2016, Baker Consultants, Zone 6 Rampion, Noise Monitoring During Foundation Installation

Description

Baker Consultants Marine (BCM) was commissioned to monitor underwater noise emissions during the first four monopile installations in order to discharge license conditions (Schedule 13 of the DML) in accordance with MMO requirements. After discussion with the MMO the SoW was altered slightly considering that installation of the first foundation would not be representative for a typical installation process, considering that the first installation would normally take significantly longer. It was therefore agreed to monitor monopiles 2-5 of the sequence instead. The methodology employed to monitor noise emissions was developed to comply with Good Practice Guidance (GPG) compiled by NPL published by the Crown Estate.