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Boston Energy has significant expertise in providing Tower Technicians and Foreman for pre-assembly & construction projects. We have worked with world-class OEM’s at several sites in the UK and Europe including; Belfast (for Burbo Bank Extension and Walney 3), Vlissingen (Norther, North Wester 2 and Borssele), The Dudgeon Windfarm Project, The Race Bank Windfarm Project and The Galloper Wind Farm Pre-Assembly Project.

Why choose Boston Energy?

7+ years’ experience

Providing support to a range of customers across the globe on a range of turbine platforms including Vestas and SGRE since 2016.

On-time delivery

Boston Energy has proven experience in delivering pre-assembly projects on time and on-cost. See elsewhere on the site for customer testimonials.

Pre-assembly projects experience

Boston Energy has worked on 40+ pre-assembly and construction projects in the UK, Europe, Asia and North America since 2016.

8th

consecutive project delivered for Vestas during 2022

Pre-Assembly

Big enough to deliver, small enough to care.

We pride ourselves on creating long term partnerships with our customers, working as one team to provide a cost effective, reliable and experience service.

Our teams bring the knowledge of pre-assembly operations from multi-platform projects; giving a strong depth of knowledge. Experience on V164 assembly projects; including Burbo Bank extension & Walney 3 projects in Belfast and our heavy involvement in the Vlissingen campaign, mean we are well placed to understand and support the needs of our customers.

Boston Energy ensures all our pre-assembly technicians comply with the project training needs and carry out detailed assessments to ensure they are fit for purpose. We are committed to supplying the best qualified, assessed and able technicians for any work we undertake for our customers on geared and direct drive models.

2022 marked our 12th consecutive pre-assembly project, continuing to provide the following Technician skill sets (but not limited to) – Supervisors and Team Leads, Tower/installation, LV and HV up to 66kv, Maintenance/Mechanical, Painters, Rope Access and Warehouse teams.

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Construction & Pre-assembly

Capabilities

In the last couple of years, Boston Energy has delivered 32 construction projects in North America, has worked on Changfang Wind Farm Phase 1 & 2 in Taiwan, as well as working on the Triton Knoll, Moray East pre-assembly projects and continuing to work on the SeaGreen project. During 2022 we also supported the Arcadis Ost pre-assembly project in Denmark. We have very strong experience on the V164 and V174 Vestas turbine platforms as well as SGRE G1-45’s G132’s, SWT 2.3 108 platforms.

The capabilities of our Pre-assembly and Construction technicians are:

  • Assembly of tower section
  • Installation and termination of cables inside the tower
  • Installation of steel work into tower sections
  • Installation of turning gear
  • Upending of tower sections
  • Installation of the service lift and ladder components
  • Functional test of the assemblies
  • Preparing the WTG for a specific location
  • Preparing control systems for the offshore installation
  • Pre-assembly technicians that either are currently or can be trained to the equivalent of Vestas levels C / D, Siemens levels 3 / 4 and GWO BTT / SGTT

300+

staff during peak periods working across the globe

Our Technicians

Boston Energy maintains a team of flexible technicians who are able to support peak demands in the industry but reduce cost responsibility on our customers. This team can be mobilised/demobilised swiftly. We also invest, upskill, and provide rewarding career opportunities to our teams. This approach, inclusivity and team ethos give Boston Energy an enviable retention level of our technician team. Boston Energy maintains a team of flexible technicians who are able to support peak demands in the industry but reduce cost responsibility on our customers. This team can be mobilised/demobilised swiftly.

Contact our team to discuss how we can help you

Marc Dawson

Head of Operational Delivery

Neil Harvey

Head of Pre-assembly, Construction and Commissioning

Colin Pearce

Head of Business Development

Boston Energy is supplying technicians for us at Vlissingen Pre-assembly. It is a range between experienced and newcomers to the business. We have seen some very highly skilled technicians, even newcomers that have well-trained and experienced backgrounds. Back-office functions have become very good. There is always a good and fast response to our requests. Looking forward to continuing the cooperation with BE and all its experts.

Bo Karlsbjerg

MHI Vestas Offshore Wind, Site Manager Global Pre-assembly & Logistics

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