Annual HSE Performance Report2014

Member of the DEME Group

“Check...Double check...Hardwired intoGeoSea’s DNA”

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Message from the Managing Director 4

Introduction 5

Our certificates 6

Feedback from clients 7

GeoSea’s integrated management system 8

Environment 9

Introduction - ISO 14001 8 Green iInitiatives 8 Employee environmental award 8

HSE performance 10

HSE inductions 10 Toolbox participations 10 Safety observation reporting 11 Award: best SHOC 11 QHSE inspections 12 Drills for emergency preparedness 13

Incident management 14

Frequency rate DEME Group 14 Frequency rate GeoSea 14 GeoSea project incident management, including subcontractors and suppliers 15 Vessel incident management 16 Environmental incident management 17 Focus on high potential incidents 18

HSE personnel and training 20

GeoSea lifting management course 20 Barge master course 20 QHSE 4 specialists 21 HSE inductions 21 Employee safety award 21

Awareness campaigns 22

Projects in 2014 24

Subcontractor management 28

Achilles FPAL 30

The greenest vessel of the fleet: Apollo 30

DRIVE and Safety hand in hand 33

ANNUAL HSEPERFORMANCE REPORT 2014

GeoSea has always been attentive to its environmental responsibility.

The use of biodegradable oil, noise mitigation sleeves, bubble curtains,

optimization by heat recovery from cooling water, efficient way of waste

management, are a few examples of our green initiatives. The increasing

amount of onshore activities was the trigger to get our management

system - already compliant with the nautical environmental requirements

- certified according to the ISO 14001 standard.

We consider the care for the Environment together with our care for

Safety, Health and Quality as our key values. More than ever the slogan

‘zero accidents and zero environmental incidents’

expresses our objectives.

In 2014 we have put a lot off effort in the update of process mapping of the

design, procurement, construction, maintenance and installation activities.

This gives our organisation the chance to optimize our activities in a

continuous and professional way, in the preparation phase as well as in the

execution and maintenance phase of our projects. We also launched

a ‘Safe Lifting’ awareness campaign and we accommodated

the Oil & Gas activities in a new company, named EverSea,

imbedded in the GeoSea organisation.

GeoSea has a very promising future; a lot of challenges

are coming towards us... new and more vessels,

projects, locations and employees to manage. GeoSea,

OWA and EverSea are ready to ‘tackle’ the next year

in a safe, healthy and environmentally friendly way:

We want to continue the efforts and realisations.

We had a lot of very positive responses from our

clients, the authorities, subcontractors and our

own employees on the HSE performance report of

last year. This is why we are proud to present this

new edition of the HSE performance report with

the achievements of 2014.

Take your time and enjoy reading about our HSE

performances, which are constantly evolving

and improving!

Luc Vandenbulcke

Managing Director GeoSea

Message from the Managing Director

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DEME: creating land for the future

POLICY STATEMENTQuality, health, safety and environment

Vision What we want to beGeoSea stands for the excellent high-quality design, procurement, construction and installation of offshore projects. Our trademark is our determination to be successful in activities demanding the use of the most innovative techniques. GeoSea resolutely chooses for the delivery of sustainable projects for man and environment.

The successful application of the most modern equipment, the use of prototypes, the development and use of new methods distinguish the way GeoSea finds solutions for every new challenge.

GeoSea: Innovative Marine & Offshore Solutions!

Values What we believe inAs GeoSea management team we consider “Quality - Safety - Health - Environment” as our key values. The underlying principles of the “Zero accidents and zero environmental incidents” slogan constitute our objectives. We must do every-thing we can to provide the necessary means for achieving this target.

Furthermore, every employee has the right and the duty to halt any activity whenever (s)he believes that the execution thereof involves unacceptable risks.

We believe that good work preparation can avoid high risks.

Policy What we want to achieveWe aim for a constantly increasing QHSE level based on the relevant industrial standards used in the industry (onshore and offshore sites, offices and quays).

Our priority is and remains the well-being of our employees and subcontractors through the creation of a high-quality, healthy, safe, and environmentally friendly work environment. Every employee receives the necessary information, instructions and training needed to execute their tasks.

The GeoSea management system processes are systematically assessed and constantly reviewed taking into account any improvements.

Our QHSE system shall be in conformity with all legal obligations and the requirements described in the following standards: • ISO 9001 Quality assurance Management Systems; • ISO 14001 Environmental Management Systems; • VCA** Safety, Health and Environmental Checklist for Constructors; • ISM International Management Code for the Safe Operation of Ships and for Pollution Prevention; • ISPS International Ship an Port facility Security; • OHSAS 18001 Occupational Health and Safety management Systems.

