When dredging for the purpose of land reclamation or stockpiling for construction, one thing is paramount and that thing is SAND. It is the quantity and quality of the sand available at the proposed dredging site that determines the success of the project to be carried out. The quantity of sand deposit and the cost of dredging out this sand to a discharge site is what translates to the amount of money you make. So why not determine and evaluate all this by firstly, carrying out a sand search?
Sand Search simply means exploring water bodies with the objective of locating areas with sand deposits in commercial quantity, to be exploited by dredging for land reclamation or stockpiling for the purpose of construction.

The importance of sand search in the dredging industry cannot be overemphasized. Sand search has been trivialized in Nigeria’s dredging industry and has resulted in some cases of failed projects due to faulty sand search reports among other factors. Entrepreneurs usually make the mistake of sidetracking professionals in their quest for cheap labour and end up with regrets and huge losses.
The need for an accurate sand search report before the acquisition of a reclaimable or stockpiling site is very important and is the first step towards carrying out any project in this business. Cases of people rushing to acquire and pay for sites is common, on assumption that sand to be mined is available almost everywhere in the water body. Non-availability of sand in such sites after payment have been made for land, have led to huge losses to such client especially when a non-refundable mobilization/demobilization fee of millions of naira had been paid to a dredging company...
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