Survey Project Management Course conducted for Atlantis Geoservices by S4

Suffolk Survey & Subsea Services (S4) recently conducted a 3-day Survey Project Management Course with issued attendance Certificates for Atlantis Geoservices, Geotechnical Operations & Technical senior management team.

Atlantis Geoservices offer innovative seabed testing and sampling services for marine geotechnical site investigations. Providing a full range of turnkey services from geotechnical data acquisition and project management, onshore laboratory testing to final data analysis and reporting.

Atlantis approach is one of collaboration with their clients, consulting and working closely through all project phases to ensure project criteria’s are met and delivered to the highest standards.

Our goal is to continuously apply innovative products and processes directly to offshore marine geotechnics, to continuously meet client requirements in this unique and demanding environment. 

We have seen first-hand through extensive industry experience in the field how innovative solutions and developments can make significant impacts within the industry to help drive forward safety, efficiency and quality standards.

The course was held at Atlantis’s office at Asteroceras Research Park, Hoveton, Wroxham, Norfolk providing excellent support, training aids and hospitality.

Subjects covered included – Professionalism, Communications, Continuity of actions, Document control, PM procedures & process (Prince 2 flow), Tendering & Commercials (best practise), Fit for purpose resourcing (vessels, equipment, personnel, software etc.), Client meetings & liaison, Client negotiations, Project legal/ contractual interaction & liaison, Department & management colleague liaison, Project preparations (kick off meetings client & internal, site visit, sub contractors meetings, audits etc.), Project HIR/ Risk and QHSE liaison, Project pre job briefings/ inductions, PM project visibility, Project actions, Project daily interaction & liaison/ reporting and comms protocols (client, sub cons, offshore and office), Project schedule tracking & impacts, Project resource tracking, Project cost control & reporting, Project washups/ lessons learned.

A highly interactive and opportune sounding board experience between all participants during the 3 days of delivery to five focused senior managers in the marine geotechnical sector – with thanks to @Ben Miller, @Michal Milas, @Tom Clark, @Jon Gibbons, @Scott Bennington.

S4 provide management consultancy services & solutions to the marine survey/ geoscience and offshore energy sectors, including full survey support from tender phase to full operations & delivery (survey & positioning, MBES, geophysical, geotechnical, pUXO and ROV inspection), project management, technical support, tender support, sub cable DTS & feasibility studies, sub cable route engineering, sub cable BD, full QMS writing & provision, training, personnel development and mentoring.