The industrial standards for offshore activities of the IMCA (International Marine Contractors Association), UK- renewables and the offshore Oil & Gas sector serve as a reference for the execution of our activities.

All applicable guidelines and standards recommended by the IMO Flagstate and Class shall be taken into account.

Strategy How we will do itIn order to deliver the above objectives GeoSea makes an inventory of all relevant risks on corporate level. Existing risks are assessed during project preparation and execution. Control measures are determined and followed-up.

In practice this means that: • clear agreements are made with our client(s); • we meet the requirements of our clients; • company processes are constantly optimized and adjusted; • we constantly strive for improvement on the basis of measurable objectives; • products and services supplied by third parties are followed-up; • we strive to satisfy our clients, employees and stakeholders in every respect; • an open communication exists, in which our partners are involved; • we ensure a profitable and competitive market position.

The QHSE department has the task and receives the means to verify the application and effectiveness of the global care system by means of audits and inspections of projects and ships.

QHSE is a fi xed item on the agenda of the Monthly Management Meeting and on that of the bimonthly Board of Directors. Within every level of the organization action lists are used. Action points can be transferred from one list to another. There are actions lists on board of the jack-ups as well as on Project Management Team and Process Owner level.

Scorecards How we will measure itGeoSea uses multiple Key Performance Indicators - KPI’s (SHOC, accidents at work, incidents, non-confor-mance, customer satisfaction, training, etc…), which are continuously monitored and adjusted where required.

Plans & actions What we have to doThanks to the use of action lists we can continuously adjust and assess our processes and organization.

Our yearly Management Review will be the foundation for our next Year Action Plan (YAP). The action lists contain priorities for the different levels within the organization.

This policy statement will be displayed on the notice board of every project, on board of every jack-up and is part of the introduction of every new GeoSea employee.

Zwijndrecht, 24/03/2014

Bart De PoorterGeneral Manager

GeoSea

Koen VanderbekeGeneral Manager

GeoSea

Luc VandenbulckeManaging Director

GeoSea

Bart De Poorter Koen Vanderbeke

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Introduction

This annual report gives a clear and sound overview in which

way GeoSea, her daughter companies and branches watch

over the Health & Safety of every person involved in our

activities and care for the environment.

• The GeoSea organisation possesses a range of certificates.

These are the ‘signs on the wall’ of the efforts we make to

improve our HSE level in a continuous way.

• GeoSea’s integrated management system is constantly

evolving according to the needs of our external clients and

fast growing internal organisation.

• The environmental care and performance are

inextricably linked with our operations. We focus on green

initiatives.

• HSE is periodically monitored by KPI’s. The fundamentals

of a good system are built on HSE inductions, toolbox

participations, HSE observations, inspections and drills.

• GeoSea puts a lot of effort into incident management.

We remain convinced of the positive effects of our constant

focus on high potential incidents.

• Qualified personnel and fully trained employees are

self-evident in our organisation.

• Every year GeoSea organises active awareness

campaigns: DEME safety moment day & CHILD initiatives,

year action plan and HSE performance report.

• GeoSea not only rewards projects and employees for their

dedication and HSE performance but wants to stimulate the

positive attitude towards HSE of its subcontractors and

suppliers.

• GeoSea and her daughter companies are expecting a new

vessel; green and state of the art. It is ready to work in the

oil and gas industry and in the wind industry.

• The DEME DRIVE program makes our activities more

efficient, safer and greener.

Bart De PoorterGeneral Manager GeoSea

Koen VanderbekeGeneral Manager GeoSea

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Our certificates

GeoSea, OWA andEverSea Certificates

• VCA** & OHSAS 18001 for occupational health and safety

• ISM for safety at sea and marine environmental protection

• ISO 14001 for environmental protection

• ISPS for security on vessels

• ISO 9001 for quality assurance

DEME Group Certificates

• CO2-Awareness Certificate

(CO2 Prestatieladder Certificatie v2.1 published and owned

by SKAO), has been updated from level 3 to 5 in January 2015

Notified Bodies

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The project managers of GeoSea and her daughter companies

frequently take their time to “stop the clock” to record

the client’s satisfaction. One of the items that is taken

into account is the client’s appreciation of GeoSea’s HSE

performance. The results of this information are discussed and

evaluated during the yearly management review.

