Month: July 2015

  • Slopes stabilization using Vetiver

    I’ve recently worked on a slope stabilization preliminary project. Among other action, the use of Vetiver grass for stabilization purposes has been suggested by the customer, who had used it successfully in another wind farm in the same area. Although this technique is used in Italy and other European country I was not an expert,…

  • Disclaimers you shouldn’t accept in a BOP/EPC turnkey contract

    Having the pleasure of studying dozens of subcontractors offers each month I’ve already seen a huge number of disclaimers. Some of them are reasonable, some of them can be removed (basically, giving a price tag to the subcontractor risk excluded by the disclaimer) but some are “deal breakers”. Which are the disclaimers that I warmly…