Evening Telegraph (First Edition)
Construction firm’s contract award helps safeguard 30 jobs
A MONTROSE construction firm said the award of new work at the Seagreen maintenance and operations base would protect up to 30 jobs.
Pert-Bruce has been appointed by SSE Renewables to carry out the work for the Port of Montrose base.
Located at the port’s south quay, the base will include an operations building, repurposed warehouse, communications tower, and a pontoon for crew transfer vessels travelling to the wind farm site located 27 kilometres off the Angus coast.
Work is scheduled to take around a year and will be carried out by PertBruce and several local subcontractors.
Managing director Craig Bruce said: “We are delighted to be involved in such an exciting development which will have huge benefits, safeguarding 25 to 30 jobs over the year within our business and our wider supply chain.
“Being awarded a contract to be part of the largest offshore wind farm in Scotland by SSE Renewables is testament to our diverse capabilities, loyal workforce, and reputation for excellence.
“The operations and maintenance base will play a significant role in the dayto-day running of Seagreen and we look forward to getting started on site and taking this important part of the project to completion.”
Pert-Bruce, which can trace its roots back five generations, was awarded the contract last month and will start on site this week.
Andy Kay from SSE Renewables will oversee the delivery of the work for his company.
He said: “SSE Renewables has consistently gone beyond the rest of the renewables industry in seeking to create a supply chain that maximises the wider economic benefits for Scotland.
“We aim to utilise Scottish, UK and of course locally based suppliers where possible during development, so we are very pleased to welcome Pert-Bruce on board.”