Several months after returning from Indonesia, in late February 2016, Global’s counsel notified the Board there was property neighboring our Development Facility on Cude Cemetery Rd., available via auction.

This opportunity sparked a true interest by Global, as it would bridge the construction time of developing its own wave testing facility on its own property, versus the modest time expense of refurbishing this abandoned wave facility complex, simplifying the process already set to be develop.

Independent Natural Resources, Inc. once occupied the property identified; the property was set to go to auction in only a few days! The sale was for both nonpayment of the original purchase agreement and a tax lien placed by Montgomery County.

The property was purchase at this scheduled auction by an out-of-state trust. Global Oceanic immediately entered into negotiations for the property with trust representatives, by promoting a “lease with option to purchase”, intended for immediate use of the property and its facilities.

The negotiations resulted in a lease for Global Oceanic Designs, Inc. to lease, co-occupy or use the property exclusively for three years along with the ability to extend, signed on April 21, 2016; additionally, the lease contract included an option-to-purchase all facilities and land at any time during the lease period.

One week later, a similar tax auction took place, for the physical assets that remained on the land and within the facilities. Everything that was not part of the land and facility was sold. Global Oceanic Board Members acquired on Global’s behalf assets for the company; in addition, they acted personally to acquire all other key physical assets, out-of-pocket, these items were available during this second public tax sale on the property.

Key physical assets purchased include the Tri-Pyramidal Wave Makers (Fulcrum Pond Pounders and Artificial Head etc.), all Air & Water Motor prototypes, three commercial grade SeaDog Wave Pumps in the Wave Test Tank, the Gulf trial SeaDog prototype, other undisclosed prototypes and necessary piping, valves, and select tools. The purchased items were the only items that remained after the day of the second auction on the property. All other recipients had to have all purchased items removed by 4pm that day. This was quite the day; nearly a hundred carloads of buyers were there to compete.

The entire 7.6-acre property was in a state of complete disrepair when Global Oceanic took possession. The gate was chained shut for approximately 5 years, and nature had reclaimed much of the property and damaged property facilities. From the moment, one entered the facility and attempted to proceed down the completely overgrown, crushed-concrete drive, it was obvious that a major overhaul was required. Venturing further down the drive led to the sight of the main building’s roof falling in. This was similar to the other buildings on the property. The abandoned wave tank, once used for testing wave regimes, was now overfilled with years of accumulated sludge, trash and debris.

Global Oceanic’s Board decided the company would invest $450,000 to restore and clear the entire property under lease to a groomed, finished condition. This process would include many contractors and thousands of man hours contributed towards this effort. In only twelve months, this labor of love was realized. Saving nearly $1,500,000 of the two million allotted for the virtually same system on Global’s parent site.

The repairs and upgrades touched every single piece of the property. From the inside of the well house to the exterior of every building and railing, everything was cleaned, repaired to create a pristine first class outcome. New and fresh marine coatings were added where applicable.

The work on the main building includes a new roof and new interior walls, converting it into a proper Showcase Facility. A facility comparable to our building across the street. Next level plans include the addition of a loft as meeting area, utility kitchen for normal hosting with amenities, new interior bathroom and additional office space for clients as amenities for the facility.

Next the Wave Tank on the property was drained and cleaned with not less than 360, 80-gallon bags of sediment being carried out by hand in the process. Once emptied and cleaned, the interior was coated with two full coats of Zeron, a two-part, high-grade pool epoxy both to protect the structure of the pool and to minimize interference with waves during more sensitive testing. The cost of this coating for the interior of the pool alone exceeded $17,000.

Following the interior of the Tank, the exterior of the Wave Complex was also coated with marine coating and Kool Deck was added to the topside walking surfaces. All of the SeaDogs and Tri-Pyramidal Wave Makers had to be meticulously scraped, power washed, detailed and coated in their signature Schlumberger-blue marine coating to regain the intended look and function.