On the other hand, some of our clients are spontaneously

expressing their appreciation…

The HSE certificate from DONG has been highly appreciated

by the GeoSea project employees, project and general

management. It confirms that our efforts towards HSE are

also valued by our clients.

Feedback from clients

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GeoSea, OWA and EverSea had a recertification for the

OHSAS 18001, ISO 9001 and VCA** standards and obtained

an initial certification for the ISO 14001 standard.

We are speaking of an Integrated management

system because on the one hand:

For each activity we manage all relevant Q(uality), H(ealth),

S(afety) or E(nvironmetnal) aspects in one integrated generic

risk analysis, owned by competent process owners.

On the other hand:

All necessary subjects which normally form part of any

management system (QHSE) are integrated in THE GeoSea

management system. This includes the policy, damage control

principles, identification of legal and other requirements,

organizational structures, resources, documentation

requirements, communication, internal audits, monitoring and

measurement, improvement actions and management review.

On top of this:

We have integrated all necessary management system items of

OWA and EverSea in the GeoSea management system. There

is no difference between the management systems of GeoSea

and its daughter companies and branches. This integration

results in a more coherent and compact management system

with improved efficiency and effectiveness.

We have integrated the activities of EverSea in

our management system.

Since we were executing not only Installations

activities but we evolved towards Engineering,

Procurement, Construction and Installation

(EPCI) projects, we decided to upgrade the

scope of the management system. In line with

this decision we had our certificates updated.

The GeoSea group received some very praising reactions from

the external auditors.

“De aanpak blijft op een redelijke eenzame hoogte staan,

vergeleken met het gemiddelde van de sector.”*

VCA** auditor, AIB Vinçotte

“Continual improvement is baked into the fundamentals of the

quality management system on every level of the organisation.”

ISO 9001 auditor, Lloyds

“Very good commitment of management and staff was noted.”

OHSAS 18001 auditor, Lloyds

“Environmental awareness was found to be good with all the

employees that were interviewed.”

ISO 14001 auditor, Lloyds

* The approach stands out to a reasonably lonely height, compared with the average of the sector.

GeoSea’s integratedmanagement system

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Introduction - ISO 14001

One of GeoSea’s achievements in October of 2014 was the

implementation of an Environmental Management System

(EMS) conform to the ISO 14001 standard. The goal of this EMS

is to reduce the environmental impact of our organization and

to profile GeoSea as a green company. By setting up the EMS,

procedures, risk assessments, operational instructions had to be

revised and extended with environmental measures to reduce

the environmental aspects.

Green initiatives

Also projects come up with a lot of green initiatives:

biodegradable oil and grease was implemented for all

hydraulic equipment at the HayPoint project in Australia.

This way, the protection of the environmental heritage (Great

Barrier Reef) is ensured. Biodegradable grease was also

implemented on the pile gripper and jacking system of the

Westermost Rough project in the UK. In order to reduce noise

emissions, GeoSea implemented bubble curtains on the Baltic

2 project and a Noise Mitigation Sleeve (NMS) on the Borkum

Riffgrund project. This Noise Mitigation Sleeve is a cylindrical

tube with hydraulic dampers which is placed on top of the

monopile; the hammering is done inside the NMS in order to

damp the emitted noise.

Green initiatives were taken on board of our vessels, like a

system of heat recovery installed on the cooling water of the

Goliath. On the Neptune, the power steering pump of the

cooling system was optimized. Also, the Neptune crew came up

with a revision of the vessel garbage management plan.

Award for environmental commitment

In order to stimulate its employees to work towards a greener

performance, GeoSea awarded the employee who did the

greatest effort to improve the environmental performance of

GeoSea.

Steve Ryckewaert received this award in 2014 for his

environment-minded way of working and promoting

environmental awareness amongst his colleagues. He is the

first point of contact for environmental issues within the

GeoSea technical department.

Environment

Steve Ryckewaert received the award for environmental commitment

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HSE performance

During the Management Review meeting it was decided to use an

extensive list of KPI’s (Key Performance Indicators) to monitor and if

necessary adjust GeoSea activities. KPI’s are placed at all levels of our

organization.

In the graphs that follow, some of these KPI’s are published and discussed

in more detail.

