THE BRUCE BIGHT-LOCK CHASER

(Patents pending)

• LOCKS ONTO A CHAIN LINK OR A SPECIAL SOCKET IN A MOORING LINE WHEN THE
LINE IS PULLED INTO A BIGHT

• ENABLES MOST OF CHASER PENDANT TENSION TO BE APPLIED FOR ANCHOR RECOVERY

• ENABLES ANCHOR RECOVERY AT LOWER BOLLARD PULL AND WINCH CAPACITY

• FOR USE WITH CHAIN, WIRE ROPE, OR A COMBINATION OF BOTH

• CAN BE USED AS A CONVENTIONAL PERMANENT CHASER OR IN BIGHT-LOCK MODE

Anchor Recovery using Bight-Lock Mode

The Bight-Lock chaser is pulled along the mooring line from the MODU to the mud line near the anchor. The mooring
line is then paid out from the MODU to allow a bight to be pulled up in the line. As the angle between the limbs of the
bight decreases, the Bight-Lock chaser locks onto a chain link or a special socket on a forerunner wire. This prevents the
mooring line from running back through the chaser towards the anchor. Pulling on the chaser pendant line towards the
MODU then applies most of the pulling tension directly to the portion of mooring line between the Bight-Lock chaser and
the anchor. Simultaneous heaving in on the pendant line induces increasing uplift at the sea bed which unseats the
anchor at relatively low breakout load without MODU winch assistance which would be needed with a conventional
chaser.

Operational Advantages

The Bruce Bight-Lock chaser enables an anchor to be recovered in less time than with a conventional chaser and at
lower winch and bollard-pull capacity. It enables mooring line inserts to be made with a single AHV and enables easier
anchor recovery on leeward storm-mooring lines.

The Bight-Lock chaser also holds an anchor securely at the stern roller of an AHV without decking and with no risk of
slipping to the seabed if the mooring line goes slack. This avoids the possibility of damage to sub-sea structures which
may occur in shallow water when using a conventional chaser.

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THE BRUCE BIGHT-LOCK CHASER
(Patents pending)

Chasing towards anchor Returning from anchor

Bight locked by chain link Bight locked by special socket

 THE BRUCE® FFTS® PM ANCHOR

THE HIGH HOLDING POWER ANCHOR FOR PERMANENT MOORING

REQUIREMENTS
• Superior holding performance in all seabeds.
• Placement anchor for all permanent mooring applications.
• Choice of fluke angles for optimum performance in hard and soft bottoms.
• Simplified fluke angle adjustment by moving two plain pins, no welding required.
• Disassembly into two parts for easier, lower cost shipping.
• Design can be tailored to suit customer requirements.
• Single point recovery lug on fluke minimises breakout resistance.
• Dimensions marked* can be varied to suit required shackle sizes.

EXAMPLE SIZES NOMINAL DIMENSIONS (in mm)

Weight kg A B C D E F G

5000 4288 2995 4659 3141 2768 594 1120

10000 5318 3715 5778 3895 3434 737 1389
15000 6012 4199 6531 4403 3881 833 1571
20000 6764 4725 7349 4954 4367 937 1767
30000 7742 5408 8412 5671 4999 1072 2023
40000 8437 5893 9166 6179 5447 1169 2204

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 THE BRUCE® FFTS® PM ANCHOR

HOLDING CAPACITY

HC(chain/sand) = 46.86W 0.94 HC(chain/mud) = 39.95W0.92 HC(wire/mud) = 49.66W 0.92

1800

1700

1600

1500

1400

1300

1200

1100
Holding capacity (mT)

1000

900

800

700

600

500

400

300

200

100

0
1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 31 33 35 37 39 41 43 45
Anchor size (mT)

Chain (sand) Chain (mud) Wire (mud)

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 THE BRUCE® FFTS Mk 4 ANCHOR
(PATENTED)

Proven anchor technology for MODUs

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 THE BRUCE® FFTS MK 4 ANCHOR

