*** Please Note: If you do not meet the funding eligibility criteria, we will need to collect the full course fee. ***

Date: 14 February 2024
Time: 14:00 - 17:00
Venue: Online (MS Teams)

** This module is part of a wide course on Offshore Development and Consenting, and is most suited to those with a general understanding of offshore wind, but are looking for more specific knowledge on Geo surveys. Should you wish to book onto the full course, you can do so HERE **

*** It is also strongly recommended by the trainers that those completing this module, also do the Offshore Survey Strategy and Ground Modelling Development Offshore Survey Strategy and Ground Modelling Development module as they are strongly linked ***

Course Overview 

The next module will cover the geotechnical and geophysical survey requirements required for developing offshore wind, and the INOFOMAR programme will be introduced. 

Course Content 

The course will cover the following topics: 

• Geotechnical 
  The geotechnical survey requirements will cover boreholes, CPTs, seabed CPTs, seismic CPTs, down hole testing for rock (HRAT, televiewer, etc.) and Lab testing. Different vessel types will be introduced, and the relative merits of different testing techniques will be identified.

• Geophysical 
  The geophysical survey requirements will cover an overview of geophysical methods and equipment such as SSS, MBES, Seismic Reflection, Seismic Refraction, the merits and outcomes of each of the survey methods will be discussed.

• INFOMAR programme 
  The INFOMAR programme is one of the largest seabed mapping programmes in the world and provides coverage around the Irish coast with datasets including bathymetry, shallow seismic, etc. GDG has utilised INFOMAR data to inform many aspects of offshore wind farm decision making including geohazard identification, benthic habitat mapping, engineering studies (e.g., Cable routing, ground model development).

About the Trainer

Toby Harrison is Head of Offshore Survey management at GDG, and has over 15 years’ experience in offshore site investigation and asset inspection. He has an in-depth understanding of multi-role survey vessel operations, from vessel mobilisation and survey data acquisition to survey completion and collation of client deliverables.