4.100 HSE Inductions

160.000 Toolbox participations

Minimal 1.200 toolbox participations / 100.000 working hours

Minimal 1 toolbox participation per employee per week

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Inductions are a key element for a succesful HSE performance

target

objective Communicate safety topics

throughout the company, by the

registration of the number of toolbox

participations in relation to the

working hours.

achieved

objective Anyone present on a vessel,

site or in a building where GeoSea is

responsible gets an appropriate and

specific HSE induction.

achieved

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3.400 SHOC cards

Safety observations are recorded on board of each vessel and

on each project. A Safety Hazard Observation Card (SHOC) is

used in the entire company. Everyone is encouraged to send

in SHOC’s.

Award: Best SHOC card of 2014Improvement idea by Borkum Riffgrund project team:

Engineering of a system that reduces the manual handling risk

of TP uplift clamps.

A SHOC campaign on the Australian project resulted in a

significant increase of the figures since September.

SHOC cards

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Minimal 75 SHOC cards / 100.000 working hours

Minimal 3 SHOC cards per employee per year

Nicolas Loosveldt received the award for best SHOC.

target

objective Increasing safety awareness

by promoting the receiving of enough

SHOC cards per employee in relation to

the working hours.

achieved

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400 QHSE inspections

Minimal 1 inspection per operational staff member / month (green)

Minimal 1 inspection for every Master and every Chief Engineer / week (blue)

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JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC 2014

target

Every project has the responsibility to control and inspect

their work and workforce. This should be demonstrable and

necessary actions should be taken in case of deficiency.

Therefore GeoSea highlights the importance of inspections

conducted by each supervisor.

Each superintendent up to Project Manager should perform

one inspection per month; (barge) masters and chief

engineers one per week.

objective Stimulate engagement

of top, middle and vessel

management by monitoring the

number of inspections done.

achieved

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2.000 Drills for emergency preparedness

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target

Minimal 1 drill on each vessel per weekobjective Prepare for emergencies by

monitoring the number of drills.

achieved

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Incidentmanagement

• Frequency rate GeoSea • Turnover (without procurement) • Number of employees

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Frequency rate DEME Group

Frequency rate DEME Group (as well as GeoSea) is calculated as follows:

(Number of LTI > 200.000)

Number of manhours worked

Frequency rate GeoSea

There were zero lost time injuries in 2014 which means the LTI frequency rate is again at zero.

Cumulative frequency rate 2014 – end December

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Result till date

0 Our definite target: Zero Accidents!

0,20 Our aim for 2014!

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0,20 Our aim for 2014!0,24

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0 Our definite target: Zero Accidents!

0,20 Our aim for 2014!

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0 Fatal accidents

0 Lost time incidents

1 Restricted work cases

4 Cases medical treatment

12 First aid cases

6 Near misses

25 Dangerous situations

3351 SHOC cards

Type of reported incidents 2014

GeoSea project incident management

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Vessel incident management

GeoSea tracks the number of days each vessel has gone without a Lost

Time Injury being sustained.

The table below shows the results by vessel.

The Zeebouwer still leads the way with 2434 days without LTI. There has

never been an LTI on the Neptune, Arista and Aquata. The number of days

mentioned is the actual number of days since they became operational.

The Innovation on the Westermost Rough project received a certificate of

HSE appreciation from our client.

Vessel name Last LTI Days since last LTI

Neptune 1050

Goliath 29/08/2009 1922

Vagant 6/03/2013 655

Buzzard 15/11/2008 2206

Arista 724

Aquata 724

Zeebouwer 27/03/2008 2434

Fleet total

GeoSea fleet

fleet total9.715 dayswithout LTI

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Environmental incident management

Incident statistics differentiate between severe and minor environmental

incidents. Severe environmental incidents are those which involve restitution

costs (consequence > 3 in GeoSea’s Risk Matrix). No major environmental

incidents were recorded in 2014, however 7 minor environmental incidents

occurred. There were e.g. oil spills on the deck of a vessel, but without any

spillage overboard.

2011 2012 2013 2014

Severe environmental incidents 0 0 0 0

Minor environmental incidents 10 3 7 7

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Focus on high potential incidents

Half-yearly Trend

After a provisional half-yearly trend analysis of the incidents

of the first six months of 2014, we were faced with the same

amount of High Potential (HIPO) lifting incidents as we had in

the whole of 2013. GeoSea has taken immediate action and

extra precautions, as waiting until the end of the year to draw

conclusions was no option.

The result of this clear signal after 6 months resulted in ‘all

hands on deck’ and the start of a ‘Safe Lifting’ awareness

campaign to stress on the minor and major risks involved.

The lifting awareness campaign shows that GeoSea is vigilant

and keeps track of the evolution of incidents. We will continue

to organise tailor made in-house lifting trainings about tasks

and responsibilities of the lifting team and the quality of the

lifting gear.