HOLDING CAPACITY

HC(chain/sand) = 46.86W 0.94 HC(chain/mud) = 39.95W0.92 HC(wire/mud) = 49.66W 0.92

1800

1700

1600

1500

1400

1300

1200

1100
Holding capacity (mT)

1000

900

800

700

600

500

400

300

200

100

0
1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 31 33 35 37 39 41 43 45
Anchor size (mT)

Chain (sand) Chain (mud) Wire (mud)

BAL-09-A
 THE BRUCE® TENSIONER
(Patented)

A COMPACT ONE-PIECE CHAIN CLUTCHING DEVICE FOR PRETENSIONING

CHAINS ATTACHED TO OPPOSED ANCHORS OR PILES

ACTS EFFECTIVELY AS A WINDLASS AT THE SEABED

CAN PRESET DRAG EMBEDMENT ANCHORS TO THE FULL DESIGN LOAD OF A MOORING SYSTEM

MAY BE OPERATED BY AN AHV WINCH, ELIMINATING THE NEED FOR A CRANE BARGE

NEGOTIATES STERN ROLLERS EASILY

PASSES END LINKS AND KENTER LINKS EASILY

FULLY SUPPORTS CHAIN LINKS INTERNALLY TO AVOID STRESS DAMAGE

AVAILABLE IN SIZES TO ACCOMMODATE THE CHAIN SIZE OF THE MOORING LINE

CAST STEEL CONSTRUCTION PROVEN FOR OVER TWENTY YEARS

Chain Length Width Height Weight

size L W H
mm mm mm mm Kg
76 1,135 485 520 900
95 1,418 607 650 2,000
114 1,702 728 780 3,500

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THE BRUCE® TENSIONER
(Patented)

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 THE BRUCE® CHASER STOPPER

The Bruce Chaser Stopper (Nose shown at right)

The Bruce chaser stopper is essentially a triangular plate with shackle holes at
forward and aft ends and a curved lower edge between these ends. The forward
end is formed as an elongated nose which can turns freely inside a Bruce chaser.
The height of the plate aft of the nose blocks passage of the chaser over the
stopper once the stopper has turned upright due to the chaser bearing on its
curved lower edge.

When the mooring line is hauled out, the weight of line and anchor initially act
together to keep the chaser on the nose of the stopper. If the plane of the stopper is
not vertical, the weight causes the stopper to pivot about its contact point with the
chaser until it becomes vertical and the chaser is blocked by the height of the
stopper. This forces the anchor to hang pointing towards the MODU (Fig. 1 overleaf).

As haul out continues, the weight of the bight between chaser and MODU keeps the
stopper in the chaser and maintains the orientation of the anchor for set down
(Fig. 2 overleaf).

The Bruce Chaser Stopper is always edge on to the direction of embedment and so
offers minimal penetration resistance to anchor embedment.

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 THE BRUCE® CHASER STOPPER

Fig.1 Stopper automatically orientates anchor on hauling out

Fig.2 Stopped chaser holds anchor in correct orientation for set down

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 THE BRUCE® DENNLA Mk4 (Patented)

A Uniquely Versatile Anchor

Near Normal Load and Conventional Drag Embedment Modes

A full mooring spread can be shipped on one AHV

Near Normal Load Mode

High capacity at high uplift for deepwater applications
Handles out-of-plane loading by veering
Avoids verticality issues of drop-in anchors
Not subject to Vertical Load Anchor (VLA) pullout failure
Shank slides aft for low load recovery by mooring line
Proven track record for deepwater applications

Conventional Drag Embedment Mode

Shank lock down gives high performance in sand and stiff clay
Low profile for deeper embedment

Either Mode
Rapid turnaround on deck
Single load path shank gives determinable fatigue life
No need for a ROV, pendant lines, or sub-sea connection

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 2 Dimensions in millimetres SOFT CLAY
DENNLA Mk4 12m A : Deployment B : Installation
C : Installed (Triggered) D : Recovery

