Everyone talks about the weather and no one does anything about it. But on Northern Europe’s largest construction site they are preparing for it, and therefore the first storm of the year caused no significant damage or delay.
Dedicated weather group
FLC has a dedicated weather group. The weather team checks the local weather forecast around the construction sites twice a day. If there is a prospect of violent or dangerous weather, then everyone who may be affected by it is called to a meeting, where it is found out what measures should be taken in that regard.
There was an opportunity to test that preparedness on Thursday last week, when the year’s first storm with wind gusts up to hurricane force was announced. And everything apparently went according to plan. The construction site was properly secured well in advance of the storm’s arrival in the Fehmarnbelt region:
Chain fell down
– Due to the upcoming windy weather, the construction site was thoroughly secured in advance, and indeed managed to avoid problems. No incidents or injuries were recorded – apart from the fact that a chain blocking a work road fell down, writes Femern A/S in an email to FemernReport.
No crane work on Sunday
In strong winds, it is not possible to work with the large construction cranes on the construction site. But the storm was kind enough to arrive at the weekend, so it didn’t cause major problems either:
– No work was done with cranes while the wind was blowing, but since it was a Sunday, it didn’t matter anyway, writes Femern A/S.
Ship had to seek port
Out on the water, people were prepared for rough weather as well. Like the colleagues on the construction site, FBC keeps a watchful eye on the weather and updates the warnings twice a day. This meant that the vessels that are about to excavate the tunnel channel had time to take their precautions:
– At the weekend, the wind meant that one of the wind-sensitive ships had to take shelter in the harbor for a while, but the large sand sucker Vox Amalia continued working, Femern A/S writes to FemernReport.
