Global Maritime | Geotechnical Design
Global Maritime
Head Office
1st Floor, Friars Bridge Court
41-45 Blackfriars Road
London
SE1 8NZ

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+44 (0)20 7922 8900
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+44 (0)20 7922 8901


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Geotechnical Design

SPUDCAN FOOTPRINT INTERACTION JIP
ISSUES
Offshore structures need high quality geotechnical design to provide safe foundations, economical, fit-for-purpose structures with:
  • No over-design
  • No cost or schedule over-runs
  • No surprises.
Reliable geotechnical input is now even more critical for:
  • Deeper water structures
  • Frontier areas with unfamiliar soil conditions
  • Structures which rely on optimal soil-structure interaction.
SERVICES
Global Maritime provides:
  • Jack-up drilling rig foundations
    • Location approval
    • Spud-can penetration
    • Operability
    • Punch-through analysis
    • Spud-can fixity
    • Pre-load optimisation
  • Anchors
    • Drag
    • Piled
    • Gravity
    • Taut leg
    • Suction
  • Fixed platforms: design and installations
  • Gravity based platform foundations
  • Jackets: mud-mats, piles and unpiled stability
  • Site investigation planning and management
  • Pipeline trenching and routing studies
  • Dredging consultancy
  • Scour protection studies
  • Research and development.
SOFTWARE
We maintain a full suite of offshore design and analysis programs. For geotechnical consultancy these include:
  • GRLWeap for pile design
  • PUNCHTHROUGH for spud-can penetration
  • TOUCHDOWN for jack-up installation.
RELATED SERVICES
Global Maritime also provides related services:
  • Naval architectural and structural engineering
  • Moorings design and analysis
  • Vessel station keeping advisory services
  • Rig moving
  • Vessel audit and selection
  • Third party design and operation verification
  • Risk analysis, operability analysis and FMEA’s.
  • Marine consultancy
  • Marine insurance warranty survey.
Global Maritime is a marine, offshore and engineering consultant. Our staff of engineers from various offshore disciplines and master mariners provide expert engineering and practical marine advice for offshore operations.

Our civil and structural engineers have many years of geotechnical experience with consultants and contractors.

Clients include worldwide drilling contractors, oil and gas operators, design contractors, shipyards and civil engineers.

If you urgently require assistance regarding geotechnical engineering or any other services offered by Global Maritime e-mail us now at marketing@globalmaritime.com