Industry Perspective Contribution to MACOORA Annual Conference

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• Industry Perspective Contributionto MACOORA
  Annual Conference
• Tom McNeilan - November 17, 2009

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Public versus Private
PRIVATE
PUBLIC
Broad, regional POLICY Studies
Very detailed, narrow BASIC Science Studies
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Private versus Public ( MACOORA)

• Perspective of my Peers in Met-Ocean Groups
• MACOORA ( the other regionals) are a good idea
• Often spend time re-inventing what has already
  been accomplished
• The playing field between Public and Private is
  often un-balanced
• Much can be accomplished
• My perspective (as a newcomer and engineer) in
  the Virginia Tidewater
• Its difficult to define an area of the US
  where oceanographic considerations are so
  important
• Flooding and sea level rise
• National security and defense considerations
• Future offshore energy opportunities
• How fragmented the public organizations are
• So many headquarters of governmental scientific
  agencies
• So many universities and agencies
• Everyone fighting for the same little pies

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Fugro - Investigating Planet Earth

• Fugro is the worlds largest and most
  technologically-advanced firm that
• specializes in the collection, interpretation,
  and analyses of data from and below the earths
  surface and
• provides advice for the development of projects
  based on that data.
• For 60 years, Fugros focus has been on the
  coastal, low-lying and offshore regions of the
  world.

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Fugro Corporate Global Network
13,000 employees in 275 offices in 50 countries
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Fugro Atlantic, Norfolk VA

• Established July 2007 (at request of client)
• Located in World Trade Center, in Norfolk
• Principal Services
• Geotechnical/Foundation Engineering
• Marine Survey Services
• Integrated Data Management using GIS
• Other Fugro Services - met-ocean, Lidar,
  Shoals, etc
• Our View of the Local Area
• Regional Economic Center, rather than national
  economic center (like LA, SF Bay, New York,
  Baltimore-Washington)
• But extremely large component of economy
  relates to the water, bays, and coastline
• One of most vulnerable areas to sea level rise
• Future leader for support of Offshore REnewable
  energy

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Fugro Atlantic, Norfolk VA

• Principal Markets
• Coastal Infrastructure Industry
• Craney Island Eastward Expansion/Marine
  Terminal
• Midtown Tunnel, 2nd Tube
• Norfolk Naval Shipyard Pier 5
• Offshore Wind (and other REnewable (REn)
  Energy)
• Local Mid-Atlantic
• Elsewhere on Eastern Seaboard
• Great Lakes
• Flood Inundation and Flood Defense
• City of Norfolk Coastal Flooding Contract

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Fugro Atlantics Principal Market Area
New York
Flooding/Inundation ( regional infrastructure)
Market
Washington
Continental Shelf
Infrastructure Industry Market - Hampton Roads
Offshore Renewable Energy Market
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Regional Coastal Infrastructure Industry

• Larger Projects
• Craney Island Eastward Expansion
• USN fuel line relocation
• VNG gas line
• Midtown Tunnel 2nd Tube
• Norfolk Naval Shipyard Pier 5 Reconstruction
• Activities
• Hydrographic, bottom charting geophysical
  surveys
• Site exploration and investigation
• Subsurface characterization based on integrated
  evaluations
• Engineering design

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Offshore REn Energy
Laboratory Testing Engineering and Reporting
Cable Route Surveys
Hydrographic/ Geophysical Surveys
Offshore Geotechnics
Foundation Installation/ Construction
Precise Positioning Services
Environmental Survey / Assessment
Integrated Services For The Project Lifecycle
Geoconsulting Services
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Offshore REn Energy

• Regulatory Considerations
• MMS in OCS MMS considers the East Coast a
  Frontier Area
• States within State Lands
• Corps of Engineers in Great lakes
• An Evolving Industry
• Start with Offshore Oil Gas Experience
• Add European Experience
• Evolve from There
• Technical Considerations
• Energy Resources (e.g. wind regime)
• Loads on Structures
• Winds Waves
• Structure Performance
• Vibrations Fatigue
• Seafloor Stability
• Scour - Bottom Currents, Seafloor Sediments
  Structures

Opportunities for Public - Private Partnership?
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Sea Level Rise Flood Inundation

• Projects
• Norfolk City-Wide Coastal Flooding Contract
• Activities
• Hydrographic surveys
• Tide gauge installation and interpretation
• City-Wide GIS flooding model
• Flooding predictions
• Capabilities
• Lidar hydrographic mapping
• Historical subsidence mapping
• Sea level rise and subsidence predictions
• Flood inundation analyses
• Flood defense evaluations design

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Sea Level Rise Flood Inundation Predictions

• The local area has one of the highest documented
  rates of relative sea level rises in the world
• Partially due to a high rate of subsidence
• Back analyses and mapping of historical
  subsidence

Linear Subsidence feature coincides with London
Underground Jubilee Line
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Flood Defense Evaluations

• REAL Rapid Engineering Assessment of Levees
• Jointly developed by Fugro Deltares
• Inputs and merges various types of data
• Land use
• Topography/bathymetry
• Geology
• Surface and subsurface data
• Water level scenarios
• Automates Batch-processes Levee Stability
  Analyses
• Maps Results
• An example of joint private-public cooperation

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Flood Defense Evaluations

• REAL Rapid Engineering Assessment of
  Levees
• Technical Approach
• An example of joint private-public cooperation

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Flood Defense Evaluations

• REAL Rapid Engineering Assessment of
  Levees
• Use to
• Identify
• Assess
• Communicate
• Mitigate
• repetitively every 5 years (in The
  Netherlands)
• An example of joint private-public
  cooperation

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Conclusion
Success begins by Building on aFoundation of
(Public Private) Experience