Fugro has been awarded the contract by Vineyard Wind, formerly named ƶijϻMW, to perform a marine geotechnical site investigation within its wind development lease, offshore Massachusetts.
Fugro’s state-of-the-art, 105m drilling vessel M/V Fugro Synergy will perform the study, which will include numerous seabed CPTs and exploration boreholes, along with sampling and downhole CPTs. Following the fieldwork, a program of laboratory testing and reporting will be performed by Fugro’s offices in Houston, Texas and Norfolk, Virginia.
The site investigation will be used to verify geologic ground models that Vineyard Wind is developing based on previous geophysical data collected from the 166,866-acre lease area. The investigation is planned to start before the end of October and take around two to three weeks.
In August, construction was completed at the US's first offshore wind farm, Block Island.
Image of the Fugro Synergy, from Fugro.
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