End-to-end offshore wind

Our unmatched experience in end-to-end offshore wind from project exploration to operation and life-time extension is delivering some of the world’s largest offshore wind farms more efficiently and at lower cost.

Primary Structures

WT’s approach to primary structure design is second to none. Our industry leading approach to monopile design is equalled by our extensive expertise in jackets and our key role in developing floating foundations. Whether at an early screening stage, a detailed design stage or looking for a partner to support you through the lifecycle of a project, we can save you time and money. If just starting out, our integrated in-house load assessment capability includes aero-elastic analysis as part of a fully integrated assessment, alongside hydrodynamic loading and seismic effects. If in a later phase of a project, we cover all expected structural forms, from monopiles to gravity bases, and can tackle novel solutions on a first-principles basis. Whatever you need, wherever you are in the world, come and talk to us, we love a challenge!

Department Leadership

Morten Nielsen

Director and Head of Primary Structures

Anthony Setiadi

Chief Consultant

Matthew Simms

Director and Chief Consultant

Matthew Geary

Associate Director

Christopher Galbraith

Lead Engineer

Bjørn Mikkelsen

Lead Engineer

Gillian Pollard

Lead Engineer

Vaughan Pryce-Jenkins

Lead Engineer

Emrah Sahin

Lead Engineer

Ömer Can Kücükyildiz

Lead Engineer

Julie Landler

Lead Engineer

Matthew Lira

Lead Engineer

Deliverables

Design Bases

Design Briefs

Technical Notes

MP-TP Configuration

Design Assumption Register

Design Report

Concept/FEED Foundation Design

Bolted Flange Design

ULS/FLS/ALS/SLS Analysis

Clustering Analysis

Wave and Load Time Series

Cyclic Degradation Assessment

Load Assessment

ILA

LILA with and w/o OEM

Foundation Weight Map

Corrosion Specification and Drawings

Cathodic Protection Design Report/Modelling

Structural Health Monitoring

Carbon and Energy Assessment

Secondary Structures

Innovation isn’t just key to efficiency for foundations, it also drives cost savings and increased health and safety for secondary offshore structures. At Wood Thilsted, we have designed innovations across work platforms, ladders, boat landings and more that are making access, egress and work tasks safer and faster. We do this by using cutting edge 3D modelling and integrating more closely with the people and technology across other departments. It’s amazing what you can achieve when you work together!

Department Leadership

William Hancock

Associate Director, Head of Secondary Structures

David Blundell

Lead Engineer

Will Micklethwaite

Lead Engineer

Charlotte Hill

Lead Engineer

Deliverables

LV Equipment List

ITT Drawing set

Fatigue Impact

Boat Landing

Internal Platforms

External Platforms

Design Risk Assessment

Drawings (AFR, AFC)

Stress Concentration Factors

Weight Report and MTO

3D Model

LV Design Drawings

LV Power Earthing and Bonding Studies

LV Lighting Study

LV Instructions and Procedures

Geotech Eng & Design

WT’s Geotechnical interpretation and state-of-the-art soil structure interaction techniques assures highly optimised foundation designs So how do we work? In the early stage of project development, our Geotechnical team can deliver the full suite of services to tell you about the feasibility of fixed bottom or floating foundations. If working with us longer term our seabed interaction analysis including seabed mobility assessment, scour assessment and protection design, cable route engineering, jackup feasibility and leg penetration studies will integrate with our primary steels team to ensure efficient, effective tailored design for each and every foundation. So whatever project stage you are at you can rely on our geotechnical support to put you ahead of the rest.

