daily newsletter - sign up here for free. Something went wrong, please try again later. A Derbyshire-based land and property developer has emerged as the new owner of the former fabrication yard at Adersier, in the Highlands, following a 5million deal. We will continue with our plans to create a manufacturing hub in the north of Scotland as illustrated by the strategic partnership agreement signed between BW Ideol and the Port of Ardersier in September 2021, and more generally to work to engage with the wider Scottish supply chain.. Ardersier has been pressing its claim as an offshore wind hub since as long ago as 2014. The former McDermott Yard opened in the early 1970s for the fabrication and construction of offshore platforms for use in the North Sea gas and oil industry. Paul de la Gueriviere, chief executive of BW Ideol, said: This award underlines the pertinence of our co-development model and shows once again how BW Ideols unique value proposition contributes to a winning and differentiating bid. 8 images in cluster Barmac Fabrication Yard in NH8057. Oblique aerial view centred on the Ardersier Oil Rig Construction Yard under construction in 1973, taken from the SE. The completion of sites sale, for just over 5million, was revealed in a recent progress report by administrators KPMG. When: 20 March, 2020. View from SE within Deck Assembly building. Whiteness Head is designated a site of special scientific interest and forms part of the Inner Moray Firth Special Protection Area. At over 400 acres (162ha) and with more than a kilometre of quayside, Ardersier is the largest brownfield port in the UK. The new owner has not been disclosed. "When you have a dream and you dont know how to say no, you can live your dream. Ardersier Port has been sold to new owners who have ambitious plans for its future. The authorities have more recently backed the ports potential as a site for renewables-related development as part of the Scottish Governments national renewables infrastructure plan. A new slipway will be created along with a 300m steel mill and a concrete production plant. Do you know this baby? Ardersier Port has been sold to new owners who have ambitious plans for its future. View from S of Deck Assembly building (centre), with High-level Warehouse (left). At more than 400 acres - and with more than a kilometre of quayside - Ardersier is the largest brownfield port in the UK. A new slipway will be created along with a 300m steel mill and a concrete production plant. The former owners had hoped to turn the yard, originally built to fabricate massive steel jackets for North Sea oil platforms, into a manufacturing super-hub for offshore wind. The latter contained a robot-operated record store for project drawings and other documentation. CWC Group now lists the 700. In 2016, Clowes Developments purchased the site from administration for 5m. View from NW of area of former slipways, with deck Assembly building beyond. The new owners aim to use the site for both the decommissioning of redundant oil and gas infrastructure and to support Scotland's renewable energy sector by providing fabrication and logistics facilities for offshore and fixed wind developments, as well as catering for other green energy developments such as green hydrogen. A link has been emailed to you - check your inbox. Nairn West Junction is a proposed new junction on the A96 to the west of Nairn.It is to be constructed as part of the dualling plans for the A96 between Nairn and Inverness.The junction will be built to the south of the existing A96 line, on the site of Blackcastle Quarry, directly opposite the road built to access the Ardersier Fabrication Yard at Whiteness on the coast. Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
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