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Foundation Design and Geotechnical Consultancy
The combination of experience and knowledge of Fugro personnel, standard and advanced soils testing facilities,
in-house analysis programs for surface and deep foundations, full 3-D dynamic finite element analysis, and
foundation model test facility capabilities, means that Fugro Engineering Services Limited can provide solutions
for all foundation and soil mechanics requirements, for land, coastal and offshore developments.
Desk Top Studies
Fugro Engineering Services Limited perform geological/geotechnical site appraisal studies to provide a
preliminary assessment of site conditions for use in feasibility studies and front-end engineering and design (FEED).
To do this, it utilises public domain information and its own extensive Geodatabase of soil conditions in all
of the world's offshore hydrocarbon development areas.
Typical output includes:
- Geotechnical Zoning Maps
- Synthetic borehole logs
- Foundation design parameter envelopes
The benefits of these studies include:
- enabling conceptual design work to proceed
- providing the basis for the design of optimised site investigation programmes
- creating the framework for a Life of Project Geographical Information System (GIS)
Earthquake Response Studies
- Analysis of site response to earthquake motions
- Assessment of liquefaction potential
- Development of site response spectra
- Analysis of structural response for surface or piled foundations
Onshore and Nearshore Structures
- Full range of foundation solutions
- Computation of non-linear axial and lateral pile group response stiffness
- Pile installation assessment in difficult ground conditions
- Advice and monitoring during foundation installation
- Slope stability analysis, incorporating earthquake acceleration
- Settlement prediction
Wind-Farm Studies
- Solutions using piles, suction caissons, gravity foundations
- Assessment of cyclic loading effects on the foundation soils
- Solutions provided for site investigations and for actual installation
Specialist Computer Programs
Fugro has developed a suite of geotechnical foundation design software, and also runs state of the art 3-D and 2-D
finite element analysis software, which incorporates non-linear elastoplastic soil response and very
large strain and deformation capabilities.
Foundation Model Testing
Fugro Engineering Services Limited performs scale model testing to the client's specific requirements to
analyse the behaviour of offshore structures.
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