RECOA.EU - Renewable Construction Academy

Martin Schnoor Warming is the leading founder of the Renewable Construction Academy. In addition to his background as a Master Mariner and Marine Engineer, he has extensive marine and offshore construction experience, accumulated over more than 15 years in the maritime, oil and gas, and renewable sectors. Since 2008, he has been managing offshore wind and renewable projects for cable installation contractors, survey companies, utility companies, and leading offshore wind farm developers. For the past 10 years, Martin has served as a Senior Consultant in the offshore renewable industry. In 2013, he founded RE-CON MANAGEMENT, a consultancy offering management and advisory services to top offshore wind developers and insurance companies in offshore construction, subsea engineering, subsea cables, and project management. To date, Martin has provided consultancy and been involved in the design, engineering, construction, and surveying of subsea power cable circuits, supporting more than 10,800 MW of offshore wind capacity.

Chris Weaver has more than 40 years of seagoing experience, beginning as a marine science student aboard a research vessel in the mid-1970s. His early career included serving in the British Royal Navy as a seaman officer, later specialising as a hydrographic surveyor. He then worked on subsea projects for Shell, BP, Total, ENI, and other smaller oil and gas operators before becoming a shipboard project manager for Alcatel Submarine Networks. Between 2006 and 2016, Chris was involved in various West African oil field projects, managing offshore construction and maintenance work in Côte d’Ivoire, Gabon, and Ghana during the winter, and power cable installation at various European offshore wind farms during the summer months. Chris became involved in training in 2014 when he designed the Renewables Offshore Client Representative course and presented it as classroom training in the UK over the following four years. He has a long association with Martin Schnoor Warming, founder of the Renewable Construction Academy, and they have collaborated on various renewable projects since 2010.