2013, Coastline Surveys Ltd., Zone 7 Navitus Bay West Isle of Wight, Geotechnical Vibrocore Investigation

Description

Coastline Surveys Ltd (CSL) was commissioned by PMSS on behalf of Navitus Bay
Development Limited (NBDL) to undertake a marine geotechnical site investigation for the
Navitus Bay Development area. The aim was to obtain information on the geotechnical
characteristics of the sediment along a section of the development area and cable route corridor.
This was necessary to inform archaeological assessment of the sediment as well as providing
geological and geotechnical information for the cable engineering design for the proposed Navitus
Bay Wind Park. A Vibrocore (VC) survey campaign involving 22no x 6m VC at locations supplied
by PMSS (client rep) has been completed by CSL onboard Coastline’s dedicated survey vessel
“MV FlatHolm”. The vibrocore survey was carried out between February 27th and March
1st 2013 using the CSL C-CoreHP High Penetration Corer.