2010, Fugro, Zone 3 - Dogger Bank, Geotechnical Site Investigation

At the request of Forewind Limited, Fugro GeoConsulting Limited acted as the main contractor for a geotechnical site investigation at the Dogger Bank Wind Farm site. The proposed field work was performed using four different vessels: the M/V Gargano from 03 October to 02 November 2010, the M/V Commander from 20 October to 22 November 2010, the M/V Saltire from 19 October 2010 to 07 December 2010 and the M/V Bucentaur from 27 November to 27 December 2010. The objective of this investigation was to provide geotechnical information for the development of a wind farm site. The water depth was approximately 21.1 m to 48.1 m corrected to Lowest Astronomical Tide. In total, 49 boreholes were performed at the 41 proposed borehole locations. An additional 109 seabed CPTs were performed at the proposed wind farm site to complement the soil conditions across the site.