On shore and near shore ground investigation with Royal Eijkelkamp equipment

Ground investigation for green energy development with sonic drilling and CPT Causeway Geotech deploys their jack-up barges for any near shore works, many associated with offshore wind. There’s a lot of harbour and port upgrades around the coast of Ireland and the UK as preparations are made for offshore wind in the Irish Sea and North Sea. In the video, the team is working on ground investigation in Wales. Assistant Project Manager Neil Patton: “We are currently carrying out a ground investigation both land side and marine. In the overburden, the team encounters a variety of geologies, including sand, silty sands, peat, clays and mudstone, coals and siltstone. On previous jobs with different rigs we would have struggled with recovery, but with the sonic rigs we’re seeing fast production rates and full recovery on a lot of the runs. We have also deployed our Drill’n CPT, because our clients now often request CPTs alongside boreholes. This helps to provide a continuous ground model and a correlation with the boreholes. What I’ve experienced with the Royal Eijkelkamp equipment is it’s very fast, it’s efficient, and the runtime of the project is greatly reduced.”