Siemens Wind Turbine Blade Factory
VolkerFitzpatrick delivers new offshore wind turbine blade factory for Siemens
- Design and build contract for a 430,000ft2 state-of-the-art industrial facility for manufacturing and servicing 75m long turbine blades
- Two-storey office and welfare, plus external service yards, lay-down areas and car park
- Steel frame superstructure sits on a substructure of 4,650 driven precast concrete piles, plus in-situ pile caps
- Envelope combines precast concrete panels, with Eurobond composite cladding to roof level
- Facility required bespoke M&E, including power, data, vacuum systems and compressed air
- 40% of workforce local to the area
- Project handed over in stages so the client could begin their fit out for production, ahead of schedule