The establishment of a land based fish farm is a huge task that calls for proper preparation before the execution of the project can take place. This pre-phase is to ensure that customer needs are well defined and the appropriate technology is designed to meet the specific needs. Changes in design in later phases always leads to cost increases and postpone start-up of the facility.
Examples of customer needs are fish production plan, flexibility in fish handling, intake water treatment, sludge handling etc. Other items of more general importance are the limitations of footprint, the scope of work by AKVA group (SOW) and the division of responsibilities between customer, local contractor and AKVA group (DOR).
AKVA group uses risk analysis to mitigate the risks while designing and constructing the facilities. Our teams of dedicated engineers, designers and biologist work systematically to ensure that design fulfills the needs, and that the operation of the facility becomes as efficient and smooth as possible.
Further to reduce risks, we will train the operating personnel in the start-up phase and provide follow-ups during the full production. The importance of having skillful personnel and precise operating routines cannot be underestimated.
Risk mitigation is also obtained by the support of our PAS (Product Advisory Service) team, our expert in fish biology and water quality management who advises customers on-site and on-line. The same counts for our service engineers who are making sure that everything is maintained and working correctly according to a service agreement.