Wind farm construction monitoring: track wind farm progress online with EWS Construction Monitoring
Wind farm construction monitoring: EWS Construction Monitoring shows wind turbines, cable routes and access roads online.
Anyone building a wind farm wants to know how far it has progressed. Through the web-based platform EWS Construction Monitoring, clients can call up the current construction progress at any time. It is shown graphically on a map or in table form, map-based for all wind turbines, planned cable routes and access roads. You can download current construction progress reports directly. This is the basis for decisions: whether deadlines are met, whether interim payments are justified and whether the next trades can start depends on the actual status. A wind farm in particular spreads the construction site over many points: turbine locations, cable routes and access roads. The platform brings this status together in one place and makes it traceable for everyone involved, without a site visit first having to be organised.
This saves travel, especially when clients, project developers and financiers are in different locations. Construction time windows from the permit decision, such as restrictions to protect nesting sites, make an up-to-date status all the more important, because delays can push work into the next permissible period. Construction monitoring thus links construction progress with location: where is the road finished, where does the foundation already stand, which cable section is still missing? A wind farm is built in clearly distinguishable steps: access roads and crane hardstandings are usually built first, followed by the foundations, in parallel the cable routes, then the installation of tower, nacelle and rotor, and finally commissioning and acceptance. Being able to show the status per section makes management easier.
Each construction section shows its status: planned, in progress or completed. Our team updates the construction progress regularly. On request, financing institutions or investors can also be given access. The individual access code allows access at any time and from anywhere. This is practical, because for financed wind farms banks usually monitor construction closely: they have the reported progress compared with the actual status and the schedule before partial amounts are released. Depending on the financing, construction progress and schedules can be verified through reports, site visits, for example during foundation construction, turbine installation and commissioning, or further evidence; the scope and frequency are defined in the financing documents. Anyone who keeps this evidence available in one platform has it immediately at hand when banks or experts ask questions.
Takeover of the turbines is also often carried out step by step, individually or in groups, which is why the status per turbine matters. A uniform status for everyone involved saves queries. Thanks to the clear status logic, delays are noticed early, before they block the following trades. The monitoring complements local building supervision for wind farms and construction site coordination. For acceptance you later receive the final inspection documentation (Kollaudierungsoperat), and we inspect the turbines during technical acceptance. For PV projects there is construction monitoring for solar.
