Solomons Western Border Outpost Defence Marine Base Geotechnical Investigation

Scope of Work

Pacific Marine Group were engaged by GHD to undertake geotechnical investigations (Early Works) for the planned Western Border Outpost to be built in the Shortland Islands in Western Province of the Solomon Islands, as a foreign aid project by the Commonwealth of Australia.

• International clearance and mobilisation.
• International clearance and mobilisationof crane construction barge and tug from Townsville, QLD Australia to the Shortland Islands in the Solomon Islands.
• Operation of tug and crane construction barge to facilitate landside and marine drilling and geotechnical soil sampling works, inclusive of crew and accommodation.
• UXO clearance of all Geotech sampling sites prior to soil disturbance.
• Drilling of 6 x landside bore holes to 20m deep.
• Excavation of 9 x landside test pits.
• Drilling of 6 x marine bore holes up to 20m deep.
• Test pit sampling.
• Test pit sampling.
• Borehole log/sampling.
• Collection of acid sulphate soil sample.
• Import of soil samples to Australia.
• Lab testing.
• Geotechnical (factual) reporting.