Final touches were added to redefine the wave facility stairways; the wooden staircases to the top of the tank had completely rotted away. Global Oceanic replaced them with steel commercial staircases, marine coated and designed to code. The concrete platforms on which the stairs sit had completely settled away from the tank. Crews had to fill the void under each platform by pumping in a cement and mud mixture. The platform was raised the eight inches needed before the new staircases were installed.

Back inside the Wave Complex lies its semi-subterranean bunkers. Built into the Wave Test Tank, these were in need of serious repair similar to the interior of the Wave Tank. The control rooms above the bunkers are at the east and west ends of the Wave Complex, upstairs. Restored and upgraded, with improvements such as a tile entryway, carpet for comfort and cleanliness along with aesthetic appeal for wave making and controlling systems. Custom acrylic furniture for these rooms are underway. More significant is the renovation below the bunkers that are partially underground. These bunkers were flooded with eight feet of water runoff nearly reaching ground level. This happened from condensation and seepage through the unmaintained walls during facility neglect.

Bunker cleanup began with water drained and sediment again bagged and carried away. The repaired, repainted and sealed walls returned the bunkers to presentation and viewing rooms. Each bunker features two underwater viewing ports. Each port is made of 3-inch-thick clear acrylic (4 feet by 8 feet), providing direct views into the Test Tank. The east bunker already displays a working prototype, the Air & Water Motor (recovered at auction), which converts air pressure and flow rate to electricity. The other bunker is occupied by another technology, which is currently classified. Both bunkers serve as demonstration areas for new technologies under development.

The final stage of work was the exterior of the entire property. Using small bulldozers and teams of workers, the brush and overgrowth was clear to the standards of a city park, including removing small limbs on trees up to 20-feet-high. In addition, Global installed a commercial-grade 8-foot chain link fence to secure the facility by enclosing the entire property for insurance and liability reasons. This was a strong security addition made possible with the least destruction of plant life or sacrificing the signature oak tree in front of the Showcase Facility. All railings, exterior walls, tanks and steel pipes on the entire grounds were pressure washed, cleaned and recoated where applicable.

During the process of bringing this property back to first-class form and securing the required investment to do so, Global Oceanic signed a collaborative deal with SeaDog Systems, Inc. (first X–Wave Facility client).

The total value of the contract signed was $750,000. The agreement would include 2- 12 month consulting programs offered by Global Oceanic related to its collective expertise in technology development, prototyping, testing and modifying on the fly to achieve an intended result. Payment would be in the form of two annual $150,000 onetime payments from SeaDog Systems at the beginning of each year. Second, Seadog Systems Inc. would contract to use said premises for up two years for a fee of $450,000.

SeaDog’s goal for Global is to build, restore, make ready, create and develop SeaDog’s “SeaDog Wave Pump” for sale directed at a hungry market, as a viable wave technology! The technology will be offer as a onetime sale and the price determined by SeaDog Systems, Inc. SeaDog’s additional funding would pay for ongoing costs, accounting, legal, marketing materials and further R&D.

Beyond the amount that SeaDog Systems agreed to spend on the property for its utilization contract, Global Oceanic contributed another $140,000 specifically to upgrade the performance of the X-Wave facility’s wave making system. The funds used are to achieve a larger wave regime in the tank and have the ability to monitor and to control it in predictable ways. To achieve this ability, a new control system, actuator, and power supply along with a state of the art control room was install within the X-Wave Facility.

Upgrading the land and facility power grid was essential. Redundant, 3-phase, 400-amp commercial power was brought onto the property, to the Test Tank. Several holes were bored through the 18” thick concrete wave complex to run the electrical lines into Global’s renovated, state-of-the-art control room. The new power supports the upgraded electrical controls.

New computer systems to support the installed custom developed software, were purchase for running the Wave Tank’s wave makers, along with sensor testing controls. A true upgrade to the abandoned systems previously used. There are multiple screens on the walls as the showroom completes its integration. They show the various camera viewpoints via monitors reflecting sensor data from different spots around the testing area, along with live video feeds. The result is a one-of-a-kind experience for those conducting tests in this Wave Tank Complex.

