BURNTISLAND FABRICATIONS

Business Description

Burntisland Fabrications Ltd - Major fabrication facility located in Scotland. Specialises in the onshore and offshore oil and gas sector, offshore wind, ferry terminal linkspans. <P>Burntisland Fabrications Ltd. (BiFab) was formed in 2001 following a buyout by the existing management team from the former owners. That same team has operated the yard, producing major fabrications for the offshore oil and gas industry, since 1990. The vision of the management has sustained BiFab through a period of significant change in the North Sea energy industry allowing it to emerge as the only remaining major fabricator (2005) currently operating in Scotland.</P> <P>While the company focus continues to be the offshore energy sector BiFab has recognised that this sector is changing and now includes the renewables markets such as wind, wave and tidal power.</P> <P>BiFab’s success is based on its key assets, the skills of its professional staff and workforce coupled with its ability to offer a choice of two fabrication locations suited to different project needs. In Burntisland and Methil BiFab can offer two superb fabrication facilities where work can be carried out under cover. The two yards are located in Fife approximately 20 km apart and are operated using the same management systems.</P> <P>A large pool of skilled labour is readily available in the area of the two yards covering all disciplines. In recent years we have operated with a workforce of more than 500 people.</P> <P>In order to deliver the ethos of our mission statement to our clients, BiFab operates a wide range of standard systems and procedures to ensure a consistent approach to all our activities.</P> <P><STRONG>PROJECT MANAGEMENT</STRONG></P> <UL> <LI><STRONG>Dedicated Project Management Team (PMT) for each project.</STRONG> <LI><STRONG>Direct access to senior management within the company.</STRONG> <LI><STRONG>Modern IT systems.</STRONG></LI></UL> <P><STRONG>ENGINEERING DESIGN</STRONG></P> <UL> <LI><STRONG>Full design / co-ordination service on EPC contracts, with inhouse construction / engineering for all disciplines.</STRONG></LI></UL> <P><STRONG>SAFETY</STRONG></P> <UL> <LI><STRONG>Ongoing development of the Safety Management System in accordance with&nbsp;OHSAS 18001.</STRONG> <LI><STRONG>Operations carried out in strict accordance with the Safety Manual, Safety Operating Procedures and the appropriate Risk Assessments.</STRONG> <LI><STRONG>Auditing of adherence to Safety Manual and commitment by senior management.</STRONG></LI></UL> <P><STRONG>QUALITY</STRONG></P> <UL> <LI><STRONG>&nbsp;Quality Management System accredited to BS EN ISO 9001:2000.</STRONG> <LI><STRONG>&nbsp;First Point Assessment registered.</STRONG> <LI><STRONG>&nbsp;Achilles registered.</STRONG> <LI><STRONG>&nbsp;Systems to maintain up to date document distribution.</STRONG></LI></UL> <P><STRONG>ENVIRONMENT</STRONG></P> <UL> <LI><STRONG>Well established environmental improvement programme in accordance with&nbsp;BS EN ISO 14001.</STRONG></LI></UL> <P><STRONG>PLANNING</STRONG></P> <UL> <LI><STRONG>Established planning system based on international software.</STRONG> <LI><STRONG>Develop the project plan through medium and long term look-aheads.</STRONG> <LI><STRONG>Allocation of adequate trained resources.</STRONG> <LI><STRONG>Monitoring of actual progress against plan on a weekly basis.</STRONG></LI></UL> <P><STRONG>GLOBAL NETWORK</STRONG></P> <P>BiFab recognises that, as our clients become more global in their E&amp;P activities, we as a company must develop to meet the challenge of operating in an international marketplace. As a result BiFab has already established agreements with international companies in a number of regional hubs and continues to look at further expansion. These agreements include the transfer of technology, expertise and management systems to our regional partners.&nbsp;</P>