Date

28/04/2014 Start of the First of 4 courses ‘Management of a Lifting Team’ for project engineers.

20/06/2014 Every GeoSea QHSE Alert shall be treated in a toolbox and not only be posted on the wall.

15/07/2014 Re-evaluation of the rigging course.

21/08/2014 Start of evaluation of the lifting supervisors.

10/09/2014 Letter at home:your personal card with the ‘Golden Rules for Safe Rigging and Lifting’, based on 29 HIPO lifting incidents.

26/09/2014 Update of the template for lift plans.

9/10/2014 Safety Alert: 5 Golden Rules for Lifting and Checklist

31/10/2014 Safety Alert: Manual of Standard Lifts

25/11/2014 Distribution of the Manual of standard lifts.

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Conclusion HIPO’s 2014

• 43% (18/42) of HIPO incidents happened during lifting

activities.

• 59% (25/42) of HIPO’s occured during subcontractor

activities. This is part of the Year Action Plan.

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177incidents

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GeoSea lifting management course

The 3-day course GeoSea Lifting Management is part of

the lifting awareness campaign. In April of this year a first

version was introduced with 8 project engineers. This was a

good test regarding quality and content of the course. After

some adaptions and improvements the course was organised

another 3 times last year, in September, October and

November. It also has to be mentioned that the cooperation of

our partner Sarens-Heavy Lifting is much appreciated in this

course.

It is not the intention to fully train our project engineers to

become Lifting Supervisors. We want to give them a better

insight in the dangers that working with hoisting equipment

can entail.

To date 33 project engineers completed this course with good

results. All other project engineers involved with GeoSea

Lifting Activities are invited to take this course. To realise this,

we have already set new dates in 2015 to organise this course.

HSE personnel and training

Barge master course

This year the 3rd edition of the Barge Master Course was

organised at Quay 136. In this course GeoSea invites their

Barge Masters and assistants to join a 2-day introduction in

several important topics that they definitely will be able to

use in their functions on board of our platforms. Amongst

this year’s topics were onboard use of IMPACT, Oil and Gas,

MLC but also more practical sessions like actual jacking of

a platform and a training in the use of the DONUT system

(Emergency Descent System for elevated platforms). The

feedback of the participants was, again, very positive. An

encouragement for the organizing QHSE team and their

‘special guest-speakers’ to keep up the good work.

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QHSE 4 specialists

GeoSea QHSE department traditionally organizes a yearly

3-day seminar for all its employees. During this seminar the

QHSE Engineers follow different QHSE related presentations,

demos, workshops and discussion sessions. They also take the

time to share experiences and discuss the different projects

they have worked on in the past year.

This seminar is well-appreciated by the attendees. Lessons

learned and shared information have turned out to be very

useful in their daily activities. It is an excellent time to work

out new strategies to tackle issues that presented themselves

during the past year. With joined forces the QHSE Engineers

can reach a higher performance level in the fields of Quality,

Health, Safety and Environment!

HSE inductions

During the past year GeoSea has performed a major upgrade of

its induction system at one of its permanent sites in Antwerp,

Belgium. Previously the inductions given at Quay 136 consisted

of a PowerPoint presentation which had to be given personally

and all inductions had to be inputted manually into our

registration system. This demanded both extra time and effort

from the GeoSea personnel. Time which, especially during

mobilisations or repairs, was often hard to find.

Therefore GeoSea opted to fully automate the induction

system. The first step in this process was to transform the

PowerPoint presentation into a voiced-over induction movie,

both available in Dutch and English.

Next, GeoSea integrated this movie into our intranet

(SharePoint) to automate the process of registry of the

inductees as much as possible. This resulted in an induction

which requires a minimum of manual action by GeoSea’s

employees and an increase in functionality.

All this was done in-house in order to assure GeoSea can react

quickly and efficiently to changes coming from our continuous

improvement philosophy and implement these in the induction.

Employee Safety Award

We received a bright idea for improvement from our Neptune

crew. By making some changes to the muster station

arrangements, they were able to optimize the mustering

procedure.

By using numbered places, the assembly at the muster station

is being done in a much more organized and quicker way.

The crew has experienced a much smoother, faster and

efficient muster drill.

In the upcoming year GeoSea will strive to extend this

approach not only on its fixed sites and vessels but also on its

temporary project sites.

