Engineering Principles

Our existing product range has been developed to solve industry problems by offering clients turnkey, fixed price offerings to meet their specific needs. Through ownership and close management of the entire design & supply process we have successfully supplied bespoke products, on a fixed price basis, complete with full approval and warranty whilst still maintaining a price point competitive with serial manufacturers. We work closely with our carefully selected engineering supply chain to ensure high quality fabrication, assembly and testing and final delivery to include comprehensive OIM Manuals, Manufacturing Record Book (MRB), Certificate of Conformity (COC) and where necessary third-party approval and/or CE Marking. No overrun, no compromise, and simple budget planning.

We have interfaced closely with our Clients to understand their specific requirements and create comprehensively documented and successful designs ranging from simple subsea lifting beams to complex offshore structures. We pride ourselves in approaching problems holistically and understanding the full product lifecycle during the design process by assessing manufacturability, economic viability, operational suitability and maintenance. A major driver to develop our own organisation was to implement our strong beliefs on the correct design approach and to avoid common pitfalls where products are fast tracked into detailed design phase and/or manufacturing ahead of full understanding of the problem and how it should be addressed within the design. This shortcut approach can lead to designs being compromised or reworked on completion of the verification stage and not meet the full operational potential and customer’s expectations.

Our approach is different.

We promote engagement of all stakeholders at the earliest stage to understand the entire product lifecycle, ensure a clear understanding of the objectives and ensure that the design requirements are focussed on delivering the best possible products within budget to the highest engineering, manufacturing and operational efficiency. By ensuring these requirements are clearly documented and defined up-front within our Basis of Design and Analysis (BoDA) we can avoid costly redesign and unexpected operational limitations. We do also understand that time can be of the essence, especially in the offshore industry, and will always guide our clients through the impact of any design assumptions which in some cases cannot be avoided to satisfy strict deadlines.

Our key areas of interest and expertise include:

• Structural Engineering
• Subsea Engineering
• Offshore Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering and Machine Design
• Dynamics
• Finite Element Analysis
• Numerical Modelling

In order to provide engineering design in principal for bespoke and high value designs, we have often found ourselves at the limits of standard engineering methods and look to validate our designs through the use of bespoke methodologies. This requirement has driven us to be engaged with the world of academia to support the creation of efficient mathematical and engineering proofs in order to confidently validate unique designs and mitigate the risk of failure during testing or operations. Our ability to fully evaluate problems through the competent application of engineering principles allows us to generate efficient custom methodologies which include pre and post processing of data in combination with market leading analysis software. By creating the most efficient path to validation and supporting this with in-depth understanding of the engineering principles applied, we have the ability to confidently validate designs at a level to meet the expectations of the most stringent 3rd party verifiers. We have successfully supported clients with problems involving:

• Non-linear materials
• Non-linear contacts
• Large displacement
• Fatigue
• Fracture
• Hydrodynamic loading
• Dynamic actions
• Marine transit
• Subsea installation
• In-service performance
• System modelling
• Impact
• Thermal loading

Our analytical skills can be applied at any stage of a product’s lifecycle depending on our client’s needs. We first look to understand our client’s problems and guide them through the possible analytical methods which could be employed to meet their requirements. It is a common misconception that analysis is an automated, software driven solution when in fact the software is just one part of the analytical toolkit. First a thorough understanding of the problem must be developed in order to define the correct and most efficient analytical method and then to develop the necessary software inputs and required outputs. We always start with a Q&A process with our clients to develop a Basis of Design and Analysis (BoDA) through an understanding of the product requirements, the environment and expected lifecycle. This process ensures the correct specification is agreed as quickly as possible to avoid wasted time running computer intensive analysis and minimise cost, and furthermore can significantly minimise costly 3rd party verification (DNVGL, ABS, BV & Lloyds). We do not only analyse your product but, wherever possible, look to provide recommendations and introduce optimization to ensure best possible performance and economic viability.

Our engineers have extensive experience performing detailed and 3rd party verified analysis on a wide range of machinery and structures predominantly in the offshore/marine/subsea/testing industries.

Our experience and knowledge of the problems faced in these industries, and associated environments, allows for efficient and cost-effective assessment of equipment and structures through the combined application of:

• Engineering principles
• Industry codes and standards (Eurocode, DNV, ISO, BS, API, NORSOK)
• Mathematical modelling
• Pre/post processing of data
• Industry leading software
• Hydrodynamic loading
• FEA methods including:
• Marine transit
• Subsea installation
• In-service performance
• System modelling
• Impact
• Thermal loading