Department Leadership

Paul Gibbs

Director and Head of Geotechnical & Cables

Frederik Agergaard

Chief Consultant

Paul Knight

Director of Quality

Brian Mackenzie

Technical Director

Ash Shajarati

Technical Director

Christopher Lomax

Associate Director

Marijn Dekker

Chief Consultant

Gerry Murphy

Associate Director

Simone Schmieder

Associate Director

Iona Richards

Lead Engineer

Evangelia (Evita) Skiada

Lead Engineer

Liuba Agapii

Lead Geotechnical Engineer

Plato Jack Cran

Lead Geotechnical Engineer

Barbara Shipton

Lead Geotechnical Engineer

Emil Ushev

Lead Geotechnical Engineer

Deliverables

Desk Study

Landfall assessment

PSHA/SRA

Liquefaction assessment

Preliminary GIR

GIR

Jackup feasibility assessment

Export cable route selection

Cable route selection

Cable route engineering

Scour assessment and protection design

Client representative

Geotech representative

Geotech FEM

Anchor feasibility assessment

Foundation feasibility assessment

Project Delivery

Offshore wind projects are highly complex, which is why WT’s Project Delivery division brings together project directors with decades of experience to ensure the highest level of project governance and focus on risk reduction to assure project delivery on budget and time. Unlike other consultancies, WT directors play an integral role in the delivery and decision making in our projects using the principle of constructive support. That means three things, 1) using WT’s exceptional experience in Offshore Wind to assist and guide clients in the face of whatever challenges arise during a project. 2) rather than reacting, WT Project Managers work to actively manage risks ahead of time in order to deliver on priorities. 3) using smart tools to ensure clients have all the management information they need when they need it in whatever system they need it. In other words we’re looking out for you so you don’t end up in uncharted waters, but if the unexpected does happen, don’t worry we can help. Just ask our clients about their positive feedback.

Department Leadership

Peter Sunnucks

Associate Director, Head of Project Delivery

Laure Grignon

Associate Director

Luke Fussell

Lead Project Manager

Joshua Lindfield

Lead Project Manager

Wojciech Sitkiewicz

Lead Project Manager

Simon Turpin

Lead Project Manager

Deliverables

Owners Engineering

Programmes and Scheduling

Cost Estimating

Design Stage Gate Management

Scope and Change Management

Project coordination

Interface Management

Requirements Management

Project Risk Management

Design Risk Management

Financial Control & Reporting

Document Control & Information Management

Geophysics

Our team of geophysical specialists form a market leading centre of technical excellence for the scoping, tendering, management and evaluation of all the geophysical surveys required for the development of your offshore windfarm. Many of our team have spent years working with survey contractors. This experience, when combined with our solutions-focussed approach to ground modelling and seabed interpretation, provides efficient, high quality support to our clients and in-house foundation design teams. Our GIS and data management services provide user friendly mapping of spatial data, allowing project opportunities and constraints to be efficiently managed.

Department Leadership

Vanrisch Mclean

Director and Head of Geophysics, Surveys & GIS

Lucy Catt

Chief Consultant

Pelle Gulbrandsen

Lead Geophysicist

Aaron Dent

Lead Geophysicist

Deliverables

GIS project

GIS data management

Ground modelling

Transport & Installation

Wood Thilsted’s combination of integrated in-house expertise, combined with global and local experience, means no design is ever presented to a client that can’t be effectively and efficiently installed. What’s more if you have a design that you just need to make happen, we can work with you to ensure transport and installation is as cost effective and as smooth as possible. We’re contractor agnostic so whomever you ask us to support we can work with them to ensure precise locations are optimal, adjust boundaries or fine-tune their proposed methodology. As with everything at Wood Thilsted we’re always looking ahead and so within this team, we also analyse and design floating structures. So if you are also looking ahead come and talk to us about how we use Orcaflex combined with our own technologies to design the energy transition.

Department Leadership

Simon Beckett

Chief Consultant

Paul Cassidy

Lead Engineer

Neil Hopkins

Lead Engineer

Deliverables

TP set-down analysis

Temporary Stability analysis

Jacket transportation analysis

Interface management with T&I contractors

Requirements management

Design of transportation and installation aids

Climate Analytics & Loads

The Climate Analytics and Loads department brings together wind and metocean expertise in a unique way. Our energy specialists come from world leading dedicated wind consultancies, for both onshore and offshore environments, and work hand in hand with our experts, from well-established metocean analysis outfits. The team comprises some of the most innovative thinkers in the industry with thousands of years of Atmospheric and Oceanographic data analyses under their collective belt. This experience is used to undertake high quality Energy Production and Site Conditions Assessments, as well as other studies that rely on the climatic knowledge of the site (i.e., Weather Window Analysis, Measurement Campaign Specification). Simply put, whether looking for an estimate of an onshore or offshore wind farm’s future energy production; or the most efficient analysis for the detailed design of each and every foundation, come and talk to us!

Department Leadership

Nick Elderfield

Associate Director and Head of CALM

Dennis Hindhede

Director and Chief Consultant

Cameron Brown

Chief Consultant

Bruna de Queiroz

Lead Scientist (Metocean)

Deliverables

Measurement campaign specification

Pre-construction Energy Production Assessment

Atmospheric and Oceanographic Site Conditions Assessment (AOSCA)

Layout design

Weather window Analysis

Survey Management

Every site is different and from the outset our team establishes a clear site development strategy that manages time and cost. This means survey management scopes that meet the needs of each stage of the project rather than one size fits all. We can then step away or run the tenders and manage the process. The choice is yours!

Department Leadership