All rights reserved. They intend to use the base for a range of purposes, including the decommissioning oil and gas infrastructure and recycling wind turbines. All Rights Reserved. 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. Data returned from the Piano 'meterActive/meterExpired' callback event. Skip to main content. Port of Ardersier Ltd went into administration last year. The plans include a floating wind manufacturing hub for concrete. Newsquest Media Group Ltd, Loudwater Mill, Station Road, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. 2.2 Since submission of the Proposal of Application Notice, the applicant has held a public consultation event. View from S of SE end of Pipe Mill buildings. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. 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. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. Detail of project notice board within Deck Assembly building. ), adajacent to former Slipways. Ardersier Parish Church, built as the Free Church, by Alexander Ross of Inverness Ardersier / rdsir / ( Scottish Gaelic: ird nan Saor) is a small former fishing village in the Scottish Highlands on the Moray Firth near Fort George, between Inverness and Nairn. "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. the yard's chances of winning further orders in future. 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. The port comprises of 450 acres onshore and a further 340 acres offshore. At its height the yard employed about 4,500 people, but it closed in 2001 as demand dropped. However, a fall in demand finally led to the facility's closure in 2001. 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. This site uses cookies. That the Parliament notes that more than 1,500 former employees of the Ardersier fabrication yard were compulsory contributors to the McDermott UK pension plan which was first introduced in 1975; further notes that subscriptions continued to be collected until five years ago when McDermott joined with Brown and Root at Nigg to form the Barmac Interior view from SE along Plate-prefabrication area at SW side of Deck Assembly building, Ardersier oil rig construction yard. Interior. The event was held on 21 June 2018 at the Ardersier War Memorial Hall. In the 1970s, Ardersier was one of the largest oil rig fabrication yards in the world and employed up to 4500 workers. Aerial view of Ardersier, site of former oil rig construction yard, E of Inverness, looking E. Aerial view of Ardersier Oil Construction Yard at Whiteness, Nairn, looking N. Close aerial view of Ardersier Oil Construction Yard at Whiteness, Nairn, looking N. General oblique aerial view from Whiteness Head and the former Ardersier Oil Rig Construction Yard along the south coast of the Moray Firth, looking NE. Ardersier, 14 miles east of Inverness, opened in the early 1970s and was used for building steel jackets for oil platforms. Elevated distant view of the Pipe Mill buildings from SSE. 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. Thats a huge ambition and Im all in favour of it.. View from SE along open (NE) side of deck Assembly building. Don't miss the latest headlines with our twice-daily newsletter - sign up here for free. Aerial view of Ardersier Oil rig Fabrication Yard, near Nairn, looking NW. Ideol's Floating Energy Allyance partnership secured the option agreement for the area designated NE8 through Crown Estate Scotlands ScotWind leasing round. At its . A major offshore fabrication yard is established by Lewis Offshore Ltd (owned by Fred Olsen) at Arnish Point, near Stornoway. Scottish Charity No. 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. As a subscriber, you are shown 80% less display advertising when reading our articles. Elf Enterprise was the company which took delivery of the, last large contract to be completed by the Ardersier yard, the Piper, Bravo jacket and topsides which replaced the ill-fated Piper Alpha, The contract, for eight piles, each 72 metres long and weighing a, total of around 2000 tonnes, is thought to be worth in the region of, #500,000, and should employ 80 to 100 men for several weeks. Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey MP Drew Hendry said: We will need to hear more about the new owners and their future plans, but it is certainly positive news that this site has finally been bought. It will mean good, well paid jobs. Plans to turn a former oil fabrication yard in Scottish Ardersier into a manufacturing 'super-hub' for offshore wind have faced their first hurdle. A new slipway will be created along with a 300m steel mill and a concrete production plant. Aerial view of Ardersier fabrication yard, Whiteness Point and the Moray coast, looking E. General view of yard from SSE, with the approach road stretching out in the foreground, and the Moray Firth and Black Isle in the background. Mr Regan said the initial outlay is private finance but that public funding would be sought at a later stage. The owner of the former McDermott Fabrication Yard site at Ardersier in the Moray Firth has gone into administration. At over 400 acres (162ha) and with more than a kilometre of quayside, Ardersier is the largest brownfield port in the UK. This website and associated newspapers adhere to the Independent Press Standards Organisation's The low blue and white building is the yard centeen, the size of which shows the imeesity of Deck Assembly building beyond. View from S of open bay of Fabrication building to SE side of Deck Assembly building (possibly paint shop). The wildlife of the area includes bottlenose dolphins and seabirds, including terns. Locate and compare lumber materials in Saseenos Station BC, Yellow Pages Local Listings. View of weighbridge at main entrance to 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. Subsea Technology in the O&M/IMR sectors, Business Development Consultant - Renewable Energy, Senior Construction Vessel Rep, Site Safety Leader, NEBOSH IOGC, Senior 3.4U Inspection coordinator. 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.. What sparked a 'ferocious frenzy of bidding' at Dingwall Mart's sheep sale? The sites sale was revealed in a recent progress report by administrators KPMG. 