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Rene has been involved as commissioning engineer in the commissioning of the mission equipment of the Bravenes. This is a fully automated fallpipe vessel that is suitable for installing stones on the seabed with extreme precision to a depth of 1000 meters. Typical activities of the ship are the leveling of the seabed prior to the installation of gas and oil pipelines (the so-called pre-lay), the subsequent deposition of these pipes and the stabilization of monopolies of windmills and other offshore constructions.
The activities of Rene involved the commissioning of the so-called mission equipment. This means the equipment on board that makes rock dumping possible and consists of a fully automatic fall pipe tower that serves to launch a fall pipe and a discharge system of various feeder belts.
For both systems, Rene from August 2017 to May 2018 successfully provided both the pre-commissioning and the final commissioning. This was not an easy task as it was an innovative one-off ship with a very far-reaching degree of automation. Since the Bravenes platform systems were completely built by Van Oord, Rene's task was very complex. Van Oord is very satisfied with Rene's assistance and the results he has achieved; an operational ship.
In addition to his professional attitude and broad knowledge level in the field of commissioning and automation, Rene is a very co-operative and pleasant colleague and he is a real team player. We as a team also had an instructive and enjoyable time, despite the many challenges that came our way. Rene also mastered the art of coaching younger and inexperienced colleagues in the complex playing field of mechanization and automation.
Rene knows how complex systems need to be tested and commissioned in a logical and clear manner. For the Bravenes project, Rene has therefore also proved to be of very great added value. We therefore wholeheartedly recommend the services of Rene.
Johan de Graaf - Project Manager - Ship Management Department - Van Oord