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| Multibeam Surveys
Overview
Fugro offers professional multibeam hydrographic survey services using advanced systems to provide exceptional bathymetric detail of the seafloor. Fugro's multibeam systems:
- Provide turn-key solutions from project design to deliverables.
- Comply with Corps of Engineers Class 1 and IHO Special Order requirements.
- Offer a proven track record.
- Are deployed from a fully equipped, trailerable vessel.
- Are available as portable systems designed for vessels of opportunity.
- Are performed by highly qualified and experienced multibeam personnel.
- Provide real-time seafloor imagery.
- Deliver high quality data products.
Multibeam System Features
The following are features of Fugro's multibeam system:
- Swath coverage up to 150 degrees.
- Update rates up to 30 times per second.
- Beam geometry of 1.5 x 1.5 degrees.
- Range capable of 300 meters.
- Lightweight, portable system.
Advantages of Fugro's Multibeam System
Fugro's multibeam system provides many advantages over other systems including:
- Increased detail of seafloor (100% coverage).
- Confidence all features and hazards are mapped without voids.
- Ability to map inaccessible areas (eg., under jetties, structures, vessels; near breakwaters, shoal areas, retaining walls).
- Fewer survey lines requiring less survey time.
- Highly accurate volumetric computation database.
- Optimum seafloor detail for route & dredge programs.
- Comply with highest order International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers hydrographic standards.
Representative Multibeam Projects
The following are representative projects of Fugro's multibeam system:
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Bridge abutments at Richmond-San Rafael Bridge, San Francisco Bay. |
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Abandoned platform site, Carpinteria, California. |
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Harbor breakwater survey, Lanai Harbor, Hawaii. |
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Harbor post dredge survey, Port of Anchorage, Alaska. |
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Coral reef at proposed outfall route at entrance of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. |
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Ventura Harbor. |
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