SubOptic has formed a working party to consider the development of certain Standards and Guidelines that could be of value to the industry. It is expected that further information about the progress of this activity will be issued in May/June 2008.
The SubOptic Executive Committee is pleased to announce the formation of its first Interim Activities Working Group, specifically to develop a framework based on best practice for a Standard Submarine Cable Construction Contract and an associated Guide. These documents are being developed to provide insight into a critical but often misjudged and misunderstood part of all that makes up a submarine cable project.
We expect that a draft of these two documents will be made available to the wider industry, for review on our website, in the latter part of this year.
The submarine cable world is growing once again, and we are approaching another high in terms of projects and laid route kilometres. More importantly than this though, SubOptic recognises and is reacting to the fact that this growth is being driven to a significant extent by activity in new regions and markets, and in new market segments - Essentially bringing new users & investors into the fold.
This working group will provide critical and useful support for the industry as in moves through this new growth phase. It has received strong industry representation and commitment and is an exciting development for SubOptic The promotion of the working group concept will also provide a mechanism for new topics, to ensure that SubOptic serves the industry in an enduring and supportive manner in between the three year conference /convention cycle.