SAND & STIFF CLAY

A : Locked Down

78°
Installation 66°
Shear Pin
Position

3623
36°

Lock Down
Pin Position

Near Normal Load Mode

The ‘vertical’ load anchor or VLA, which preceded the Dennla, was a special design of drag-embedment anchor that could be
‘triggered’ by parting an installation shear pin so that the load line through the centroid of its fluke increased to a final angle of 90º
(i.e. normal) to its fluke. When triggered, the VLA provided a holding capacity exceeding twice the pull-in load but further loading
could cause it to pull out of the seabed, a problem that was mitigated but not solved by imposing a higher safety factor on the VLA
than on a conventional drag-embedment anchor.

The Dennla Mk4 is a low profile anchor which solves this problem by having its final centroid angle reduced from 90º to 78º (‘near
normal’), a modification that enables the anchor to continue embedding after triggering and to do so when pulled at angles at the
mudline as high as 45º, a feature important for deepwater applications. At the same depth of embedment as a triggered VLA of
equal fluke area, the triggered Dennla has about 90% of the holding capacity of the VLA. However, on loading further, the VLA will
pull out whereas the Dennla will continue to embed and generate an increasingly greater holding capacity than that at which the
VLA would have failed. This is a crucial advantage of the Dennla over its VLA predecessor.

Conventional Drag Embedment Mode

The Dennla Mk4 has the added feature of a shank that can be locked down to fix the fluke centroid angle at 36º. This enables the
12m2 and 14m2 Dennla Mk4 anchors to equal respectively the performance of a 12,000kg and a 15,000kg Bruce FFTS Mk4 anchor
in sand and stiff clay.

Deployment
For soft clay sea beds, the Dennla is pulled in until a chosen line tension is reached at a mooring line scope giving a final uplift
angle of 15° to 25º at the mud line. Scope is then shortened, increasing the uplift angle to 35° to 45º. This produces leverage
which parts the shear pin and allows the shank to rotate to establish a new centroid angle of 78º. On reducing the uplift angle at the
mud line and pulling further, the fluke inclination increases and the anchor penetrates deeper than would otherwise have been
possible.

For sand and stiff clay, the Dennla Mk4 is installed conventionally with its shank locked down.

Recovery

Near Normal Load Mode

To avoid the problem of high recovery loads, encountered with VLAs and bulky drop-in or gravity installed anchors, the Dennla’s
shank can rotate and slide to the rear of the fluke to exploit the anchor’s low profile for recovery. This enables an AHV to pull the
anchor out backwards at well below the installation bollard pull. Typical recovery loads are about half of the installation load.

Conventional Drag Embedment Mode

Recovery is similar to that of a conventional high holding power drag embedment anchor, e.g. Bruce FFTS Mk4. In either mode,
the Dennla is recoverable without the need for a ROV, pendant line, or sub-sea disconnection.

The Dennla negotiates stern rollers smoothly and is compact and easy to handle on deck, features which reduce
turnaround time for presets in deep and ultra deep water. A mooring spread of Dennlas can be installed, recovered, and
reinstalled at a new location in significantly shorter time than suction piles, suction installed plate anchors, VLAs, or
drop-in anchors. This translates into a saving of two to three days or more per rig-move compared with such anchors, a
track record established since 2002.

The addition of the lock down feature of the Dennla Mk4 adds high performance in sand and stiff clay. The anchor can
also be racked sideways on bolster bars ready for deployment from a MODU as a near normal load anchor for soft clay,
or, by locking down its shank, as a conventional anchor for sand and stiff clay.

