Furthermore, as we know, there are different, very strict rules that apply at sea. How do landlubbers like you cope with them?
It's really toughl [laughing] Spécial marine contracte that easily stretch to over 100 pages which hâve
been developed over manyyears, for example, by the international shipping organisation BIMCO [Baltic
and International Maritime Council] with its head office in Oenmark, and which deal with important
matters such as shipping liability law. We had to work our way into it.
Maintenance contracts do not normally make inspiring literature, more likely technical jargon for well-informed lawyers. Is the
maintenance contract for Butendiek drawn up in more extensive and complex language than the amendment to the Renewable
Energy Act(EEG)?
We hâve designed a confident contract that defines exactly what we hâve to accomplish. Ail those
who worked on it tried to keep the contract as slim as possible. It is defmitely slimmer than the new
EEG. [Brandt grins] If the time required for our work should turn out to be considerably longer than
planned for whatever unforeseeable reasons, we hâve already found a solution for that. However, with
the agreement of our client, OWP Butendiek GmbH B Go KG, we do not publish the total that we receive
at the end. But it is clearfrom the client that we made the best offer in commercial and technical terms.
Quite apart from the numbers and the contractual obligations, we are happy to hâve won the contract.
For us Butendiek is a milestone, something entirely new and also an important reference project for
the future.
Where do you see the biggest challenge in the maintenance contract?
That's obvious, the sea. And the weather. And as a resuit the height of the waves and the wind. Most of
the logistics dépend on these factors. Working at sea is also a big challenge for ail concerned because
it saps your strength and the working hours are not exactly family-friendly. That is why we recruit a lot
of staff from the marine environment as they can put up with the conditions; however, we continue to
need a lot of experts from the field of wind power as we can't do without them, even at sea.
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It's really toughl [laughing] Spécial marine contracte that easily stretch to over 100 pages which hâve
been developed over manyyears, for example, by the international shipping organisation BIMCO [Baltic
and International Maritime Council] with its head office in Oenmark, and which deal with important
matters such as shipping liability law. We had to work our way into it.
Maintenance contracts do not normally make inspiring literature, more likely technical jargon for well-informed lawyers. Is the
maintenance contract for Butendiek drawn up in more extensive and complex language than the amendment to the Renewable
Energy Act(EEG)?
We hâve designed a confident contract that defines exactly what we hâve to accomplish. Ail those
who worked on it tried to keep the contract as slim as possible. It is defmitely slimmer than the new
EEG. [Brandt grins] If the time required for our work should turn out to be considerably longer than
planned for whatever unforeseeable reasons, we hâve already found a solution for that. However, with
the agreement of our client, OWP Butendiek GmbH B Go KG, we do not publish the total that we receive
at the end. But it is clearfrom the client that we made the best offer in commercial and technical terms.
Quite apart from the numbers and the contractual obligations, we are happy to hâve won the contract.
For us Butendiek is a milestone, something entirely new and also an important reference project for
the future.
Where do you see the biggest challenge in the maintenance contract?
That's obvious, the sea. And the weather. And as a resuit the height of the waves and the wind. Most of
the logistics dépend on these factors. Working at sea is also a big challenge for ail concerned because
it saps your strength and the working hours are not exactly family-friendly. That is why we recruit a lot
of staff from the marine environment as they can put up with the conditions; however, we continue to
need a lot of experts from the field of wind power as we can't do without them, even at sea.
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