G. S. Evans
C&C-EGS Subsea Geosciences, Singapore

Meeting the Demand for Compressed Lead-times in Submarine Cable Route Selection & Survey

Abstract
Cable route planners and surveyors are under increasing pressures flowed down from cable system purchasers to meet compressed lead times from system launch, through implementation to system RFS. This paper addresses some of the responses by planners and surveyors to these demands. In particular the paper focuses on the following key points:

Pre-survey planning and route selection processes.
Advances in route selection and surveying methods.
Expediting the flow of information to suppliers and installers.
Providing fast track burial assessment.
Restrictions and limitations to meeting the demands.