Fugro has announced that it has been awarded a geotechnical site investigation survey contract for the Hollandse Kust Wind Farm Zone. This follows previous contracts awarded earlier this year for geophysical survey and metocean monitoring at the same site.
Fugro will deploy dedicated geotechnical DP2 vessels for the work which will take place over a period of two months and will result in an integrated geological/geotechnical soil model of the site.
Netherlands Enterprise Agency, part of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, will use the results to provide future developers of the wind farm with crucial site information for their tenders. The site information acquired by Fugro will be made available to the participants in the SDE+ subsidy and permit tenders for the construction and operation of offshore wind farms in the Netherlands.
“This award recognises our capability to provide high quality independent and essential data in a relatively short time frame. It underlines the specialised site characterisation support we provide for the offshore wind industry,” said Sven Plasman, commercial manager and project director at Fugro Engineers BV.
