Salmon producers Grieg Seafood Hjaltland had previously shipped smolts - transported by carrier vessel from mainland Scotland - to their existing hatchery, but a new, large scale hatchery meant the capacity to produce in house and on site in Shetland, cutting down on transport costs and giving improved control on smolt quality and size, while preventing disease being brought into Shetland.
The contract included the complete redesign of the existing water intake and filtration system; the design, manufacture and construction of buildings to house egg hatching units, and the fry, parr and smolt, and new administration and staff welfare buildings.
All four buildings had unique requirements based on their use and specific designs and layouts had to be carefully planned by the Ocean Kinetics design team.