Geotechnics

LICengineering carries out a variety of research & development activities. A selection of activities is listed below.

Scour                        Theoretical developments and testing.

Suction bucket       Suction bucket installation and extraction – LIC developed methods and carried out the geotechnical analyses required for an oil and gas RAT                                     (riser access tower) installation in Southern North Sea .

Soil models             Pore water modelling, liquefaction with university partners.

Soil tests                 Soil test are performed with university partners.

Soil forces              (p-y) curves using In-house computer programmes.

Pile driving             Tests are performed.