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. Aberdeen Journals Ltd 2023. heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment. news of the sale was greeted with surprise in the Highlands this week, Playing the high stakes deep sea mining table, A quitter not a fighter: Liz Truss steps down as Prime Minister after only 44 days, Appetite for investment: Equinor boss says Suncor deal shows commitment to the UK, North Sea helicopter emergency lands at Sumburgh Airport in Shetland, Longboat eyes second route for relinquished Egyptian Vulture licence, Aberdeen Drger facility expands rental equipment by 20%, Exxon sued by US after five nooses found at Louisiana plant, Sonelgaz seeks EPC contractors for solar PV tender. General view of yard from E, with Pipe Mill buildings. Nigg Bay and Ardersier Fabrication Yards, Scotland Structural Draftsman MacKellar Sub-Sea Ltd Sep 1993 - Apr 1994 8 months. We are lucky at The Herald. Formerly run by contractor McDermott , the brownfield site at Ardersier was built on reclaimed land during the 1970s, and was a significant fabrication facility during the North Sea oil boom. Elevated view from E of Project Offices at the SE end of the yard. Site NameArdersier, Oil Rig Construction Yard, ClassificationPlatform Fabrication Yard (Modern), Permalinkhttp://canmore.org.uk/site/75252. expected to be delivered by the beginning of February. In the 1970s, the site 14 miles east of Inverness was one of the largest oil rig fabrication yards in the world, employing up to 4,500 workers. Interior. 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. Read about our approach to external linking. View from NW of area of former slipways, with deck Assembly building beyond. View from W of Shot-blast building, with Pipe Mill buildings beyond. Ardersier has been pressing its claim as an offshore wind hub since as long ago as 2014. The B9092 subsequently links with the A96, which is the View from SE of building to SE of Deck Assembly building (possibly paint shop). 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. Please Login or Register now. Apr 1994 - Sep 1998 4 years 6 months. The Highland Council has today granted planning permission in principle to Port of Ardersier Ltd to establish an off-shore renewables port facility at the former McDermott Fabrication Yard at. View from SE within Deck Assembly building. 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. In 2007, Highland Council approved ambitious plans for a 1,950 home development, along with a marina, hotel, visitor centre and community facilities including a primary school. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. View from E of NE side of Pipe Mill buildings. contact the editor here. "Dredging will commence this year and the port will be open in 2022," Mr Sullivan revealed. Read about our approach to external linking. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. Do you know this baby? About 300 people will be employed locally for early construction work on the UKs largest brownfield port. 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. Mr Clowes died in February last year, with his son David, a former commercial pilot, taking over as chairman of the group in the same month. View from W of main Fabrication Shops (left), and Shot-blast building. The potential of this site, if put into productive use, is enormous and if that potential is realised, there is a clear prospect of the creation of a substantial numbers of jobs.. Port of Ardersier Limited (POA) bought the site of the former McDermott Yard in June last year. The steel mill the UKs first for 50 years will be powered by energy from existing offshore wind turbines. It includes more than 400 acres and more than a kilometre of quayside but has been disused for many years. Business partners Tony O'Sullivan and Steve Regan have acquired the former McDermott fabrication site from Clowes Developments for an undisclosed sum. THE oil fabrication yard at Ardersier on the Moray Firth could be, about to re-open, after being on a care and maintenance basis since, April, 1993. Mr Regan and Mr OSullivan set up Ardersier Port (Scotland) in May and registered the business in Fraserburgh. Ardersier Port has been sold to new owners who have ambitious plans for its future. With 138 hectares (340 acres) of vacant land and a deep water quay, the purpose-built yard, located on the Moray Firth, 15 miles east of Inverness , is ideally placed to take a slice of the . 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! 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. 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. View from E of sub-station and water treatment facilities on SW side of the yard. Aerial view of Ardersier, site of former oil rig construction yard & rifle ranges, E of Inverness, looking NE. He said: We have the yard, weve got the skills base. Find Jeremy Cresswell's email address, contact information, LinkedIn, Twitter, other social media and more. Worked on various projects at Nigg and Ardersier Fabrication yards in Scotland, Terra Nova FPSO Project in St John's Newfoundland Canada, Barracuda and Carratinga FPSO's in Rio de Janeiro and was seconded Agip in Dubai UAE on Kashagan project Mike #McDermott employees and families rolled up their sleeves to clean 10 . The former McDermott fabrication yard at Ardersier is under new ownership. Everything will be re-used. And were seeing many of the structures that are going now for renewables offshore and all the structures onshore being done elsewhere. Copyright and database right 2023. Highland Council planning officers have recommended councillors grant planning permission in principle. 2023 BBC. These include the jackets, piles and decks for, Lennox Hamilton and Hamilton North, and the Douglas jacket and piles in, Hamilton Brothers' Liverpool Bay integrated development, which should be. SC045925. Around two and a half thousand workers were paid off last, spring as work in the yard ran down, and there have been frequent, rumours that the yard's owners, US-based MacDermotts, was ready to pull, Now it has emerged that the yard is in the final stages of being, awarded a relatively small sub-contract for piling work for the Claymore, field, 110 miles north-east of Aberdeen, which is being developed by Elf, Enterprise. 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. 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.. The same two men own Messiah Decommissioning, which is dismantling the Hutton platform legs at Queens Dock at Port of Cromarty Firth. PICTURES: Cornhill Highland Games and rugby club celebrate Robert Burns 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. "The ports location, expanse and direct access to the North Sea presents a wealth of opportunities and we wish its new owners every success in their endeavours.". 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