Offshore staff
NOOTDORP, the Netherlands – The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) has awarded Fugro three geotechnical investigation contracts for the 4-GW IJmuiden Ver, the largest offshore wind farm (OWF) zone to be developed in the Dutch North Sea.
The contracts include seabed investigation, an extensive laboratory testing program, and development of an integrated ground model. Techniques, such as the generation of synthetic cone penetration tests (CPTs), will be applied to create the geological ground model and the results will be used for future developers’ tender submissions for the 429-sq km (166-sq mi) OWF zone.
The fieldwork, which comprises seabed CPTs, thermal conductivity tests, vibrocores and boreholes, will run from February to August 2021 and will be performed from Fugro’s DP-2 geotechnical vessels. According to the company, several proprietary technologies will be used on the project, including the SEACALF Mk V Deepdrive coiled CPT system and the WISON Mk V Ecodrive downhole CPT and sampling tool.
12/08/2020
