The agreement made with the Norwegian Coastal Administration is a contract where AF has undertaken all risks according to method and execution. This confirms our philosophy of being trustworthy.
For this mission there will be established two temporary breakwaters and a dry dock to demolish the wreck in the safe and responsible manner.
AF's approach to this project was to identify all risk factors, and then develop a method to minimize these. The overall task can seem big and complicated. By looking at the works as isolated sub-projects, the risk will be reduced and the management and control is increased. The solution was a model in which the work was divided into four different projects:
- Phase 1: preparation and construction of breakwaters
- Phase 2: the construction of dry dock
- Phase 3: demolishing and recycling of the wreckage
- Phase 4: removing of sheet piles and the added mass down to contour -5.0 from lowest sea level point.
There has been extensive research in the area around the wreck to provide a good basis for engineering and design of breakwaters and dry dock:
Acoustic measurements
Seabed mapping
Basic studies of seabed
Geological engineering survey
Wave analysis
