Cairndene provides a specialist mechanical engineering design and development service focused on the offshore and subsea environments:

Offshore & Subsea Knowledge

Drawing upon our experience working in harsh offshore and subsea environments we ensure that the products produced shall be fit for purpose and meet all environmental requirements.

3-D Modelling & Drafting

Employs the latest 3-D MCAD software assuring accurate part and assembly generation to help reduce prototyping costs as well as aiding visualisation of the product prior to manufacture. Enables a rapid design process for our clients to give beneficial timescales without any detrimental effect on the quality and ability of the product.

Design Analysis

Utilising traditional calculation methods and computerised Finite Element Modelling & Analysis (FEM/FEA) guarantees designs produced meet the design brief and perform in the harsh subsea and offshore environments. Enables, in some circumstances, for physical testing to be reduced with the associated time and cost savings.

Manufacturing & Testing

Facilitating the manufacture of products and ensuring correct assembly and testing procedures specific for the environments they are to be utilised in. Thus ensuring a final check of the product to confirm it’s fitness for purpose.

Cairndene provides engineering consultancy to existing project and design teams to aid them produce designs fit for purpose when deployed in offshore and subsea environments. With many years working in harsh conditions, such as the North Sea, our knowledge can be applied in support of:

Design Reviews

Bringing our knowledge and experience to developments during the design cycle to help ensure that the design teams have considered the requirements of working in the offshore and subsea environments.

Product Improvement & Implementation

Aiding the enhancement of new products for use in harsh environments through the application of our expertise in the development, deployment and intervention on products in offshore and subsea environments.

Manufacturing Processes & Optimisation

Enabling the production of products that can be manufactured, assembled and serviced in an efficient manner whilst ensuring maximum quality of the final item.

Installation & Deployment Methods

Utilising our experiences in harsh environments to assure the first use of a new product is successful for all parties by ensuring an efficient procedures and methodologies are developed while maintaining high levels of safety.

Cairndene provides industry leading Project Management and Primavera consultancy. Take advantage of our experience and understanding of the following topics:

Implementation of P6 EPPM System

By establishing structures which accurately reflects the project requirements of the organisation and creating security profiles to ensure a robust and reliable database.

Prioritisation and Ranking of Portfolios and Projects

Gathering data for each stage of the Project Life Cycle, allows for effective decision making at all levels; from the single project through multi-project portfolio to the whole organisation.

Planning to Deliver On Time and To Budget

Understanding the different project control techniques needed by projects to develop a schedule and designed for successful execution.

Resource Optimisation

Analysing the resources required by a single project or set of projects against those available to the organisation as a whole, verifies the schedule is achievable. The management of scare resources also ensures that only projects which deliver the highest value will be approved.

Reporting

Establishing project control processes and procedures which gather the necessary data to generate appropriate reports for all those involved: Management Team, the Execution Team and other interested parties

Risk Analysis & Management

Creation of cost-effective Risk Mitigation Strategies using Primavera Risk Analysis (previously called Pertmaster) to calculate the effect of Duration Uncertainty and Risk Events on the project completion date and the Critical Path.

Project Management and Project Control are capabilities which need to be developed, often with specific organisational requirements in mind. Using a combination of training and on-going coaching, Cairndene can provide Project Managers and Planners with the necessary knowledge of project management and planning techniques, along with the skills to use Primavera P6 EPPM (Enterprise Portfolio and Project Management).

Planners

Cairndene offers a phased approach to Primavera P6 EPPM and Professional training, taking the candidate from a basic Trainee Planner role through Senior Planner to Project Controls Team Lead and Primavera Administrator. While mentoring provides the knowledge to adapt between the different types of planning:

• Operations & Maintenance Planning
• Shutdown / Turnaround Planning
• Project Planning

Project Managers

Cairndene provides Primavera P6 EPPM training to Project Managers which gives a better understanding of the reports which could be issued and the data necessary to produce these reports.

Risk Analysis

Cairndene provides Primavera Risk Analysis (PRA) training and coaching to both Planners and Project Managers to analyse the effect of duration uncertainty and risk events on the project delivery date and associated critical path.