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Awareness campaigns

Safety moment day

This year DEME’s Safety Moment Day focused on incidents

resulting from people ‘Being Caught’. In light of this day, an

incident review showed which activities within GeoSea entail

the most risk for ‘Being Caught’: lifting and rigging operations,

handling of doors and hatches and moving parts on tools and

machinery.

An overview of these and other incidents, posters, a toolbox

form and movies, were distributed within the company. On all

GeoSea sites and vessels toolboxes were held to increase the

awareness on ‘Being Caught’, followed by an inspection of

the work place to spot possible areas for improvement. Over

200 colleagues participated in the Safety Moment Day. This

resulted in some SHOC cards with useful improvement ideas.

HSE is also important at home

As part of the QHSE awareness campaign of 2014, the HSE

Performance Report of 2013 was sent to all GeoSea employees

and contacts of our company.

GeoSea feels that a positive attitude towards HSE does not

stop in our office or on the work floor, but it is also inextricably

linked with our private life. Therefore a present that can be

very useful at home was included with the first edition of our

HSE Performance Report. Together with this very first edition,

everyone received a gift package containing a fire detector and

barbeque protection set.

Our ultimate company target ‘Zero accidents and zero

environmental incidents’ is not only applicable at work. We

consider it our way of life, also at home.

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YEAR ACTION PLANFor Quality, Health, Safety, Environment and Security

2015

Karel HuybrechtsQHSE-S Manager

GeoSea NV

Bart De PoorterGeneral Manager

GeoSea NV

Koen VanderbekeGeneral Manager

GeoSea NV

Luc VandenbulckeManaging Director

GeoSea NV

1 Quality - Do it right the fi rst time 1.1 Framework Development for Design, Fabrication & Installation 1.2 Instant reporting tool for project inspections 1.3 Incident management: report at 4 levels within 4 days

2 Health - A sound mind in a sound body 2.1 Manual handling training 2.2 Management of multi-gas measurement equipment 2.3 Psychosocial risk evaluation

3 Safety - Safety from the start is your best award 3.1 Protection of fi ngers and hands 3.2 Eye Protection 3.3 Subcontractor & Supplier management 3.4 Dropped objects 3.5 Lifting activities

4 Environment - A better environment starts with yourself 4.1 Local legal environmental compliance check for every NEW project 4.2 Enhance knowledge on biodegradable oils and lubricants 4.3 Green initiative campaign

5 Security - Sec_rity is not complete without U 5.1 ISPS/ISM compliancy for Goliath 5.2 Internal minimal standards for gangway watch 5.3 Data security at project level for subcontractors

Karel Huybrechts

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Year Action Plan 2015

Awareness starts with consciousness, sensibility, being

vigilant… It’s all about having the necessary knowledge or

insights. By means of the poster of the year action plan we

want to spread the knowledge on the QHSE items standing

out. This action plan gives a summarised overview of the

numerous activities that will be executed in the coming year.

It is based on thorough incident trend analyses, internal

audits, evaluation of new (legal) requirements in 2014 and the

outcome of the management review. It resumes the dozens of

concrete and specific actions for the next year.

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Baltic 2, Germany

Foundation works for offshore windfarm

• Design and fabrication of foundations

• Prepiling of tripod foundations

• Tripod installation

• Piling and Installation of monopiles and

transition pieces

Haypoint, Australia

Construction of coal export terminal

• Piling and drilling of foundations

• Jetty and berth construction

Northwind, Belgium

Design and construction of offshore windfarm

• Design and fabrication of foundations,

cables and scour protection

• Piling and installation of monopiles and

transition pieces

• Installation of cables and scour protection

• Transport and installation of wind turbines

Projects in 2014 GeoSea

Amrumbank, Germany

Baltic 2, Germany West of Duddon Sands, Ireland

Borkum Riffgrund, Germany Butendiek, Germany

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Amrumbank, Germany

Jacket and substation installation

Butendiek, Germany

Jacket and substation installation

Westermost Rough, UK

Transport and installation of monopiles and transition pieces

West of Duddon Sands, Ireland

Transport and installation of meteorological mast inclusive

monopile and transition piece

Borkum Riffgrund, Germany

• Transport and installation of monopiles, transition pieces

and anode cages

• Suction bucket jacket demo

Fécamps, France

Geotechnical site investigation works

Porto Sudeste, Brazil

Drilling and blasting of 80.000 m³ of rock for deepening

channel and turning basin

Porto Sudeste, Brazil Fécamps, France Haypoint, Australia

Northwind, Belgium

Award for best

safety performance of 2014

Westermost Rough, UK

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OWA Vestas Northwind

Fast crew vessel supply

C-Power, Thornton Bank, Belgium

• Offshore maintenance activities

• Marine services & structural maintenance

DOTI Alpha Ventus, Germany

• Offshore maintenance activities.

