Marine Foundation and Offshore Geotechnical Engineering Services
J.E. Mommaertslaan 22, 1831 Diegem, Belgium
Cathie Associates is one of the few companies in Europe which can provide a full range of marine foundation engineering services, independent of any offshore geotechnical or geophysical contractor. Our project experience includes:
For example, we have been called upon to design tripod foundations, verify mudmat stability, perform leg penetration assessment of jackups, and present the technical case for proposed solutions to national authorities.
Good practice starts with a desk study. A key to getting the best from a geophysical and geotechnical survey is to be prepared with some knowledge of the area. There are few sites in Europe where geological information is unavailable.
Offshore geotechnical and geophysical surveys need careful specification, tendering and project management to obtain cost-effective results. Cathie Associates can help to obtain best value for money by carefully specifying and managing geotechnical and geophysical campaigns.
Often an underestimated task, installation of the inter-field cables and export cables is essential to getting a project up and running. Cathie Associates has unrivalled expertise in assessing cable burial possibilities, selecting trenching equipment and investigating alternative protection strategies.
The technology operated by Cathie Associates allows you to monitor pile capacity, soil resistance and stresses in pile and hammer behaviour. A typical team is made of three men with a team leader who is an experienced geotechnical engineer, certified by the Deep Foundation Institute. The team leader provides the contractor with a 24-hour consultancy on all piling issues, and analyses all acquired data for a preliminary assessment of the hammer / pile / soil system virtually in real time.
Our engineers are familiar with the offshore environment, and trained to liaise with barge master and deck foreman to minimize the interference with the installation schedule. Our equipment is extensively reviewed before the operations, and mobilized with 100% redundancy.
Through their long experience of pile installation supervision and monitoring, Cathie Associates engineers have developed a specific expertise in pile driving engineering, including piling in rock.
Our services cover pile driving prediction, analysis of driving data and consultancy services and include:
Cathie Associates are specialists in offshore geoscience and geotechnical engineering. We combine specialist knowledge and software to deliver survey, geophysical and geotechnical engineering solutions responsively.
The Cluster 2 fields lie in the deepwater KG-DWN-98/2 Block located off the shore of the Godavari Delta on the east coast of India in water depths ranging from 300m to 3,200m.
The South Pars field located in Iran is the northern extension of Qatar’s giant North Field. It covers an area of 500 square miles and is located 3,000m below the seabed at a water depth of 65m.
The Dolphin gas project is located in the Khuff Zone of the Qatari North Field, about 80km offshore Qatar. The field is
In February 2008, Total was given approval from the Nigerian Government to begin development of its offshore Usan field. Discovered in 2002, Usan lies in OPL 222.
Pazflor is located in deepwater offshore Angola block 17, 150km (93 miles) off the coast of Angola and 40km (25 miles) n
The Amenam-Kpono field sits astride offshore blocks OML 99 and OML 70, about 30km off the eastern part of the Niger Delt
The Ettrick field is located in the Outer Moray Firth, 120km north-east of Aberdeen in blocks 20/2a and 20/3a in the UK sector of the North Sea.
The Rosa field lies in block 17, 135km off the coast of Angola in water depths of 1,350m. It was discovered in January 1
Dalia was discovered in 1997, 135km offshore in water depths of between 1,200m and 1,500m. The launch of Dalia, which ca
The Carina and Aries fields are located in the province Tierra del Fuego, Antártida e Islas del Atlántico Sur
Leading offshore engineering consultancy company Cathie Associates is pleased to announce the beginning of the organisation's US-based operations with the appointment of a new vice-president.
Leading marine geoscience and geotechnical-engineering consultancy firm Cathie Associates has formed a US entity: Cathie Associates Inc in Boston, Massachusetts.
Global leader in offshore wind DONG Energy Wind Power has selected Cathie Associates, Ceteal and Ghenova to provide support for its offshore wind farm projects over the next five years.
The Carbon Trust's Cable Burial Risk Assessment (CBRA) guidelines, co-authored by Cathie Associates, have now been used as far afield as the CERES Project in Australia.
As one of the only industry contributions to the highly regarded Canadian Geotechnical Journal, a paper co-written by Cathie Associates enables more cost-effective pipeline protection solutions, by avoiding overly conservative burial depths. The publication is part of a special issue on pipeline geotechnics, one of Cathie Associates' special areas of expertise.
Pont NV and industry leading offshore geoscience and geotechnical consultancy, Cathie Associates, are pleased to announce the acquisition of Cathie Associates by Pont.
Cathie Associates will be participating the forthcoming NOF Energy National Conference & Exhibition in Gateshead, UK.
Cathie Associates' Bruno Stuyts will be speaking at the forthcoming OPT 2016 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, on 24 February.
Nass&Wind Industrie and Offshore Foundation Solutions (OFS) have signed a cooperation agreement in the field of floating wind turbine with concrete floating platform.
J.E. Mommaertslaan 22
1831 Diegem
Belgium
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