Below is a general summary of the range of engineering programs and types of equipment which Colin Poat is familiar with or has knowledge of:
Specialist Software Knowledge
- Knowledge of Makai Plan for cable route engineering applications
- CodaOctopus and similar sidescan sonar/subbottom acquisition and interpretation packages
- SeaSpy and similar magnetometer acquisition and interpretation software
- Applied geodetic programs e.g. Blue Marble and proprietary software packages
- Knowledge of MicroMax seismic QC processing software
Equipment Experience
- Familiar with 2D High Resolution Seismic and 2D Ultra High Resolution Seismic acquisition systems, QC and data processing methods
- Familiar with most types of bathymetry, sidescan sonar and sub-bottom profiler equipment
- Familiar with most types of marine magnetometer operations for hazard and UXO detection
- Experienced in numerous types of terrestrial and marine geotechnical sampling techniques; grab, gravity/piston cores, vibrocores, CPT’s, PCPT’s, API WISON/WIP, Geobor S and PQ drilling, geotechnical and geological logging/testing to approved international standards
- Familiar with marine resistivity and refraction techniques for burial assessment works (cable/pipeline)
- Experience of pipeline installation dredging and ploughing construction works (e.g. PL2)
- Experience of cable burial operations (e.g. Modus CT2 PLIB jetting tool) and cable detection using TSS (TSS 340, 440 and 350) and Innovatum systems
- Knowledge of Pangeo Sub-Bottom Imager cable/pipeline depth of burial system
- Experience of cable route Pre Lay Grapnel Run and Route Clearance operations
- Experience of shallow water Fibre Optic cable repair operations
- Experience of pre-lay and post-lay rock placement operations using fall pipe vessels
- Experience of Inter-Tidal-Zone cable burial operations
- Experience of Mass Flow Excavation (MFE) techniques for cable burial operations
- Experience of cable burial operations using T750, T1500 and i-Trencher type ROVs and Trenching/Plough systems
- Experience of acoustic backscatter operations for fisheries habitat mapping and characterisation
- Experience of oceanographic profiling and water sampling, ADCPs and Ice Profiling Sonars
