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    Building Coastal Connections: Advisory Services for a Highway in Réunion

    Project details

    Client: Herbosch-Kiere for Societe de Dragage International

    Services: Commercial Management; Quantity Surveying

    Value: £3.5 million

    Location: Réunion, France

    Contract: BIMCO Time Charter Party for Offshore Service Vessels [Supply Time 2005]

    Construction Period: 9 months

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    Sean Ellison

    Sean Ellison

    Managing Director, Compliance – Quantity Surveying Services, Email: sean.ellison@socotec.co.uk

    Managing Director, Compliance – Quantity Surveying Services, Email: sean.ellison@socotec.co.uk

    sean.ellison@socotec.co.uk 07384 816 790

    Project Overview

    Construction of a new 12km coastal highway in Réunion, an oversea department of France located in the Indian Ocean.

    Our client, Herbosch-Kiere was appointed to provide specialist marine services on this challenging engineering project which included stone dumping from the self-propelled marine working vessel 'Atlantis' under a BIMCO charter agreement.

    Our Services

    Worked as part of Herbosch-Kiere's project team providing commercial services associated with the charter agreement. Pre-contract services included budgeting and charter amendment advice and post-contract commercial management services including:

    • Monthly budgeting reviews and assessing progress against tender
    • Payment applications and valuations
    • Assessment of daily vessel logs to ensure the correct charter rates were applied
    • Monthly cost and value reconciliations
    • Determining the final account with the client
    • Involvement in an insurance claim between the parties associated with grounding of the vessel

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    Contact Us
    sean.ellison@socotec.co.uk