Experience record

from more than thirty years at Danish Hydraulic Institute

Year

Project

Position and activities

2007

‘Poseidon's Organ’; a concept for a
floating power plant transforming wave energy into electricity. FLOATING POWER
PLANT as, Denmark

Advisor for installation of test facilities and full-scale measurements of waves and current together with transmission of test data from platform to shore

2006

Anchor model test for the South
Sumatra-West Java Project. OGI Pte
Ltd, Singapore

Project manager for an anchor model
test programme. The purpose of the model tests
was to demonstrate that a pipeline protection
could withstand the effect of a 9.0 ton anchor
dragged over the buried pipeline

2004-05

Procurement of wave current measurement, piloting and docking system. SE Klaipeda State Seaport Authority, Lithuania

Project manager for installation of wave/current
monitoring devices at 10m water depth inside
and outside the port and installation of
meteorological station. Collecting the data from
wave/current measurement equipment and
meteorological station as well as to transmit and
receive the data to/from ship piloting and docking system in the premises of the Vessel Traffic Service (VTS)

2003-04

Morphology Study, ENERGI E2,
Denmark

Project manager for testing the relevance of using satellite images and monitoring programmes (wind, water level, waves & current) as support for numerical modelling of nearshore morphology. The overall purpose of the works has been to demonstrate the applicability of the DHI model system to asses the impact on nearshore morphology from large offshore wind farms

2002

Twin Hull Vessel – Model Tests, Fred. Olsen Renewables Ltd., UK

Project manager for model test programme for ‘Twin Hull’ vessel for installation of large structures in shallow water offshore

2001

TWS Model Tests, Bluewater, the Netherlands

Project manager for environmental model tests
of a tower wishbone system (TWS) mooring 316,000 DWT FSO with a 300,000 DWT shuttle
tanker moored to the FSO

2001

Joint Environmental Loading at Offshore Wind Farms, SEAS A.m.b.A.

Project manager for a research programme for
evaluation of combined impact on wind, waves,
current, and ice

2000

Rødsand and Omø Stålgrunde Offshore Wind Farms. Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA).
SEAS A.m.b.A.

Project manager for evaluation of impact on hydrography, water quality, and morphology

1999

Offshore Wind Farm Foundations at
Horns Rev and Læsø Syd. ELSAMPROJEKT A/S

Project co-ordinator for evaluation of hydrographic data (water level, current, waves, and ice), covering design and operational conditions

1998

Environmental Conditions at ‘Fyllas Banke’, Greenland. Basic information for Statoil A/S

Presentation of meteorological, hydrographic and ice conditions in or in the vicinity of the License Area ‘Fyllas Banke’

1997

Berg Watch ’97, iceberg investigation in Northwest Greenland for the Danish Ministry of Environment and Energy 1996

Project manager for the DHI part of a field
investigation, in co-operation with ASIAQ,
Greenland, investigating the physical environment, especially icebergs and currents in the Eastern Baffin Bay (Melville Bay) North of 73° N

1996-98

Artificial Reef for the Danish Institute for Fisheries Research

Project manager for a research programme to
highlight the potential role of artificial reefs
(habitats) in Danish waters, especially documentation of the importance of structure,
optimal location and design regarding the hydrographic condition in different areas

1996-97

Wave Atlas for Danish Waters, R&D project

Project co-ordinator for a project demonstrating
the methodology, suggested for a combined
study, as well as the wave products, which
become available for a Wave Atlas for the Danish
waters.

1996

Cost Optimisation of Large-scale Offshore Wind Farms, Nellemann, Nielsen & Rauchenberger A/S

Project manager for hydraulic assessment
for Rødsand, Omø Stålgrunde, and Gedser Rev
including waves, current, and ice

1995

Dredging and Reclamation, Hydrographic Survey, The Øresund Consortium (ØSK), Denmark

Project manager and client's representative (ØLC) for survey in relation to dredging and reclamation operations

1995

Iceberg sizes in the Disko Bay area, Civil Aviation Administration of Denmark

Project manager for an investigation about safety
target level to an airport in Greenland

1994-95

Bathymetric Survey in the Swedish navigation channel Flintrännan, ØSK, Denmark

Project manager for evaluation and analysis of
several hydrographic and bathymetric surveys for input to contract documents

1994-95

Offshore windmill park at Tunø Knob, I/S Midtkraft, Denmark

Co-ordinator for hydraulic investigation of
foundations for windmills

1994-95

Marine Evacuation Systems, VIKING Life-Saving Equipment, Denmark

Project manager for participation in sea trials for
single- and dual-track slides on the North Sea for
documentation of the wave conditions through
field measurements

1993-95

Long-term monitoring of the Øresund Link Project, ØSK, Denmark

Project manager for monitoring of artificial test
islands and test pits in connection with test dredgings and environmental impact in Øresund

1993

Sediment spill monitoring programme, Øresund Link, ØSK, Denmark

Project manager for a spill monitoring programme covering profile flux measurements and aerial measurements for documentation of spill during dredging operations

1992-93

Full-scale ship impact measurements, Great Belt, Denmark

Logistic party chief for full-scale ship impact test
with a vessel in connection with design of protective works for side span bridge abutments

1992

Advisory services on Low Cost Dredging
Technology in India, United Nations ESCAP

Advisor for UN-ESCAP in India. Studying and
advising on improving dredging and main-
taining techniques in a number of ports. Advising
on applying low cost dredging techniques

1991-92

Environmental conditions along the Costa de la Luz and Algeciras Coast, Spain

Project manager for field investigations covering
measurements of tide, current and waves,
collecting data for design of offshore pipelines

