Through experience on projects in various geographic areas, INTEC is familiar with a wide range of physical and operating conditions that can be applied to Arctic Pipeline and Transportation Systems and a considerable amount of information on data and data sources for seabed and oceanographic conditions and resulting design criteria has been compiled. This provides valuable background information for data gathering and survey programs required on each individual project, where work scopes may include geophysical route definition and surveys, geotechnical investigations and actual oceanographic survey work. At this stage correct data interpretation and quality assurance are very important.

INTEC has proven capability in developing survey plans, preparing contracting strategies, required technical specifications and bid documents, obtaining and evaluating bids and in making unbiased, informed recommendations.

Third party survey services may then be contracted directly by the Client or subcontracted through INTEC with typical goals being to:

• Develop route selection criteria,
• Perform on-board real-time bottom roughness analysis,
• Supervise the survey field and data processing work,
• Assure the quality and quantity of information needed for route selection and design.