Sharp Hills Wind Project
Project Overview
Location: Consort, AB
Client: EDP Renewables
Services: Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering
Sector: Energy
Completed: 2019
Project Description
EDP Renewables retained TULLOCH in 2018 to complete geotechnical site investigations for the proposed Sharp Hills Wind Project near Consort, Alberta. The work evaluated subsurface conditions for turbine foundations and supporting infrastructure, including a substation, operations and maintenance building, laydown areas, and access roads.
Testing was designed to inform shallow and deep foundation recommendations, low-volume road design, and installation of overhead and underground collection and transmission cables.
Scope of Services
- Geotechnical drilling
- Seismic surface-wave testing
- Plate-load testing
- Falling-weight deflectometer testing
- Electrical and thermal resistivity testing