1991

Monitoring of anchor block islands and test dredging, Great Belt, Denmark

Project manager for monitoring and analyses of
test dredging of artificial Islands around the
anchor block piers of the Great Belt Bridge

1990-91

Grådyb Field Investigation, Denmark

Project manager for field investigation covering
measurement of wind, waves, and current in the
North Sea and the entrance of Esbjerg harbour

1990

Ice data for Greenland project

Evaluation of environmental and ice conditions
for ice breaking tanker study

1989-90

Feasibility study for long term sea ice forecasting

Evaluation of precasting potential for summer ice
conditions off the East Greenland Coast with a
view to future surveying possibilities

1989

Mathematical model study of Pussur-Sibsa River System and Karnafuli River Entrance. Technical assistance to the River Research Institute

Project co-ordinator to the organisation of DHI
project activities in Bangladesh

1988-90

POLARTECH'90 Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark

Organising the 3rd International Conference on
Development and Commercial Utilisation of
Technologies in Polar Regions

1988-90

Environmental conditions on the North East Greenland Shelf (PACK-ICE)

Establishment of a basis for design and operation
offshore North East Greenland covering hydrographic, ice, meteorological and seabed geotechnical conditions

1988

Arktis V/3, Greenland Sea and Fram Strait

Scientific engineer with research work by
systematic ice observations and -analyses during
the fifth Arctic cruise of RV POLARSTERN
undertaking sea ice inves-tigations and geophysical research in Green-land Sea up to 800 north

1987-90

Great Belt Link, Denmark 

Project manager for planning, design and
establishment of fixed stations of the Great Belt
Monitoring System. The system includes 18 stations with measurements of hydrographic data transferred to a computer centre at DHI by means of Radio link and Datex lines

1987

Great Belt, Denmark

Party Chief during an intensive environmental
field investigation concerning the Great Belt
crossing

1986-87

North Sea Environmental Data Catalogue

Project manager for a general description of the
wave conditions in the Danish North Sea Sector
including development of an environmental Data Bank and Data Catalogue prepared as a part of an Energy Programme undertaken by the Ministry of Energy

1985-86

Low Cost Dredging, Port of Itungi, Tanzania

Project manager for dredging the entrance channel to Port Itungi initiated by Tanzania Railways Corporation, and with financial support by DANIDA

1985-87

Ice Force Measurements on Lighthouse

Project manager for instrumentation and measuring of ice force by transducer system, where signals are amplified, multiplexed and transmitted onshore by VHF

1984-87

POAC 85 Conference, Narssarssuaq, Greenland

Organising the 8th international conference on Port and Ocean Engineering under Arctic Conditions

1984-87

Low Cost Dredging Technology, South East Asian Region

Project manager for construction of simple
dredging machines and methods initiated by UN-ESCAP, and with financial support by DANIDA

1984

The Sydgas Project: Submarine Pipeline, Øresund

Client's representative for construction
management and site supervision on 20 km, 24" submarine pipeline from Denmark to Sweden in the Sound

1983

Analyses of Ice Conditions, East Greenland

Project Manager for analyses of the ice conditions in connection with an evaluation of the navigational conditions at Fleming
Fjord, Jameson Land.

1983

Study of Methods in Geo-physics related to the East Greenland Current

Project manager for work plan to carry out
studies and development of methods for analyses of large quantities of data for geophysical applications in interdisciplinary research of current and ice conditions comprising meteorological, oceanographic, and remote sensing data

1983

North Sea Oil Pipeline Project

Client's representative and Q/A engineer during as-built survey on the 220 km 20" oil pipeline in the Danish sector of the North Sea

1983

Seismic Survey, Paso Summer, Chile

Project manager for subbottom profiling survey to determine the subsoil for dredging a canal for shipping routes

1982-83

Montanazo Deepwater Current Survey

Project manager for Field Development study
covering water flow mechanism in the western part of the Mediterranean. DHI was authorised to investigate stratification with an interface between water from the Atlantic Ocean and water of higher salinity located at a depth corresponding to the threshold depth
of Strait of Gibraltar, using string-mounted
current meters in 800 metres of water

1980-82

Ice Reconnaissance, East Greenland

Project manager for an operational ice
reconnaissance with base in Reykjavik, Iceland, to support seismic survey vessels navigation off East Greenland

1980-81

Environmental Investigations, East
Greenland

Project manager for hydrographic, meteoro-
logical and ice investigations along the east coast of Greenland, concentrating around Jameson Land. The investigations
comprising waves measurement, currents,
salinity, and temperature at several stations;
polar ice and iceberg measurements and iceberg tracking, all in relation to prospecting and environmental studies in the Arctic area

1979

Hydrographic Field Investigations, south-
west Greenland

Manager for hydrographic – and Recipient
Hydraulic investigations in fjord systems in
connection with mining uranium

1978-79

Measurements of Ice Strengths in Interior Danish Waters

Field manager for measurements of flexural
and uniaxial compression strength of sea ice
in Denmark during the winter. This investigation has been made in collaboration with the Institute of Hydrodynamics and Hydraulic Engineering, Technical University of Denmark

1976-78

Hydrographic Field Investigations, West
Greenland

Supervisor for extensive hydrographic field
investigations at the continental shelf and
onshore West Greenland using research ships.
Investigations comprising wave measurements at several stations and current, salinity and temperature measurements at four levels at 15 stations with water depths up to 1200 m. The field programme also comprised iceberg tracking (satellite buoys) and measurements of iceberg masses and drafts

1975

Hydrographic Field Investigations, West Greenland

Measurements of waves, currents, temperatures, salinity, etc. on the continental shelf offshore West Greenland and in the Disco Bay in relation to oil prospecting