The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) has awarded Arup the contract for the development of an integrated ground model (IGM) for Nederwiek (zuid) Wind Farm Zone.
The €1.55m contract will also see Arup produce a geotechnical interpretative report to allow preliminary foundation design.
The results will be made available to the participants in the concession tenders for the Nederwiek (zuid) offshore wind farm zone.
The IGM will be made based on the results of the geophysical work that is currently ongoing in the NWWFZ.
It will then be used as input for the geotechnical campaign which will validate the geological model resulting from the geophysical investigation.
It will also confirm the soil engineering properties required by developers to progress with their geotechnical foundation designs and other general design and installation requirements for the wind farm, as well as those relating to cable installation.