Research – FUGRO awarded NOAA contract until 2025 – 08.04.2020

FUGRO has been awarded a 5 year indefinite delivery indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for the provision of shoreline mapping services in support of the agency’s Coastal Mapping Program.

FUGRO GAUSS leaving Valletta back to 5th December, 2014.

Issued through the NOAA’s National Geodetic Survey (NGS), the contract calls for topobathymetric LIDAR, aerial imagery and shoreline feature compilation. The NGS will use the data to update NOAA nautical charts, define US territorial limits, support coastal management activities, and perform inundation modeling.

FUGRO HELMERT entering Valletta back to 26th February 2014.

The survey work has already begun and will run until March 20, 2025. Fugro is one of four contractors that will receive task orders under the programme. The total maximum value of work to be shared among all contractors is US$40 million.

FUGRO SCOUT entering Valletta back to 4th October, 2015.

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Published – Wednesday 8th April, 2020