Project: SI 1044 – Kangaroo Island (South)
Client: Australian Hydrographic Office (AHO), under the HydroScheme Industry Partnership Program or simply ‘HIPP’
Working for: Reach Subsea
Year: 2025
Area of operation: Australia, Kangaroo Island
Type of work: Hydrographic Survey
Further info: see link below (click SI1044) https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/966f0e12f7504ae7a107405dce5838ac
Key Equipment: Kongsberg Multibeam EM 2040, Veripos Positioning
Project Overview: I managed this project, to undertake a Hydrographic survey for the AHO, which is used to update navigational charts, under the HIPP scheme. The HIPP scheme lays out rigorous requirements to ensure tight data tolerances – far more so than other projects – to ensure a high level of confidence in the data used to update the chart information and depths.
In field Scope:
- Hydrographic Survey (1674 km2)
- Tide Gauges, Current meters, deployed to seabed
- Sampling of seabed (grabs and cameras)
- GNSS land base stations
Challenges:
- Utilising third party vessel
- Weather and waves
- Managing crewing
- Demanding data and mobilisation specs
- Working with multiple government stakeholders