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 BRUCE GP (General Purpose) ANCHOR

THE HIGH HOLDING POWER ANCHOR FOR MODU

AND PERMANENT MOORING APPLICATIONS

‰ Greater holding capacity from increased fluke area

‰ Choice of four fluke angles to suit most soil conditions

‰ Snag free negotiation of stern rollers

‰ Easy deck handling

‰ Easy breakout using chaser or rear recovery lug

‰ Significant reduction in cost per tonne of holding capacity

‰ Dimensions marked * can be varied to suit required shackle sizes

D *

EXAMPLE SIZES NOMINAL DIMENSIONS (in mm)

Weight (kg) A B C D E F

10000 5278 3738 5806 3802 1397 861

12000 5609 3972 6170 4040 1484 916

15000 6109 4327 6721 4401 1617 995

18000 6493 4598 7143 4677 1718 1059

20000 6632 4697 7295 4777 1755 1083

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 BRUCE GP (General Purpose) ANCHOR

Anchor Holding Capacity - chain forerunner in sand and soft clay (mud)
Bruce FFTS GP - HC(chain/sand) = 76.15W 0.94 - HC(chain/mud) = 64.92W 0.92

1400
Holding capacity (mT)

1200
1000
800
600
400
200
0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Anchor weight (mT)

Bruce FFTS GP chain/sand Bruce FFTS GP chain/mud

Anchor Holding Capacity - wire forerunner in soft clay (mud)

Bruce FFTS GP anchor HC(wire/mud) = 80.70W 0.92

1400
Holding capacity (mT)

1200
1000
800
600
400
200
0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Anchor weight (mT)

Bruce FFTS GP wire/mud

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 THE BRUCE® OMNI-DIRECTIONAL DENNLA®
(Patents pending)

ADVANCING DENNLA TECHNOLOGY

THE OMNI-DIRECTIONAL DENNLA

The Bruce Omni-directional Dennla is an enhanced version of the previous Dennla Mk4 which has
an additional capability of accepting directional changes of loading from all headings. It has detail
changes that enable it, after installation, to embed in the rearward direction as well as in the
forward direction. It accommodates out of plane loading in the rearward direction, as well as in the
forward direction as for the previous anchor, by veering into alignment with the direction of loading.
A removable shank stopper limits sliding movement of the shank to establish an optimum fluke
centroid angle for deep embedment in the rearward direction. This, together with a bevel
modification to the fluke, enables the installed anchor to embed further in the rearward direction in
the same manner as it does in the forward direction in deeply penetrable seabeds. As a result, if
the mooring line heading should become reversed 180º directly over the anchor (e.g. in hurricane
conditions when other lines have parted), it embeds progressively deeper in a rearward direction to
provide holding capacity in excess of the breaking load of the mooring line and so avoids the risk of
the anchor being broken out and dragged into pipelines. No other anchor has this capability.
Outside the hurricane season, removal of the shank stopper enables the anchor to function as a
Dennla Mk4 in proven near normal load mode (NNL mode), or in lock-down mode as a
conventional MODU anchor for sand and stiff clay.

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 THE BRUCE® OMNI-DIRECTIONAL DENNLA®
(Patents pending)

Dimensions in millimetres SOFT CLAY

OMNI-DIRECTIONAL A : Deployment
C : Forward NNL Mode
B : Installation
D : Recovery (Unstoppered)
DENNLA - 14m2 E : Rearward NNL Mode (for Omni-Directionality)

SAND & STIFF CLAY

A : Locked Down Deployment / Installation / Recovery

75° 75°

Stopper 65°

36°

3930
Lock Down
Pin Position

Fluke
Centroid

Near Normal Load Mode

The Omni-directional Dennla has a final fluke centroid angle of 75˚ (near normal) for either forward
embedment (forward NNL mode), or rearward embedment (rearward NNL mode).

