Along with turn-key products and services, Zupt offers custom solutions for complex sensor integration. Zupt can support your project requirements as a consultant or as an integrated subcontractor, taking the lead on sensor selection, sourcing, integration, and testing.
We specialize in providing a sensor integration suites uniquely crafted to solve the complexities of offshore wind farm installations. Our suite includes a range of sensors such as cameras, lights, acoustic and mechanical proximity sensors, GNSS, multiplexors, inertial measurement units, and more. These sensors will enable real-time monitoring and precise control of large scale subsea templates while positioned on the seabed and during the installation of wind turbine monopiles.
Along with "off the shelf" sensor, Zupt develops custom sensors that are specifically engineered for the unique challenges posed by each project. Our proprietary sensor technology, including specialized MUX systems, ensures cost-effectiveness, efficiency, and reliability in offshore wind farm installations. As reliability and functionality are vital, we conduct rigorous factory acceptance tests (FAT) and systems acceptance tests (SAT) to ensure seamless offshore operations.
Beyond sensor integration, Zupt offers comprehensive support throughout the project lifecycle. We are involved from the initial development stages to offshore operations. Our commitment lies in solving complex problems through innovative approaches and technical expertise. We navigate challenging subsea terrains with precision, advancing wind farm installation methods while ensuring efficiency, precision, and reliability.
Contact Zupt today to learn more about complex sensor integration solutions and how it can enhance your offshore operations.
Zupt can offer an Integrated Robotic Total Station (IRTS) to aid in providing real-time position, elevation, and vertical velocity data for monopiles during installation. An IRTS offers the advantage of automatically tracking a prism with high accuracy up to 400m meters away. The solution is an integrated robotic total station, IMU, and RTK GNSS solution. This solution ensures precise tolerances are met by providing an absolute position for the tracked prism on the hammer as well as the rate of penetration of the monopile, making it an ideal choice for monopile installation operations. The data from the IRTS is real-time, time-tagged data with a known “time of validity” for each observation.
Contact Zupt today to learn more about Zupt’s Integrated Robotic Total Station solutions and how they can enhance your offshore operations.
To modernize the survey multiplexor, Zupt built the ‘Mux Lite.’ Zupt’s Mux Lite is simply a compact network switch with serial and analog ports. Unlike conventional subsea multiplexers, this Mux Lite offers a simplified solution for scenarios where only a limited number of ports are required, making it a cost-effective and space-efficient choice. The user-friendly web interface eliminates the need for complex topside units; only a computer and 10GB ethernet switch on the surface vessel are needed for topside data communication.
As a subsea multiplexor, the Mux Lite provides reliable fiber optic data transfer through a single cable from subsea sensors to the surface. It also has an additional fiber port on the top end cap of the subsea unit, allowing it to be daisy-chained with other units to expand capabilities subsea.
Contact Zupt today to learn more about Zupt’s Mux Lite and how it can enhance your subsea operations.
With a Ph.D. in Navigational Engineering, Matthew leads Zupt's localization and perception technology advancements. His innovative approach ensures that Zupt remains at the forefront of cutting-edge advancements, delivering unparalleled accuracy and reliability.
Aidan, a strategic leader, holds a B.A.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering and a B.A. in Economics. He transitioned from Zupt's Sales Representative in 2019 to now leading the company's worldwide Business Development, Sales, and Marketing initiatives. His strategic leadership is a driving force behind Zupt's growth and market presence.
Zupt's Operational Lead, Alex, holds a B.S. in Marine Geomatics, complementing his Project Management Professional (PMP) certification. With over a decade of experience within the company, Alex expertly oversees and manages survey operations on a global scale, ensuring the delivery of efficient and reliable survey services.
With over 35 years of expertise in precise positioning, inertial systems, and imaging solutions, Keith founded Zupt in 2005. He navigates between engineering and commercial teams, dedicating his time to overseeing specific field operations and managing the company's international expansion.
Privacy Policy
Last updated: March 03, 2022
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Last updated: March 03, 2022
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Who We Are
Our purpose is to make your operational success simple by developing solutions that are more efficient and easier to use. Our mission is to deliver quality results faster, through our cutting-edge technologies that work. In the crazy year of 2021, we lived by these standards by continuing to offer expert custom solutions, embracing the emerging Renewables sector and continuing to provide remote solutions to add certainty for clients, where there was none.
Our advanced surveying technology services are used within four main Energy applications: Subsea marine construction, Renewables, Integrity Management and Land Survey. Beginning with Subsea Marine Construction, we provide cutting-edge services and products for accurate subsea navigation, positioning, and high-resolution modeling. For Renewables, we offer timesaving, contactless solutions for offshore wind installation and inspection. Within Integrity Management, we provide more efficient methods of inspecting existing and newly installed subsea assets for life of field analysis. Finally, in Land Survey we provide easy-to-use inertial survey tools for precise navigation in areas with limited or unavailable GNSS. All four of these applications share one common goal; to yield efficient projects. With 2021 marking 19 years in the industry, we understand the complexity within your operations and how to add simplicity with employing our services while saving valuable time.
