On the 30th of May 2019 in Tallinn, Estonia, the “Digital Technologies for Life-Cycle Safety of Waterfront Structures” seminar took place, organized by GT Corporation SE and its partners.

Seminar topics included:

1. Life-cycle safety of waterfront structures (quays, offshore lighthouses, wave protection structures)
   Victor Burovenko,  Ph.D, Authorized Construction Engineer, 8th Category, GT Corporation SE;
   Aleksei Usanov,  Ph.D, Survey Engineer, GT Corporation SE
2. Initial data problems in design of Waterfront structures:
        -insufficient geotechnical survey data
        -insufficient information on the condition of existing structures
        -unknown natural or artificial obstacles in the soil
   Heiki Meos, Ph.D, Authorized Construction Engineer, 8th Category, EstKONSULT OÜ
3. Soil properties using different soil models including Plaxis software
   Aldur Parts, Ph.D, Authorized Construction Engineer, 8th Category, Tallinn Technical University
4. Current and future applications of acoustic scanning in marine engineering surveys
   Igor Burovenko, Ph.D, IT Engineer, GT Corporation SE
5. Presentation of the Coda Echoscope system and software for engineering survey of maritime structures
   Tom Barr, Deputy Managing Director, Coda Octopus Group Inc.
   Tomasz Ostrowski, Engineer, Coda Octopus Group Inc.
6. Practice with underwater acoustic scanning on water. Demonstration of new generation Coda Echoscope system in Muuga Harbor.
   Coda Octopus Group Inc. & Meremõõdukeskus OÜ
   

Representatives from key ports of Estonia and waterfront construction companies took part in the seminar. The schedule of the seminar was accredited by Estonian construction engineer union.