Optimisation breakwaters KCOI yard
Kazakhstan Caspian Offshore Industries LLP (KCOI), subsidiary of Italian company Rosetti, is planning to construct a steel fabrication yard 30 km north of Aktau for production of heavy steel structures for the Caspian Oil fields.
Design for yard and breakwater has been prepared by local Kazakh companies. The construction costs for the breakwater as designed were outside KCOI’s project budget. KCOI approached Witteveen+Bos Kazakhstan to review the design and to advise on optimizations.
By means of a 3D wave modelling study of the project location, we were able to reduce the design wave heights which, combined with the use of the latest international design principals and insights, resulted in a reduction of 30 % of the original construction costs.
