Fugro has been awarded a USD 5 million contract for geotechnical engineering services for the Craney Island Eastward Expansion project and has established a permanent office in Norfolk, Virginia, USA. As the lead geotechnical engineer for the Craney Island project, Fugro is conducting marine geotechnical site investigations and engineering studies for the Eastward Expansion of the Craney Island Dredge Material Management Area (CIDMMA) and the Craney Island Marine Terminal (CIMT) project in Portsmouth, Virginia.
Fugro’s new offices located at the Norfolk, Virginia, World Trade Center and the company’s operations on the East Coast of North America will be referred to as ”Fugro Atlantic”.
The Craney Island Eastward Expansion project is being jointly developed by the Virginia Port Authority and the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). The purpose of the project is to add dredge disposal capacity to the USACE-operated CIDMMA and to develop the CIMT for the Port Authority.
With the initial phase of field investigation (conducted in conjunction with Fugro Seacore, Ltd, Fugro Alluvial Offshore Limited, and Fugro Engineers, BV) completed in September 2007, Fugro is developing geotechnical design criteria and preparing preliminary designs for various types of retaining structures, the landfill reclamation, and ground improvement aspects of the project. Fugro is also synthesizing geologic and exploration data into a regional GIS database of the lower James River and Chesapeake Bay region.