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Construction Phase

After the financial close/financial investment decision is achieved, projects move ahead to construction preparation and execution. Key aspects of Technical Due Diligence at this stage are:

As per realisation phase

  • Layout and Design Reviews
  • Technology Review
  • Resource / Energy Yield Assessments
  • Land Lease and Cadastral Review
  • Grid Connection Review
  • Planning and Environmental Review
  • Site Inspections
  • Construction Contracts Review
  • Asset Management Contracts Review
  • Tariff and PPA Review
  • Reporting
Note: For further details of above reviews please refer to our TDD-Realisation Service Page

Permit/License Condition Compliance

  • Building Permit Condition Discharge Review
  • Building Permit condition site controls review
  • Environmental Permit Condition Discharge Review
  • Review of license applications, e.g. grid
  • Inclusion of EGS best practice in construction
  • Remaining Aggregated Limitations assessment
  • Detailed CAPEX/OPEX implications assessment
  • Benchmarking versus international best practice
  • Grid connection license application review

Forte Value: Our process combines detailed desk study and on-site review to ensure accuracy and completeness of the assessment.

 

Design Management Reviews

  • Employers Design Management Strategy Review
  • Design Review Contract Checks
  • Review of 3rd party Design Checks
  • Review of design certfications by 3rd party
  • Benchmarking versus international best practice
  • Extra service: Design review if no 3rd party checks
 
Forte Value: Forte carefully monitors project owners management of project designs to ensure designs are fit for purpose and that there are best in class procedures in place for managing design variations and remediation measures related to non-conformities.

Quality Management Reviews

  • Quality Management Master Plans review
  • Inspection and testing plan Review
  • Quality control checklist templates Review
  • Method Statements Spot Checks
  • Quality Management resourcing review
  • Quality management tools/data sharing review
  • Benchmarking versus international best practice
 
Forte Value: Quality needs to be carefully managed through the pre-construction phase (quality assurance documents) through to construction (quality control). Forte carefully reviews project quality documents to benchmark them against best in class procedures. 

HSE Management Reviews

  • Health and Safety plans reviews
  • Environmental plans review
  • Archeology plans Review
  • EPP checklist review
  • Personal security review
  • Habitat Management Plans (HMP)
  • Peat Management Plans (PMP)
  • Contaminated land surveys analysis and mitigation
Forte Value: Forte is dedicated to Zero Harm for People’s Safety, Health, Wellbeing, society and The EnvironmentOur team of HSE experts conduct gap analyses of HSE documents to ensure Risk Assessments in line with market and national standards are in place along with mitigation controls for any residual risks. 

Construction Site Audit

  • Site Establishment Spot-check
  • Civil BOP Works Inspections
  • Electrical BOP Works Inspections
  • TSA Works Inspections
  • Construction site compound spot-check
  • Traffic Management Spot-check
  • HSE Best practice Adherence Spot-checks
  • Third party services and materials review
  • Risks, opportunities, and mitigations Identification
Forte ValueOur expert engineering and construction professionals have the full-cycle knowledge of .wind and solar projects to undertake risk assessments of proposed plans in project documents versus actual site conditions.

Handover Planning Reviews

  • BOP Punch List Reviews
  • TSA Punch List review
  • As built drawings Spot Checks
  • Designers Quality Control reporting review
  • Owners Engineer Quality Control reporting review
  • Designers Statement of Compliance review
  • Owners Engineer Statement of Compliance review
  • Handover Certificates Review
  • Schedule for clearance of final punch list items
Forte Value: Our expert team reviews all handover planning documents to ensure that construction quality management and asset management interfaces are adequately accounted for.

Project Costs & Financial Model

  • BOP Punch List Reviews
  • TSA Punch List review
  • As built drawings Spot Checks
  • Designers Quality Control reporting review
  • Owners Engineer Quality Control reporting review
  • Designers Statement of Compliance review
  • Owners Engineer Statement of Compliance review
  • Handover Certificates Review
  • Schedule for clearance of final punch List items

Forte Value: Our local market knowledge, value engineering principles, and strong commercial experience are trusted to perform robust analysis on all CAPEX and OPEX reviews and formulation. 

Track Record

Case Studies

Glogow WF (TDD-A) - Poland

Location

Żukowice district, South-East Poland

DeveloperEDP Renewables

Technology

Supplier TBC – 5 WTG – 24 MW

EBOP/Grid

110/30kV WF Sub – HV Line- DSO 110kV Substation

Status

Permit application in 2022 (to be confirmed)

Services

Development Review

Zoning Plans, Land lease Agreements, Environmental Impact

Technical Analysis and Feasibility
  • Route Survey and Access Risk Assessment
  • WTG Location Analysis and Micrositing
  • Preliminary BOP Design
Financial Feasibility

CAPEX cost estimates for proposed

Piotrków Kujawski WF (TDD-B) - Poland

Location

Kujawy – Pomerania voivodship, Northern Poland

DeveloperERG
Technology

Nordex– 7*N117 (x3.5MW) H120 – 25 MW

EBOP/Grid

110/30kV WF Sub – 150m HV line – DSO 110kV Sub

Status

FID Achieved in November 2020, COD in May 2022

Services

Development ReviewBuilding Permits
Environment Decisions
Zoning Cadastral Check
Technical Analysis and FeasibilityGrid Connection Agreement Review
Financial FeasibilityCapex Evaluation
ERG 2020

Shantavny WF (TDD-C) - N. Ireland

LocationGarvaghy, Co. Tyrone
DeveloperBrookfield Renewable
WTG Details7 x Enercon E70
Capacity / COD14 MW
StatusCOD Achieved in 2017 

Services

Design Review CAT III (FDN)
Construction Checks
Due Diligence Reporting
Executed Construction QA
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BVDR WFs (TDD-D) - The Netherlands

LocationNoord Holland, The Netherlands
DeveloperEurus Energy Europe 
WTG Details13 x Vestas V90 2.0, 2 x Enercon E70
Capacity / COD33 MW
StatusCOD Achieved in 2017

Services

Constriction/Operation Contracts Review

Evaluation of foundation issues in operational Wind Turbines

As-built documentation/operational documents review
Determining severity of damages in order to make warranty claim
Asset management measures identification