Ferguson Marine Hull 801 Acceptance Group minutes: 14th November 2023

Attendees and apologies

• [REDACTED] – Scottish Government (chair)
• [REDACTED] - Scottish Government
• [REDACTED] - Scottish Government
• David Tydeman – CEO FMPG
• Robbie Drummond- CEO CalMac
• [REDACTED] - CalMac
• [REDACTED] – CMAL

Items and actions

Actions from previous meeting

• A015 – submitted to TS (Action – CalMac)
• A017 – 1261 x 2 engineering submitted and checked with [REDACTED]  1st came back approved for space submission – more details needed for horizontal spaces. 2nd 1261 – escape routes – within the rules. MCA report needs to be given to CalMac for visibility to get help to apply mitigations. MCA report to be circulated to all with a summary paper (Action – CalMac – CMAL)
• A018 – Sea Trial timeline shared – full plan in development [REDACTED] going ahead to replace [REDACTED]  (Action – FMPG / CMAL)
• A021 – Ongoing – CMAL needs visibility as soon as possible (Action – FMPG)
• A023 – CMAL – 1st stage operational assessment. CalMac onsite for assistance. Maintenance on major equipment needs presented to the collective (Action – FMPG – CMAL / CalMac)
• A024 – Reviewing requirements. About to start seasonal recruitment – need to ensure this happens at right time. Risk is reduced here
• A025 – Ongoing and needs to include SPARES before Sea Trials

Hot topics

• [REDACTED]  – closing off electrical work. Hardest parts are complete and 15% left to complete. Testing to be completed soon
• signing new electrical contract soon
• ramp shell doors - Crane needed for specialised lift – risk reduced here and are not critical for handove

​Any other business 

• none raised 

Meeting End – 13:28