Fugro Engineers is a specialist in offshore pipeline/cable route survey and burial assessment. Fugro maintains a database of pipeline/cable trenching ploughs and jetting systems. Over the years, Fugro has developed models of plough performance which relate tow tension, burial depth and progress rate to soil properties. Fugro has analysed thousands of kilometers of pipeline/cable installation. Our database has been used to fine-tune performance analysis models for ploughs and jetting systems.
These models and the associated geological, geophysical and geotechnical engineering expertise enable Fugro to provide reliable burial predictions for specific or generic ploughs or jet trenchers.
Expertise covers the following topics:
- Geophysical and geotechnical data integration
- Development of plough performance prediction models
- Development of jet-trencher models, including small scale testing
- Cable burial assessment
- Pipeline trenching assessment
- Risk assessment during trenching and backfilling.