SMD Manufacturing Facility
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Client:
Soil Machine Dynamics Ltd. / Oceana Business Park Ltd. -
Value:
£1.8m -
Duration:
44 weeks
Undertaken in two phases, this major new manufacturing facility for SMD will be used for the production of state of the art Subsea Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROV’s) as well as Launch and Recovery Systems which are operated from high tech control rooms situated on the deck of a ship.



NCS were invited to be part of the project team at an early stage to enable buildability and value engineering savings to be identified to meet the client’s budget. NCS also took on design responsibility for piling and above ground elements including M+E for the project. The building provides the client with a manufacturing facility of some 35,000ft2. At 80 metres in length and 16 metres overall height, the building incorporates 2No x 50 tonne and 2No x 25 tonne overhead cranes running at different levels along the full length of the facility. This offers greater flexibility and significant lifting capacity as the building is designed to allow cranes to carry out tandem lifts. Phase 1 and Phase 2 were both delivered on time, within budget and with no safety incidents which is a credit to the whole team and the collaborative working approach that was entered into from day one of the project.