Our Goals & Accomplishments
A continuous goal we have as a company is to regularly improve and develop next generation technology to save you time and money. With this drive to innovate, 2021 opened doors for us in the Renewables sector with the U.S. entrance into offshore wind. We embraced this opportunity by adapting our technology onto new platforms that would encompass Renewable applications. As an outcome, three of our newest products for Renewables are 3D Recon “Mini”, VertiCAM, and HaloCAM.
3D Recon ‘Mini’: 3D Recon Mini utilizes the same methodology as our full size, high-end subsea modeling system, ‘3D Recon’, only in a compact form designed for several observation class ROVs available in the market. Used to generate high-resolution 3D point cloud models of WTG foundations, transmission line scour, and much more.
VertiCAM: VertiCAM was specifically designed to eliminate the need to physically mount targets, bracketry or sensors to a monopile while being installed. VertiCAM automatically detects the monopile in air and provides a real-time verticality readout to the user. The process is quick, efficient and cost-effective.
HaloCAM: Combining a navigation grade IMU and a high-definition machine vision camera allows HaloCAM to provide a highly accurate pitch and roll of a WTG monopile while monitoring within 2-3 meters subsea. HaloCAM processes the imagery data subsea and provides a verticality measurement to the topside user in real-time.
3D Recon completed its first operational campaign in June. After years of designing, testing, and demonstrating to clients, 3D Recon was deployed in the Gulf of Mexico to complete a spool metrology. The metrology data acquisition was completed in under 3 hours, and we provided a high-resolution 3D model and the metrology deliverable within the client's required specifications of +/- 30 mm in range and +/- 0.5° in pitch and roll. This campaign represents a big achievement for what Zupt believes to be the future of subsea inspection and modeling.
Another goal of 2021 was to continue growing as a company by providing advanced surveying services as custom solutions for new clients. While continuing to support our ongoing multi-year metrology contract in Angola, we completed inertial metrologies globally for new and existing clients. With one of the largest projects, including multiple inertial metrologies, taking place close to home in the Gulf of Mexico. Growing as a company with new clients directly correlated with the need to grow as a team. This year, Zupt brought on new team members expanding the company by 67% with new engineering roles (Localization and Perception), field support engineers as well as digital marketing.
The Challenges
As we all know 2021 brought its own set of challenges. With the most obvious and painful challenges being as a result of Covid. The main areas to overcome were traveling restrictions, quarantine enforcements and supply chain shortages. As the main answer to these problems was purely patience, we were able to get creative and conduct 20 Inertial Metrologies with two completed as Remote Metrologies.
Another challenge we faced this year, which is not uncommon, is natural disasters. The most devastating disaster that set back the Oil and Gas industry was in August from the Category 4 Hurricane Ida. As a result of this hurricane, 96% of crude oil production and 94% of natural gas production in the Gulf of Mexico subsequently stopped for weeks. Shortly following Hurricane Ida was Hurricane Nicholas which continued damage to pipelines in the Gulf of Mexico. We were lucky as these hurricanes only set back timelines of our projects, we were still able to efficiently complete all scheduled offshore operations on time.
Opportunities for Next Year
With our jumpstart early this year in the Renewables sector we will continue to create timesaving technology for offshore wind, inspection, and operations throughout 2022. With the developments of 3D Recon, HaloCAM, and VertiCAM we will demonstrate the value in our contactless technology as offshore wind expands into the United States.
Another large opportunity in 2022 is to continue to provide Remote Metrology solutions for clients that were once difficult to imagine. A Remote Metrology is the same efficient Inertial Metrology solution provided at a lumpsum cost; with no personnel and only a compact spread of equipment mobilized offshore. A big hurdle for remote operations is the client’s ability to trust that bandwidth will be available for reliable operations. However, offshore bandwidth is increasing as more and more operations are relying on reliable communication to onshore. In 2022, Low Eart Orbit (LEO) will change the remote communication market exponentially by permitting a quick transfer of data to and from areas with low connections. Service contractors like us will soon be able to deploy a temporary, standalone LEO satellite communications system that can be mobilized and demobilized with each campaign.
Wrapping up 2021
We are invested in helping people move towards efficiency through developing technology to revolutionize operations for a simpler future. 2021 was a year that required innovation and creativity to grow. It was arguably one of the most complex years that required unique solutions to add operational simplicity. Despite the ebbs and flows, one truth remains certain; we make complex technology simple for your project’s success. Looking forward to 2022, we will continue to care about efficient projects for clients as we focus on accuracy and reliability using our technology.