The anchor is pulled in with a drogue tail fitted and with a mooring line scope chosen to give an uplift
angle at the mud line of between 20˚ and 25˚ at a line tension typically between 150mT and 200mT.
Scope is then reduced to give uplift between 40˚ and 45˚ and the same line tension is applied to ensure
that leverage between shank and fluke parts a shear pin to allow the fluke centroid angle to increase
from 65˚ to 75˚ as shown for positions B and C. The anchor is now in the forward NNL mode (position
C) with the capability of embedding deeper at uplifts up to 45˚ to provide line-breaking capability. If the
mooring line heading is reversed over the anchor, the stoppered movement of the shank to position E
provides a rearward NNL mode which again provides line-breaking capacity.
Conventional Drag Embedment Mode
The Omni-directional Dennla shank can be locked down to fix the fluke centroid angle at 36º.
This enables the 12m2 and 14m2 Omni-directional Dennlas to act as conventional MODU anchors with,
respectively, the performance of a 12,000kg and a 15,000kg Bruce FFTS Mk4 anchor in sand and stiff
clay.
Anchor Recovery
The Omni-directional Dennla is recovered by the mooring line at uplift between 60º and 80º in a rearward
direction. If the mooring line direction has become reversed, it is recovered in a forward direction at the
same uplift (between 60º and 80º). Unstoppered, the anchor is recovered with the shank at position D as
for the Dennla Mk4. Recovery in conventional drag embedment mode is similar to that of a conventional
high holding power drag embedment anchor, e.g., Bruce FFTS Mk4.

Like the Bruce Dennla Mk4, the Omni-directional Dennla is designed to be racked on a MODU’s
bolster bars. It does not need a ROV for installation or recovery.
Anchor Sizing
The Omni-directional Dennla is sized in terms of nominal fluke area. For deeply penetrable
seabeds, the approximate anchor size needed is given by the relationship:
Anchor Size (m²) = UHC required / 81 for UHC values in the range 800 to 1,600 metric tonnes.

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 THE BRUCE® ROLLER CHASER
(Registered Design)

Where a roller chaser is preferred, the Bruce Roller Chaser provides offshore operators with a
rolling-action permanent chaser backed by Bruce technology and expertise.

Rolling action for smooth chasing at ultra short scope

Saddle shaped roller centralises anchor line for equal loading of side limbs

Passes wire rope/chain connectors

Cast steel frame and roller

Roller demountable for maintenance

Weighs approximately 2 tonnes

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The Bruce® FBL (Four Bar Linkage) Anchor
(Patents pending)

The Bruce FBL Anchor

‰ Fluke angle adjustable while under the mudline

‰ No need for shear pins
‰ Greater safety for deck crews in heavy weather conditions
‰ High holding capacity in firm and hard soil conditions
‰ High holding capacity in near normal load mode in soft clay
‰ Racks easily on bolster bars

The FBL anchor has a unique shank arrangement. Tandem twin shanks are linked by a slotted plate to
which the anchor shackle is attached, making the anchor in effect a four-bar linkage. The anchor
shackle-pin can move freely within the slot in the slotted plate which forms one bar of the linkage.
When the shackle pin is at the forward end of the slot, the shank locks down to a small fluke angle for
firm and hard soils. A simple mooring-line procedure enables the fluke angle to be adjusted by moving
the shackle pin to the forward end or the aft end of the slot while the anchor is in the soil. This avoids a
need for decking.

Other anchors deployed with fluke angles inappropriate for the soil conditions have to be brought on
deck for fluke angle adjustment, a procedure that accounts for a significant proportion of anchor handling
time.

By avoiding decking for fluke angle adjustment, the FBL anchor not only saves anchor handling time and
costs but also provides increased safety for deck crews in heavy weather conditions.

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The Bruce® FBL (Four Bar Linkage) Anchor
(Patents pending)

Locked small fluke angle for firm soil Large fluke angle for soft soil

Anchor Installation
When the anchor is lowered into contact with the seabed, the shackle pin automatically locates at the
forward end of the slotted plate, providing a locked small fluke angle for firm soil. A rapid build up of line
tension confirms firm soil conditions. When this is noted, the anchor handling vessel (AHV) continues to
pull the anchor in to complete its installation.

In soft soil conditions, a slow build up of line tension occurs because of the initial small fluke angle.
When this is noted, the AHV continues to pull in until the line tension reaches a value of 40-50mT,
confirming sufficient embedment depth for adjustment of fluke angle. Scope is then shortened until the
shackle pin slides to the rear of the slot to unlock the four bar linkage and increase the fluke angle to that
of a near normal load anchor. An abrupt increase in line tension confirms that the near normal load fluke
angle has been reached. Scope is then increased to enable the anchor to be embedded further to
complete its installation.