• Full rotor exchange

Ormonde, Ireland

Exchange of rotor shaft assembly and gearbox

Thornton Bank, Belgium

• Exchange of rotor shaft assembly and gearbox

• Blade exchange

Projects in 2014 OWA

C-Power, Thornton Bank, Belgium

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“Go deepto soar high.Our conviction.”

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Over the past years GeoSea’s QHSE performance level has been

rising and Client requirements have become stricter. GeoSea’s

subcontractors are challenged to meet the same standard.

An important step in subcontractor management is executing

QHSE audits and inspections in subcontractor facilities in the

early stages of a project. These audits and inspections allow us

to gain insight in the subcontractor’s QHSE management system

and evaluate the performance level. Furthermore, possible

QHSE issues are defined, and communication, involvement and

improvement concerning QHSE items is started up in the initial

phases of a project.

Another point of attention is centralization of subcontractor

information. A lot of data is available, but it often remains on

project level. Knowing that GeoSea often works with the same

subcontractors on different projects, it was important to provide

a system for sharing relevant subcontractor QHSE information.

For this reason a subcontractor QHSE database was started up.

This database is a cross-project platform that centralizes QHSE

documentation and information from GeoSea’s main suppliers

and subcontractors. The information in this database are audit

and inspection reports, QHSE management system certificates,

standard risk assessments and procedures. Project teams and

QHSE engineers can both consult and expand this database.

Finally a subcontractor list was set up to consolidate

subcontractor QHSE performance data coming from high

potential incidents, management review, and subcontractor

evaluations and feedback. This list allows GeoSea to objectively

determine which subcontractors require auditing or close

monitoring in the future. It is not seen as exclusion criteria,

but as assistance to subcontractors and GeoSea performance

improvement.

Cooperation of GeoSea and Falck Safety Services for a safety training of local stevedores in Aalborg-Denmark

A local stevedore injured his left hand during the load out of

monopiles in Aalborg-Denmark, earlier this year. A GeoSea

HSE engineer was sent out from Belgium to investigate the

incident.

After further investigation, GeoSea’s HQ decided to give all

local stevedores a job related Safety Course about Heavy

Lifting and general safety on the load out site. This course

(theoretic and practical) was produced by GeoSea HSE, in

collaboration with Falck. And so Anders Martinsen (Falck)

acted as an intermediate person between GeoSea and the

Danish stevedores. The first group was trained and supervised

by GeoSea HSE, the 3 following groups were trained by Falck

Safety Services.

The result of the training is that the stevedores now work in

a different (and safer!) way to handle the MP’s during load

outs. No more incidents were noted.

Subcontractor management

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Subcontractor and Supplier safety award

GeoSea and its daughter companies and branches want

to stress on the importance of the HSE performance of our

subcontractors and suppliers. That is why we show our

appreciation to Hertel Scaffolding. We are convinced that

their positive attitude towards HSE can inspire our other

subcontractors and suppliers.

Working with Hertel Scaffolding stands for:

• safety first

• proactive attitude

• decent calculation notes

• stability study if needed

• open communication

• a project-specific HSE plan with risk analysis

• work according to rules and regulations

• flexibility

That is why GeoSea management has decided to give Hertel

the Subcontractor and Supplier Award 2014.

Subcontractor Award 2014

in recognition for distinguished service, GeoSea is honored

to present this award as a token of grateful appreciation

for valuable contributions to our company.

Awarded for the overall QHSE performance executing scaffolding and

wrapping activities during MOB/DEMOB of Neptune on Quay 136, Antwerp.

Luc Vandenbulcke

Managing Director GeoSea

Bart De Poorter

General Manager GeoSea

Koen Vanderbeke

General Manager GeoSea

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In 2014 GeoSea finalized its registry in the FPAL database.

This was one of the multiple steps taken in the process of

diversifying the GeoSea scope and thus including oil & gas

activities in our standard operations.

FPAL is a community dedicated to facilitate communications

and relations between major buying organisations and

suppliers within the European offshore oil & gas sector.

Currently it contains 95 buyers and 3.200 suppliers in its

active community.

GeoSea was already known within the Achilles organisation

since 2009 due to our participation in the Achilles Sellihca

database and starting from October this year we expanded on

this with the FPAL community subscription.

