Engineering and design
Seartec specializes in sustainable maritime engineering and design services for marine assets and offshore structures. Our expertise extends beyond traditional fixed-bottom solutions to include future floating assets. We offer comprehensive designs for all components within the defined scope, whether it’s for the entire asset or specific parts of a system, from feasibility studies to detailed design. Ensuring operational functionality and maintainability as a key focus in our design process.
Our expertise encompasses structural design services, load evaluations, stability calculations, and seakeeping analyses. Additionally, we deliver innovative solutions for jacket foundations, monopiles, floaters, and semi-submersibles. Our services include structural FEED designs, design optimization, T&I engineering, and advanced hydrodynamics for floating structures, ensuring robust and efficient engineering solutions tailored to the unique challenges of the offshore and maritime industry.
Structural design and
engineering services
- Innovative structural solutions incl. jackets, monopiles, floaters, and semi-submersibles.
- Comprehensive structural design and engineering services, from conceptual to detailed engineering phases focusing on a safety-by-design philosophy.
- Preparation of feasibility studies.
- Verification of conformity in relation to national permitting requirements and offshore guidelines like DNVGL, NORSOK, DIN, ISO 19902, or API.
Design feasibility
studies
- Comprehensive assessment of project viability, including technical, economic, and environmental factors.
- Detailed analysis to identify potential challenges and optimize design solutions.
Load evaluation
and calculation
- Accurate evaluation, simulation, and calculation of loads for marine and offshore structures.
- Ensuring safety and stabiltiy through precise analysis and modelling software.
3D & FE
modelling
- Advanced 3D and finite element (FE) modelling for detailed and accurate structural analysis by means of utilizing state-of-the-art engineering tools & software.
- Enhancing design precision and assessment of design performance in relation to client’s & project’s needs.
Geotechnical
and pile drivability
- Expertise in pile-soil interaction (PSI) for offshore structures.
- Pile drivability studies to ensure efficient and secure installation of foundations.
Transport and installation engineering
- Comprehensive engineering solutions, including load-out, transport, and installation procedures.
- T&I engineering including solutions for the safe and efficient lifting of heavy offshore components.
- Towing concepts for floating offshore wind structures.
Sea-fastening
design
- Specialized design of sea fastening systems for secure transport of offshore structures.
- Ensuring stability and safety during marine operations.
Maritime
engineering
- Comprehensive engineering solutions for maritime structures and vessels.
- Expertise in hydrodynamics, structural integrity, and marine operations.
Engineering for
operation and maintenance
- Tailored engineering solutions for the operational phase and maintenance of offshore assets.
- Focus on enhancing efficiency, safety, and longevity of structures by means of developing operational procedures and/or post-construction designs.
- Retrofit design campaigns to reinforce and improve existing structures.
Naval architecture and
floating offshore wind
- Innovative solutions for floating offshore wind platforms, ensuring stability and performance.
- Provision of naval architecture expertise for the design and analysis of floating structures.
- Expertise in design reviews, load evaluations, stability calculations, and advanced hydrodynamics.