Anchor Recovery
The FBL anchor is recovered from firm clay or sand by short scope retrieval like a conventional high
holding power anchor, e.g., Bruce FFTS Mk4, at an uplift angle of between 60º and 70º.

In soft clay, the anchor has to be readjusted to its small fluke angle for recovery. For pre-sets, this is done
by pulling the mooring line backwards to rotate the anchor in the seabed, then pulling the line forwards to
relocate the shackle pin at the forward end of the slot to re-establish the small fluke angle. The mooring
line is then hauled in with an uplift angle of between 60º and 70º to break the anchor out of the seabed as
for firm clay or sand.

For MODUs equipped with FBL anchors and chain mooring lines, the recovery procedure is facilitated by
using a Bruce Bight-Lock Chaser. The chaser locks on to the chain and avoids a problem which can be
encountered with conventional chasers where the load generated on the anchor side of the chaser causes
the mooring line to slide through the chaser, making it difficult to establish a bight capable of rotating an
anchor in the seabed. On establishing a bight, recovery procedure is as for pre-sets, but with the chaser
used to raise the mooring line into the uplift angle of between 60º and 70º to break the anchor from the
seabed. The anchor is then hauled in and held secure at the stern roller of the AHV for safe return to the
MODU. As the entire mooring line load is taken by the chaser locked on the chain, decking is not required.

By avoiding decking for fluke angle adjustment, the Bruce FBL anchor can save anchor handling time at
any water depth, with the time saved increasing with water depth. For the same reason, the anchor
offers greater safety for deck crews in heavy weather conditions.

The Bruce FBL anchor – a significant development for offshore mooring

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 Bruce Tracker and Anchor Communication System
(Patented & Patents pending)

Tracking an anchor

The Bruce Tracker and Anchor Communication System

The Bruce Tracker consists of a pivoting probe attached to the fluke of an anchor, an inclinometer
within the probe, and a soil turbine mounted at the rear of the probe. The probe automatically aligns
with the embedment trajectory of the anchor.
Sequential incremental displacements of distance and inclination along the embedment trajectory
are logged simultaneously by the soil turbine and inclinometer respectively to record the trajectory.
Additional inclinometers on the anchor record roll and pitch while, optionally, an instrumented
anchor shackle may be provided to record load at the shackle.
The Anchor Communication System consists of a directional acoustic transponder located at the
mud-line on the end of a drogue tail attached to the anchor fluke. The directional acoustic
transponder transmits real time data from the tracker and ancillary instrumentation to an omni-
directional acoustic transponder lowered from a surface vessel or moored structure. This data is
then displayed in graphic form in real time on a monitor.

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The Bruce Tracker and Anchor Communication System
(Patented & Patents pending)

The system is compatible with the HiPAP® system and has two-way communication, enabling the
instrumentation to be interrogated as required.
Batteries in the directional acoustic transponder power both the transponder and the
instrumentation on the anchor. The batteries can be changed by a ROV, to enable the
instrumentation on the anchor to be interrogated throughout the life of the mooring.

Operator’s Screen Display

Mooring Site Assessment

A small test anchor equipped with a Bruce Tracker may be used to record a trajectory along the
intended path of an anchor of a preliminary mooring installation design. The data acquired
identifies in advance the presence of stratification and other seabed hazards to enable finalisation
of the design.

The test anchor equipped with the Bruce Tracker produces anchor trajectories which provide detail
on anchoring capability that is not possible with conventional geotechnical investigations.

A cone penetrometer can be fitted to the pivoting probe of the Bruce Tracker to provide data which
may be interpreted to characterise mooring bed soils along the embedment trajectory of the
anchor. Such data may supplement, extend, or replace at less cost, conventionally obtained
geotechnical data.

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