Offshore Construction Associates France sas has now completed its first six months trading – delivering independent offshore experience to the 1GW of Les Eoliennes en Mers projects and other European developers and Contractors.

Based in Paris, we have good access to to the the emerging French market, and with the projects announced in 2016, the next few years in France should be very positive.

Nick will be at the RenewableUK Conference in Manchester for both Tuesday and Wednesday this week. It will be a good opportunity to meet some new contacts, say hello to some old faces and also learn more about how the industry will be developing over the next few years.

We are particularly looking forward to the H&S Event regarding Emergency Response Planning, where lessons from industry experience will be discussed among a learned audience. At OCA we know it is vital we can effectively combine our own experience with up to date information from the wider industry to provide the most effective advice to our Clients.

OCA attended the OES and BGA joint meeting Blue Piling Technology: Driving the largest piles offshore with water at the ICE last night. A good chance to catch up with the industry and meet some new people. The tech looks promising, particularly if other countries (including the UK) follow the German example of a statutory limit for underwater noise.