Industrial Partners
Over the last 18 months the Manchester Bobber has attracted an enviable consortium of industrial partners. The role of the industrial partners is to translate The Manchester Bobber technology developed at the University of Manchester. Each partner provides an expertise which when combined is capable of designing, manufacturing, installing and maintaining the Manchester Bobber on a commercial scale off-shore.
Burntisland Fabrications Ltd
Burntisland Fabrications Ltd (BiFab) is the largest independent specialist fabrication company, based in Scotland for: Decks; Modules; Jackets; PAUs: PARs: Subsea; Accommodation; Minimum Facilities Platforms; Drilling Units and Exotics/Pipework for the Oil & Gas, Petrochemical and Alternative Energy Industries.
More and more, as a company, BiFab is becoming involved - at the “front end” - in innovative renewables projects where we are able to apply our expertise to provide practical and cost effective solutions to the development team. We pride ourselves in the fact that our clients in these projects perceive us as a proactive contributor to the overall achievement of project goals, rather than just “the fabricator”.
During the execution of the Talsiman Beatrice Project, Bifab, Talisman, Scottish & Southern Energy and Scottish Enterprise in conjunction with Strathclyde University commissioned a joint study regarding mass manufacturing of Jacket Substructures. With an aim to develop a facility that will produce a minimum of 80 Jacket Substructures per year.
We believe this new facility will meet a considerable portion of the aspirations of the European community with regard to the UK’s commitments to sustainable energy production 35GW for 2020.
BiFab is a proactive company willing to embrace new techniques to help make future technology such as the Manchester Bobber a reality.
BiFab are pleased to work with the Manchester Bobber Company Limited and to be part of the Manchester Bobber industrial consortium.
For further information, please visit: www.bifab.co.uk
Bridon
For further information, please visit: www.bridonltd.com
Red Rooster
For further information, please visit: www.rriuk.com
ODE
For further information, please visit: www.ode-ltd.co.uk
Renold Gears
For further information, please visit: www.renold.com
Renold Chain
Roller Chain
Still without doubt manufacturing the World's finest specification roller chain, Renold provides a significant chain advantage for hundreds of applications coping with operating conditions that are hot or cold, wet or dry, dusty or requiring cleanliness and all of these solutions combine excellent wear resistance and fatigue resistance with a long, reliable working life. Working with Renold gives you access to a Total Care Package for all your chain requirements.
For further information, please visit: www.renold.com
ABB is a leader in power and automation technologies that
enable utility and industry customers to improve their performance while
lowering environmental impact.
The ABB Group of companies operates in
around 100 countries and employs about 107,000 people.
For further information, please visit: www.abb.com
Armstrong Davis Associates, or ADA as we are better known, is a multi-discipline consultancy that provides a comprehensive range of specialist commercial project management and operational support services to the global construction industry.
We also have extensive experience in the international offshore sector, having provided our specialist support to many of the world’s leading oil and gas enterprises. It is this combination of commercial project expertise allied to our offshore experience that we are providing to the Consortium as it seeks to realise the enormous potential of the Manchester Bobber Project.
For further information, please visit: www.armstrongdavis.co.uk
Royal Haskoning is an independent, international multi-disciplinary engineering and environmental consultant with a world-wide staff of approximately three thousand.
The group is organised into nine operational divisions, and the combined expertise of our Maritime, Coastal and Rivers, and Environment Divisions makes us one of the world's leading experts in engineering and environmental design at and around the "water's edge".
Royal Haskoning provides a comprehensive range of services including master planning, finance, project management, conceptual and detailed engineering design, and site supervision services.
The group works for a broad range of clients and their expertise provides solutions to every engineering challenge, however large or small.
For more information, please visit www.royalhaskoning.com
The University of Manchester Intellectual Property Limited (UMIP) is the university's technology transfer and intellectual property commercialisation company.
It has been formed by the merger of two very successful companies, UMIST Ventures and Manchester Innovation. Taken together these two companies have set up and managed some 100 technology licences and over 60 spin-off companies, including several which have gone on to stock market listings.
Through these activities they have generated thousands of jobs in Manchester and the North West and in addition they have attracted a large number and diverse range of companies to the city who have located in the region or who have placed significant R&D and consultancy contracts with the two universities.
Whilst UMIP has inherited the IP portfolio of its predecessor companies, UMIP has a new business model and a new way of working that aim to be very effective for academic staff and investors and industry and commerce in licensing and spin-off company activities. UMIP also has a spin-in activity which manages IP on behalf of partner and collaborative institutes.
For further information, please visit: www.manchester.ac.uk
