The Offshore Engineering Society
The OES acts to promote interest and scholarship in both the scientific and applied aspects of offshore engineering.
- Date
- 01 May 2024
- Time
- 17:30 - 19:30 BST (GMT+1)
- Location
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Institution of Civil Engineers One Great George Street Westminster London, SW1P 3AA United Kingdom
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With full installation and electrification of the Seagreen offshore wind farm being obtained in October 2023, the background engineering to these magnificent structures can be lost. It is known in the industry that there is an inherent risk in the installation of suction caisson foundations which make these foundations less preferable as a solution. However, with engineering acumen and ingenuity, these risks can be mitigated.
The talk will place emphasis on the geotechnical aspects of the suction caisson engineering, including caisson buckling and de-risking the installation. It will also focus on the transportation and installation of the structures. Come join some of the key members of the engineering team who made the Seagreen project into a reality. The project was also the recipient of the British Geotechnical Association's (BGA) Fleming Award in December 2023, the aspects of this award will also be presented.
Speakers
Dr Trevon Joseph
Venterra
offshore technical director
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Dr Trevon Joseph
Trevon is the offshore technical director within Venterra geosciences overseeing the ground related offshore engineering disciplines. His experience spans 18 years where he's worked in the offshore industry at Atkins and Ramboll, on the design of many of the Round 3 offshore wine farms across the UK. Travon is a Chartered geotechnical Engineer with a Docterate in Engineering from the University of Oxford and a past Chairman of the Offshore Engineering Society.
Dr Nawras Hamdan
Seaway7
specialist geotechnical engineer
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Dr Nawras Hamdan
Nawras is a Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers and holds a PHD in Geotechnical Engineering from the Heriot Watt University. He is a specialist geotechnical engineer within the seabed intervention team at Seaway7 leading the geotechnical design division with a focus on offshore wind activities. His experience spans from working for a certifying authority, consultancy and the installation contractors (Subsea7 and Seaway7) where he delivers major oil and gas and offshore wind projects.
Christopher Pilbin
Ramboll
chief structural engineer
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Christopher Pilbin
Chris is a chartered engineer within the offshore wind engineering team at Ramboll. he has over 10 years' experience in the structural assessment of both mobile and foxed offshore structures from previous roles at Noble Denton and more recently in wind turbine foundation design at Ramboll. He specialises in structural design and assessment through finite element analyses.
Mark MacBeath
Seaway7
Project Manager
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Mark MacBeath
Mark is a project manager at Seaway7 with a mechanical engineering background. He has 17 years' post-qualification experience working in both the oil & gas renewables sectors. Mark spent 9 years in the role of project engineering manager at both subsea7 and Seaway7, managing multi-discipline engineering teams on a wide range of projects. Most recently, Mark was the engineering manager on the multi-billion EPCI project of Seagreen offshore wind farm, the world deepest fixed-bottom and Scotland's largest offshore wind farm.
