The core competencies of GuD comprise the applied geosciences, geotechnics, dynamics and environmental engineering. GuD Offshore Wind Polska specializes in offshore wind energy projects. Our range of services includes assessment, consultation, planning, surveying and construction supervision. In addition, we offer verification design and expert opinion services. The engineers at GuD have been contributing their know-how to a wide range of projects in Germany and at many other locations around the world since 1980. We welcome challenges as an opportunity for finding new, innovative solutions.
Current scientific developments flow into our work through our close contact with universities, colleges and research institutes. Furthermore, we support the interdisciplinary exchange of knowledge with our broad participation in many associations and expert committees. We are happy to share our expertise with our clients and project partners. If you are looking for an expert in the field with many years of experience, don’t hesitate to contact us. We look forward to finding the perfect solution for you.
Core competencies
- offshore geotechnical engineering
- site investigation and foundation expertise
- design of structural elements under static and dynamic loads
- geotechnical analysis and soil mechanics
- numerical analysis (FEM)
- ground improvement and ground freezing
- deep foundations and pile testing
- tunnelling
Core competencies
- offshore geotechnical engineering
- site investigation and foundation expertise
- geotechnical analysis and soil mechanics
- numerical analysis (FEM)ground improvement and ground freezing
- deep foundations and pile testing
- tunneling
Core competencies
- Ground investigation & laboratory testing
- Geotechnical interpretation and parameters assessment
- Geotechnical design
- Numerical analysis (FEM) of geotechnical issues
- Deep foundations / metro
- Maritime structures
- Project management
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.
We offer the following services for projects within the spectrum of geotechnics and structural mechanics for foundations and wind-power turbines offshore and on land:
- 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
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Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) for foundation structures
GuD supervises the execution of geotechnical and geophysical studies as well as the installation of foundation elements and substructures as the client representative onboard of exploration and installation vessels.
HPC Hanseatic Power Cert GmbH, a project certification company and subsidiary of GuD is able to perform project certifications of wind farms and offshore projects from their planning on through their decommissioning phases. The company is accredited according to DIN EN ISO 17065. It certifies the components required by the German Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie (BSH)):
- Wind-power turbines
- Foundations and support structures
- Transformer substations
- Internal cabling of the wind farms
- Residential platform
- Grid connection
Verification of stability certificates are issued so that wind energy plants will function reliably. Quality assurance includes specialised measuring technology and dynamic testing methods:
- Piling feasibility studies
- Verification of load capacity for offshore pile foundations with dynamic pile tests
- Determination of pile resistance values with dynamic measurements while driving piles
- Verification of service life by measuring the steel stress during pile driving
- Production monitoring
