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Civil Engineering : Carsphairn Wind Farm

LOCATION: Windy Standard Hill, near Dumfries
CLIENT: npower Renewables
STATUS: Complete and operational
COST: £22M

This project comprised the construction of 36 rock anchored reinforced bases for 0.6MW wind turbines manufactured by Nordtank A/S of Denmark. Fairhurst provided civil, structural and geotechnical engineering consultancy services during the design and construction of the wind farm, which is located in the hills above Carsphairn Forest, Kirkudbrightshire, near Dumfries in the Scottish Borders.

Fairhurst were requested to supervise a geotechnical site investigation and assess rock quality to enable the design of  pre-stressed rock anchors for the wind turbines. Fairhurst's services were retained during the construction to ensure the design was implemented efficiently and to specification. At the time of construction this was Scotland's second largest wind farm, covering 350 hectares.

For more information on Fairhurst's involvement with Wind Farms please view our Wind Farm page.

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Key Project Personnel

Ian McKay
Partner

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Ian is a Partner in Fairhurst's Glasgow office and has over 22 years experience in the design, project management and procurement of a wide range of Civil Engineering projects and studies in the UK and overseas.

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