Projects
Our team's experience spans fixed and floating offshore wind, interconnectors and subsea cable projects, including:
Aberdeen Bay (EOWDC) · Arcadis Ost 1 · Arklow Bank Phase 2 · Beatrice · Berwick Bank · Borssele · Dogger Bank · Great Eastern · Hornsea · Neart na Gaoithe · Norfolk Boreas · Ossian · Outer Dowsing · Vesterhav Nord & Syd · Wikinger
Representative work
Geotechnical interpretation and ground model development
Site investigation design, procurement and offshore management
Foundation installation analysis and optioneering
Jack-up leg penetration assessment
Subsea cable installation engineering, including cable burial risk assessment (CBRA), burial assessment studies and jet sword design
Client representative services
Ground risk strategy and management of geotechnical workstreams
Publications
Bartkus, S. & Davidson, J. Pile Driving Experience in Cemented Sand and Soils with Obstructions. Proceedings of the Offshore Technology Conference 2026, 4-7 May 2026 Houston, Texas, USA.
Bartkus, S., Davidson, J., Tehrani, F.S., Stephenson, P., O’Boyle, B.F., Rose, M.J., Manceau, S. Driven jacket piles installed in weak Triassic rock in the North Sea. Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Frontiers in Offshore Geotechnics, 9-13 June 2025 Nantes, France.
Suryasentana, S., O’Boyle, B.F., Davidson, J., Bartkus, S., Schroeder, F. & Zhou, Z. (2025) Enhancing CPT-Based Suction Caisson Penetration Design: Insights from Back-Analysis of Large-Scale Field Installation Data. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. Vol. 151, Issue 7. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1061/JGGEFK.GTENG-13304.
Davidson, J., Castelletti, M., Torres, I., Terente, V. & Irvine, J. Pile driving prediction for monopile foundations in London clay. Proceedings of the 17th European Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering: Geotechnical Engineering, foundation of the future, 1-6 September 2019 Reykjavik, Iceland.
Bransby, M.F., Barlow, D., Brown, M.J., Davidson, J., Brankin, S. & Robinson, S. (2018) The performance of pipeline ploughs traversing seabed slopes. Ocean Engineering Journal. Vol. 148. pp. 125-135. DOI: 10.1016/j.oceaneng.2017.11.028, ISSN: 0029-8018.
Stuyts, B., Ellery, G.D., Davidson, J., Torres, I. & Rose, M.J. A methodology for the probabilistic assessment of pile refusal due to boulder encounter. Proceedings of the 8th International Offshore Site Investigation and Geotechnics Conference: OSIG, 12-14 September 2017 London, UK.