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On 7 June 2016, EDF Energy Renewables, via its special purpose vehicle Blyth Offshore Demonstrator Ltd, awarded Royal BAM Group a contract to design, fabricate and install five full-size gravity base foundations for the Blyth Offshore Demonstrator project off the Northumberland coast. The self‑installing concrete and steel foundations, developed by BAM Nuttall and BAM Infra and designed by BAM Infraconsult, are to be fabricated locally in Newcastle on the River Tyne and were scheduled for completion in summer 2017, representing a world‑first demonstration of this gravity base technology for offshore wind turbines.