Advanced Building Services Completes Specialized Lab for Newbuild GOM Drillship
HOUSTON, Oct. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Advanced Building Services (ABS), a provider of custom-designed engineering labs and well-site accommodations, expedited on deadline the completion of a highly customized, 10x30-foot geological/geophysical office for a newbuild, ultra-deepwater drillship in the Gulf of Mexico.
This "G&G" office was the fourth in a series of customized buildings that ABS has manufactured for new Gulf drillships. Fabricated to a global E&P company's exacting specifications, ABS had to attain multiple DNV certifications requiring special coordination during the manufacturing process, and yet still met the strict delivery deadlines coinciding with the drillship's arrival.
Along the way, ABS demonstrated its operational flexibility to build and deliver during the highly unusual and potentially catastrophic event, the 2011 flood of the Mississippi River near Vidalia, Louisiana. The flood's threat caused ABS to engage many of its 10 other locations for production until the threat subsided.
ABS Operations Manager Alex Mahfouz commented: "Advanced Building Services is pleased to announce this accomplishment for our customer. It demonstrates our commitment to deliver high quality, customized, certified buildings with industry-leading turnaround times, no matter what circumstances challenge our operations."
The geological/geophysical office buildings are approved by DNV for Class 1, Division 2 locations, with a DNV-approved A-60 fire rating. The buildings include redundant 3-ton air conditioning units with heat and pressurization, and feature an internal layout customized with workstations for geologist research.
"While we believe this fulfillment time for such specialized buildings is already better than current industry lead times, we are on a path to excel even further," remarked Mahfouz.
About Advanced Building Services
Advanced Building Services manufactures custom accommodation buildings and engineering labs for the oilfield. With a manufacturing facility and 10 strategically located service centers across the United States, ABS provides best-in-class buildings and turnkey servicing solutions for some of the largest oil and service companies in the world. Our quality-controlled manufacturing process allows for full customization of layout, interior/exterior features, and rating requirements, plus we enable our customers to enhance their corporate identity by branding buildings with custom colors and logos. A privately held company, under the same ownership and management as Oilfield Instrumentation, we are nimble enough to quickly adapt to our customers' changing needs, and financially sound enough to expand into areas where they need us most. www.oilfieldbuildings.com
SOURCE Advanced Building Services
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