Breheny gets onshore contract Power and Energy

The civil engineering company Breheny has been awarded a £1m contract by RWE and SSE’s 340MW Galloper offshore wind farm, to execute the onshore works.

The onshore substation at Sizewell in the east of Britain will get the preparatory ground works done as the part of the contract. Temporary compound areas, infrastructure for water, electricity and telecommunications will also be established by Breheny by early 2015.

These facilitation works will be the basis to the construction of the Galloper substation. This is a big milestone for the project and follows the multi-million pound contract awarded to ABP Port of Lowestoft earlier this year, local businesses should take advantage of the opportunities provided by Galloper, says Bart Oberink, project director at Galloper.

Breheny’s experience and skills in wind farm preparation works has grown remarkably in past years and it’s now an influential area of business for us, it’s a proud feeling to have been appointed by Galloper, says Trevor Stiff, managing director – Breheny.

Its speculated that SSE continues to look for a buyer for its 50% share in Galloper after it marked the project earlier this year. Both utilities have said they will extend to work on Galloper while the issue is resolved. With this latest addition, contracts worth a total of £40m have now placed by Galloper.