Offshore Engineering
In the high-stakes world of offshore engineering, traditional methods often leave too much to chance. Geo-Wise eliminates the "unknowns" by replacing conservative assumptions with high-fidelity, advanced simulations. By digitally twin-modeling the interaction between complex soil structures and offshore assets, we pinpoint hidden risks before they become costly failures and uncover optimization opportunities that others miss.
Jacking Operations
To ensure a stable platform for wind turbine installation, jack-up vessels must navigate the critical transition from transit to seabed engagement.
Geo-Wise provides comprehensive engineering support to de-risk these operations, utilizing robust methods to ensure structural stability and operational safety. Our specialized jacking services include:
ISO-Compliant Analysis: Leg penetration assessments in strict accordance with ISO 19905 standards.
Risk Mitigation: Detailed punch-through determination and site-specific risk analysis.
Site Interaction: Jacking footprint analysis and the calculation of safe standoff distances from existing infrastructure.
Advanced Modeling: Full 3D integration of the vessel, spudcan, and subsoil behavior.
Challenging Environments: Feasibility studies for jacking on slopes, boulder fields, and complex soil stratigraphy.
Jacking down: Spudcan extraction analysis to ensure safe vessel demobilization.
Independent Validation: Third-party review and verification of geotechnical engineering reports.
3D Ground Model
At Geo-Wise, we transform fragmented site investigation data into a cohesive, high-fidelity digital environment. Our proprietary workflow ingests raw Cone Penetration Test (CPT) data from any format—regardless of the original logging software—and synthesizes it into a continuous 3D Ground Model. This transition from 1D soundings to a volumetric 3D environment allows us to derive precise geomechanical design parameters with spatial consistency, providing a robust foundation for both permanent asset design and temporary jacking operations. By integrating advanced interpolation with site-specific geostatistics, we ensure that your foundation engineering is based on a holistic understanding of the seabed, rather than isolated data points.
This modeling process serves as a critical diagnostic tool for geotechnical risk management. By analyzing CPT response anomalies in 3D space, we pinpoint localized hazards that traditional 2D profiles might overlook. Whether identifying the presence of gas pockets, detecting the erratic behavior of glauconitic soils, or mapping the extent of problematic clay layers, our simulation-ready models flag these geohazards early.
Foundation Design
At Geo-Wise, we specialize in the high-fidelity simulation of the entire foundation lifecycle, ensuring that the transition from a structural design to a subsea reality is seamless and secure. Our expertise lies in modeling the complex, time-dependent behavior of soil during high-energy installation events and the subsequent long-term response of the asset.
We provide advanced analytical support for a diverse range of foundation types and installation methodologies:
Pre-sizing of monopiles and primary steel weight estimation
Installation Dynamics & Driveability: Comprehensive Pile Run and driveability transitions, including both traditional Hydro-Hammer impact and modern Vibratory Driving simulations to optimize blow counts and minimize fatigue.
Suction & Self-Weight Penetration: Precise modeling of Suction Bucket installation and the Self-Weight Penetration of WTG foundations, accounting for the complex influence of Scour Protection Layers on initial stability.
Advanced Soil-Structure Interaction (SSI): We move beyond simplified springs to Full 3D Dynamic Analysis, capturing the true non-linear interaction between the subsoil and the foundation geometry.
Hydrogeological Impact: Specialized analysis of Pore Water Pressure generation and dissipation induced by installation activities to predict setup effects and long-term capacity.
Structural Integrity & Resonance: Integrated Modal and Frequency Domain Analysis to ensure that foundation harmonics are tuned away from environmental and turbine-induced loading frequencies.
Pipelines & Cables
In the increasingly crowded offshore corridor, protecting subsea assets from anthropogenic hazards requires more than just empirical safety factors. Geo-Wise provides a sophisticated suite of geotechnical services focused on the burial, stability, and protection of export cables and pipelines. We differentiate our approach through the use of Discrete Element Method (DEM) for anchor drop and drag simulations. Recognized as one of the most accurate predictive methods in the industry, our DEM workflows model the seabed as a collection of individual grains, capturing the true non-linear behavior of soil during high-energy impacts and lateral dragging events. This allows us to precisely determine the required Depth of Burial (DOB) to safeguard against heavy ship anchors—moving beyond standard risk matrices to provide high-fidelity, site-specific protection designs.
Our expertise extends across the entire installation and protection lifecycle:
Advanced Jetting Analysis
Operational Footprint & Stress
Seabed Slope Stability
Scour & Morphodynamics