Fugro has been an international leader in marine geotechnical engineering for more than 45 years. Coastal and marine projects form the center of our practice. Whereas most firms may occasionally execute an overwater project, Fugro has been executing exploration programs and design studies for marine projects every day of every year for nearly five decades.
Unlike most geotechnical consultants, Fugro owns and operates vessels, survey systems, and geotechnical exploration systems. Many of the state-of-the-art marine survey and offshore (as well as land) exploration techniques within the industry have been developed by Fugro in response to the challenges of executing offshore projects.
Coastal developments that require Fugro’s geotechnical and marine survey capabilities include:
- Channel and berth deepening for Panamax/Post-Panamax vessels
- Hydraulic landfill port expansion and land reclamation
- Overwater bridges
- Intake and outfall pipelines and tunnels: desalination intake, sewer outfall, fresh water intake
- Coastal erosion monitoring, flooding studies, and flood protection structures
- Pipeline route hydrographic surveys
- Transportation tunnels: rail and roadway
- Port backland development
- Wharf and pier seismic renovations
- Environmental mitigation site development and habitat restoration
- Port-wide infrastructure and facilities development and maintenance
- Offshore wind, LNG, and oil facilities
Expertise in all geotechnical aspects of coastal development is one of the premier features of Fugro Consultants. Many of the largest port developments, challenging overwater bridges, and underwater tunnels in areas with high seismic risk have been accomplished using Fugro’s site exploration, engineering, and marine survey services. Some of our recent project experience includes:
- Craney Island Eastward Expansion, Portsmouth, Virginia
- Port of Houston Authority, Bayport Expansion and Building, Bayport, Texas
- Cape Wind, Nantucket Sound, Massachussets
- Gulf Marine Fabricators, Graving Dock, Ingleside, Texas
- Port of Los Angeles – 2020 Plan, Pier 400, and Channel Deepening, Los Angeles, California
- OceanWay Secure Energy LNG Import Terminal, Woodside Natural Gas, Inc., Offshore Santa Monica Basin, California
- City of Norfolk Flooding Study, Norfolk, Virginia
- San Pedro and Dana Point Harbor Breakwaters, Coastal California
- ID/IQ Geotechnical Levees Study, USACE New Orleans District, Louisiana
- Clearwater Outfall Program, Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County, California