Van Oord, Great Lakes Dredge & Dock awarded US contract

Van Oord’s scope involves preparing the seabed with the placement of filter rock prior to the installation of monopile foundations. This will be executed by the flexible fallpipe vessel Stornes.

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock will install armour rocks as a stabilisation and protection layer after the monopiles have been installed.

Due to the geographical location of Empire 1 and 2 on the east coast of the US, GLDD has ample access to rock produced by domestic quarries.

The windfarms are planned for an area 32 km south of Long Island. When complete, the projects will consist of up to 174 wind turbines with a total installed capacity of 2 GW.