For all hydraulic engineering projects, whether it be dams or dikes for flood control, or large locks and wharfage, geotechnical questions will be the predominant topic. Difficult boundary conditions are often imposed on the construction of wind turbines. Sea-side locations with complex wind and wave loads place particularly high requirements on foundation structures. GuD is involved in many offshore projects in the North Sea and Baltic Sea, conducting geotechnical surveys, expert appraisals and foundation consulting for their customers.
Our service offering in the spectrums of geotechnics and structural mechanics for foundations and wind-power turbines on land and in offshore projects includes:
- Soil exploration at the construction site, as well as periodic and dynamic site soil tests
- Professional assessments and foundation consulting
- Development of calculation methods for high cyclic loads
- Feasibility studies and desktop studies
- Geotechnical planning, basic and detailed design of foundation structures like jackets, monopiles, tripods and heavy-duty foundations or suction buckets
- Subsoil test reports, expert opinions issued on subsoil and foundations
- Designing cyclically loaded foundation systems
- Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) for foundation structures