The software is customizable to predetermined wave patterns and conditions as required for the group/groups testing. Three custom linear actuators, each capable of pushing 5 tons of force for a distance of 32 inches in 1 second, is controlled by their exclusive interface, designed to power the Tri-Pyramidal Wave Makers. These controls maintain the desired wave patterns generated in the X-Wave Test Tank. Additional support structures under the wave makers have been added, for more secure mounting. The increased force generated by these new actuators is impressive.

The cooperative effort between Global’s team and its contractors, designers and programmers resulted in the creation of “The X-Wave Facility”.

The X-Wave Facility, now finished will premiere as one of only five wave tanks of its kind in the United States, placing it as one of the largest in the group, in both usable area and maximum wave height. Global’s X-Wave Facility designed features accommodate a vast array of controlled wave patterns, ranging from 6-inches to 7-feet in height. Comparable wave tanks often charge $3.5k to $8k per day for the facility, operation staff and experienced personnel with the expertise to support a wide range of testing. Typically, at least a week of testing is required for any reasonable testing results: two days setup, two days testing and one final day for takedown are typical. This type of testing costs between $18k and $46k. This caliber of facility attracts customers such as the infrastructure-development community, shipbuilders, oil & gas operators, and/or wave energy companies and developers. These wave tanks often have up to six to 18-month waiting list before one would generally be able to gain access for testing.

Another key aspect to the series of events leading to the acquisition of the wave facility is the development of Global’s social network, created by the efforts of the Global’s Corporate Machine. These individuals and companies have been assembled through participation in social media platforms, online industry organizations, inquiries from media publications, invite-only executive chat interfaces and various other avenues of social networking.

The combined network’s reach exceeds 15 million contacts via industry chat rooms, private and non-private groups/organizations, followings/followers and connections. These maintained networks have preset ratios of media personalities, inventors, investors, scientific-thought leaders, multinational company executives, independent business owners, government decision-makers and similar positions of social authority as optimized for potential future cooperation with Global Oceanic Designs and its invaluable corporate machine. Global’s social media networking hub, designed as a global interface for developing on, above, and beneath our world’s waters, will innovate new forms of structures, inventions along with a vast array of discovery power and trade secrets forming a great intellectual resource.

Over the recent course of events, Global Oceanic has opened valuable direct business relationships with several new parties to advance its cause. Xcel Design Studios, Inc., headed up by Gerardo Cambronero, is a full-service Industrial Design consultancy that contributes to the Global Oceanic mission in a variety of critical areas. With over 16 years of well-rounded experience, Mr. Cambronero and his associates are proving invaluable in areas such as CAD design, patenting, manufacturing techniques, research & development, prototyping and implementing web-based solutions. Additionally, Xcel Design Studios has agreed to take on management of the X-Wave Facility tank operations and its scientific teams.

Another key addition to the Global ‘Corporate Machine’ is Gene Kleffman Services. Mr. Kleffman joined the team in large part to apply his expertise in laminating, or chemically-bonding, different surfaces together as part of manufacturing or constructing prototypes in unusual methods. In fact, he was one of the principle builders of the Mosquito Hawk I, designed by Kenneth W. Welch Jr., that exceeded the record for deepest-diving wooden submersible hull and deepest-diving non-spherical submersible hull ever. Tested April 12, 1990 when it eventually imploded at 172psig or 398 feet of depth equivalence. Separately, Gene Kleffman is also visionary, entrepreneur, and inventor; his Alumalite fixture has tremendous promise in the lighting industry and is currently an item of future interest being evaluated by Global Oceanic’s Board of Directors.

Boatswain’s Mate Enterprises, headed by Richard E. Martin, is responsible for Global’s X-Wave Facility, grounds, buildings and wave tank complex. Mr. Martin is a licensed ship captain and has operational expertise that has granted him an ability to manage a sea of moving parts without interruption. He has complete autonomy on this operational endeavor within the parameters established by Global’s management.

These newly contracted companies, collaborating with Global’s management, provide Global the ability to expand into strategic areas without leaving its core business of inventing and developing innovative, new and valuable infrastructure technologies.