This is another indication of GeoSea’s dedication to be an

active, leading and exemplary member in the offshore sector.

AchillesFPAL

The greenest vessel of the fleet: Apollo

GeoSea is building the greenest vessel of the entire DEME fleet. We can already lift a corner of the veil…

• power generation by solar panels

• power generation by wind turbines

• highly efficient cooling-water system

• recuperation of heat from the engines to warm up the

accommodation units

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• level of insulation above standards

• use of motion sensors for lighting

• compliant with ENVIRO+ requirements (ABS class notation

for environmental protection)

• pollution prevention of sea and air discharges

• biodegradable oil and grease

• recuperation of rain water

• low NOx and Sox emissions for engines

• optimization of use of grease

• improved sludge water system

• streamlined shape of the hull

These items show the ambition we have to build one of the

greenest ships in Europe.

There is also a special brochure on the “Apollo self-propelled

jack-up vessel”.

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“Zeroaccidents and zero environmental incidents.Our goal.”

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DRIVE is DEME’s improvement program and focusses on

increasing production while maintaining the high safety

standard. In the DRIVE approach, crew and staff actively

work together to determine how to make work activities

more efficient; this leads to an increased process control and

therefore, a safer and greener work environment.

An example of increasing both safety and production is good

housekeeping. A well-kept site is much safer and since tools

and equipment are easily located, shorter cycle times and thus

higher productivity will be achieved!

DRIVE and Safety hand in hand

Tobe Possemiers

Karel Huybrechts

Toon Broeckx

Serge Vleminckx

Stefaan Pierreux

For more information or

suggestions, please contact:

How do we safely go on board a jackup platform?

Why does the PPE on jackups keep disappearing?

The futureproof workgroup ‘crew transfers’ focusses on the different

methods of offshore crew transfers and all logistics that is involved

with this. Since transferring between vessels offshore is a highrisk

activity, their aim is to identify the safest and most efficient method of

transfer. In addition, the team is looking at the ongoing issue of

‘disappearing’ PPE on jackup. People keep showing up on board without

the correct PPE, which then needs to be provided by the jackup. Giving

them the correct PPE is easy, the hard part is getting it back.

The future of: Crew Transfers

After consulting with some experienced GeoSea

personnel, a matrix of all existing and new

methods of transferring has been composed.

Updated procedures and guidelines will be issued

after this matrix is carefully examined and

evaluated. The cost of issuing individual PPE vs

jackup PPE is also compared. Another topic that

this group is working on is making sure that the

subcontractors that go on board have received

the correct training, such as the boat landing and

frog training.

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methods of offshore crew transfers and all logistics that is invo

with this. Since transferring between vessels offshore is a highrisk

activity, their aim is to identify the safest and most efficient method of

transfer. In addition, the team is looking at the ongoing issue of

‘disappearing’ PPE on jackup. People keep showing up on board without

the correct PPE, which then needs to be provided by the jackup. Givi

them the correct PPE is easy, the hard part is getting it back.

After consulting with some experienced

personnel, a matrix of all existing

methods of transferring has been

Updated procedures and guidelines

after this matrix is carefully

evaluated. The cost of issuing

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GeoSea nvMember of the DEME GroupHaven 1025 - Scheldedijk 30 B-2070 Zwijndrecht, Belgium T +32 3 250 53 12F +32 3 250 55 41info.geosea@deme-group.comwww.deme-group.com/geosea

EverSea nvPart of GeoSea nvMember of the DEME GroupHaven 1025 - Scheldedijk 30 B-2070 Zwijndrecht, Belgium T +32 3 250 53 12F +32 3 250 55 41info.eversea@deme-group.comwww.deme-group.com/eversea

GeoSea Luxembourg saMember of the DEME GroupBâtiment ALTO11, Route des Trois CantonsL-8399 WindhofLuxembourgT +352 26 39 30 55F + 352 26 39 30 56www.deme-group.com/geosea

GeoSea Australia Pty LtdMember of the DEME GroupLevel 1 Unit 7B107 Miles Platting RoadEight Miles PlainsQLD 4113 Australia T +61 7 3340 4040F +61 7 3219 0758www.deme-group.com/geosea

OWA nvPart of GeoSea nv Member of the DEME GroupHaven 1025 - Scheldedijk 30 B-2070 Zwijndrecht, Belgium T +32 3 250 53 12F +32 3 250 55 41info.owa@deme-group.comwww.deme-group.com/owa