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a) Distribution of Fabricators in the UK Fabrication firms tend to be located along the coasts, often in regions with a strong heritage in heavy engineering industries, such as ship-building, mining or power generation. Over the past 40 years, the bigger fabrication yards have also encouraged the emergence of a diverse, often local, supply chain in which SMEs have evolved to support fabricators by delivering more specialised goods and services, such as pipework fabrication, painting and insulation, asset integrity consultancy and other technical services.

b) Fabrication Work for Field Developments on the UKCS, 2008 to 2013 Oil & Gas UK recently conducted a survey covering the five year period 2008 to mid-2013 to assess the volume and location of fabrication activity taking place in the UK associated with UKCS developments and to identify where fabrication for these projects is undertaken by firms overseas. DECC approved more than 60 field developments from 2008 to mid-2013 which

Figure 37: Typical Offshore Platforms

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