Prior to any installation activities, a marine route and
site survey must be accomplished. Data collected
during the site survey will dictate the exact nature of
any required seabed preparation. With results of a
sea-bed geo-technical survey, it can be determined if
a suitable weight bearing geology exists for
installation of required towers and associated loads to
be encountered in supporting the windmill. From
results of the geotechnical survey it can also be
determined what additional site preparations are
required for installation of wind towers such as pile
driving to support the tower, cementing, rock dumping,
and shore landing requirements of the trunk cable.
The marine route & site survey will encompass the
entire field of installation from the windfarm offshore to
the shore landing areas for landing the trunk cable(s).
Specialized companies provide this service with their
own marine assets to perform the necessary offshore
and onshore survey work