Our Services

Structural engineering for on-shore wind turbine foundations

 

CTE Wind presents its range of services and solutions to meet all your demands :

GEOTECHNICAL CONSULTANCY

  • Review of geotechnical interpretative reports (GIR) to confirm that all necessary soil values are provided
  • Synthesis and grouping of soil values for wind farm foundation optimisation
  • Site assessment to determine the required geotechnical site investigation campaign
  • Procurement assistance in the selection of geotechnical contractors for the preparation of the geotechnical report

WTG FOUNDATION DESIGN

  • Designs according to international standards and specific wind guidelines, taking into account local country regulations
  • Preliminary designs (report and schematic drawings) to identify potential cost optimisations based on the geotechnical report and to compare required designs for different wind turbine models under consideration
  • Detailed designs (full structural report and construction drawings) based on our experience and the turbine manufacturers’ requirements to ensure a safe, reliable and economical design. Complete verifications including: loads, partial safety factor, dynamic rotational stiffness, SLS and ULS, fatigue analysis and reinforcement calculation.
  • Bankable reports: Designs that can be submitted for approval to insurers, banks, manufacturers and others. We guide our clients through to final validation by these organisations.

Complementary skills

  • Anchor cage design: detailed dimensioning including fatigue analysis, grout determination, bolt prestressing forces and fabrication drawings
  • Design of all types of piles (driven, drilled, etc.) adapted to different soil conditions, including geotechnical calculation to determine their length and allowable stresses.
  • Innovative design solutions (high pedestal, soft spot, rock anchor foundation, near shore foundations, etc.) Engineering foundation solutions for turbine prototypes (i.e.: offshore prototype, two-blade turbine, guyed mast, folding mast, etc…)
  • Design Reviews/CAT III Checks: full independent calculations and cross-checks against 3rd party consultant’s design with suggestions for improvement/optimisation of these foundations where necessary.

ASSET MANAGEMENT TROUBLESHOOTING

  • Fact finding Site visits for visual inspection of anomalies
  • Root cause analysis assessments
  • Site inspections to verify satisfactory repair of damaged foundations

CONSTRUCTION SUPERVISION

  • On-site inspection of rebar receipt prior to concreting
  • Construction supervision of foundations
  • Construction quality assurance of foundations through review of checklists and test results