Engineering solutions provider leading the way for a bluer future
Established in 2015, our Engineering Business Unit is at the forefront of providing specialized services for the Marine Energy Sector, with a strong emphasis on Submarine Cables. Leveraging collaborative expertise inherited from our subsidiary, Kraken, we are committed to driving innovation and excellence in engineering solutions.

Why Choose Us?
Flexibility
We swiftly adapt to evolving client needs, ensuring agile responses and customized solutions.
Expertise
Our multidisciplinary team of specialists brings comprehensive knowledge and innovative approaches to every project.
Rapid Mobilization
We excel in quickly assembling task forces to address urgent project requirements with precision and efficiency.
Synergy with Consulting
By harnessing synergies with our consulting business unit, we efficiently identify and deploy the right skills for optimal project outcomes.
Site Characterisation
Geoscience & Geohazard
- Geophysical Interpretation and Geological Mapping
- Geotechnical Soil Characterisation
- Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering
- Slope Stability Analysis
- Seabed Morphodynamics Study
- Survey Technical Specifications & Operations Assistance
Metocean & Coastal Engineering
- Desktop/Feasibility Metocean Studies
- Definition of Metocean Conditions for specific sites and/or sea transports (database or hindcast/modelling data)
- Nearshore Metocean Criteria
- Advanced Statistical Analyses
- Weather Downtime Assessment
- Wave/Hydrodynamics Modelling
- Wave diffraction/agitation Studies inside Port/Harbour
- Operations Downtime
- Tropical Cyclones Modelling
Foundations & Offshore Structures Engineering
- Shallow and Deep Foundations Design
- Pile drivability
- Geotechnical Anchor Design
- Pipeline and cable route optimization
- Soil-Pipe Interaction
Cables & Flexibles Design
TransportAdvisory Services
- Concept / Feasibility / Pre-FEED
- Risk Analysis
- CAPEX & OPEX Estimate
- Owner Engineering
- Support to tender
- 3rd Party Technical Review
- Root Cause Analysis
- R&D and technology screening
Electrical System Design
- Cross Section Design for:
- MV – HV
- AC / DC
- Static / dynamic cables
- Cross Section design as per:
- IEC standard & CIGRE recommendations
- Non standard approaches with FEA (steady load, time dependent loads)
- Thermal Analysis
Routing & Protection
- Route definition and optimisation
- Cable Burial Risk Assessment (CBRA)
- Burial Assessment Study (BAS)
- Cable/flexible Soil Interaction
- Cable Protection Design (Rock Berm, Concrete Mattresses, rock bags, etc.)
- Cable Crossing Design
- On-bottom stability,
- On-bottom roughness, free-span assessment
Cable / Flexible Local analysis
- All type of cross sections
- Non-linear behaviour of material
- Stress behviour of each component
- Load sharing
- Capacity curve
- Crush loads
Global analysis:
- Configuration design (lazy waves, tethered wave, lazy S …)
- Accessories specifications (buoyancy modules, bend stiffener, …)
- Optimization
- All type of floaters (Floating wind turbine, O&G floaters, …)
- Unbounded / bounded hoses
- CPS design verification / optimization for bottom fixed wind turbine
- General arrangement verification
- Seabed influence
- Satibilization (rock berm, mattresses, rock bags, …)
- Flow amplification
- All types of analyses can be performed:
- Extreme analyses (static, ULS, ALS)
- Fatigue analysis
- VIV analysis
- Interference analysis
- Abrasion analysis
Transportation and Installation (T&I)
Sea Transport
- Route definition
- Weather criteria definition
- Motion analysis
- Grillage & Seafastening Design
- Preparation of towage procedures
- Bollard Pull & Resistance Calculations
Installation Analysis
- Cable and Flexible Installation analyses (free-lay, pull-in, shore pull, etc.)
- Lifting & Deployment Analysis
- Load-in / Load-out
- Weather downtime assessment
- Offshore structures (jackets and topsides): Floatover, Lifting, Launching
Installation Methods
- Installation methods design
- Detailed procedures, tasks plan
- Storyboards and drawings preparation
Ships and Floating Structures
Ships and Floaters Hydrodynamic
- Loading Cases: weight distribution and inertia
- Hydrodynamic database generation (RAO, QTF ecc)
- Motion Analyses: operating, extreme or fatigue
- Model tests specification, follow-up and post-treatment
Vessel Design & Conversion
- Concept and feasibility design (new built & conversion)
- Vessel selection and Deck Layout
- Vessel mobilization design
- Global & Local structural analysis
- Stability Analysis (Trim&Stab, Inclining experiment ecc)
Mooring System (Catenary & Quay)
- Mooring systems design and verification (Quasi-Dynamic or Fully coupled time domain)
- Mooring Hook-Up
- Mooring Installation Method
- Heading Analysis for Turret System
Pipelines Engineering
Pipelines Installation Analyses (shallow and deepwater)
- Rigid and flexible pipeline systems,
- S-Lay, J-Lay, Reel Lay installation analysis,
- shore pull analysis, AWTI analysis, lifting and lowering analysis, J-tube pull in analysis, fatigue analysis, curve stability assessment
- Advanced Installation Analysis (In-line structure deployment and installation, Stalk-on riser installation, DAF analysis, Lazy wave riser installation, weld repair analysis, weather stand-by assessment, spooling analysis)
Pipelines In-Place Design (shallow and deepwater)
- Field layout development
- Flexible and rigid single and pipe-in-pipe systems design
- Rigid spools design
- Pipe and spool bend FE capacity
- Pipelines global buckling and walking analyses
Offshore Methods Engineering (shallow and deepwater)
- Installation and contingency procedures
- Conventional Offshore:
- Rigid Pipeline Installation Methods (export lines and Infield flowlines)
- Offshore structures (jackets and topsides)
- Subsea Installations (Subsea Structures Installation, Flexible Flowlines Installation, Umbilical and Flying Leads Installation, Spools and Jumpers Installation)
- Project engineering management