Course Content & Outline
Section 1: Introduction to Offshore Structures and Standards
Basic designs of fixed offshore structures
Standards, specifications and design parameters
General design considerations
Standard/Special Steels: Selecting materials
Optimising cost by design
Project management for fixed offshore structures
Offshore structures: loads effects
ISO19002 and APIRP2A relating to the applied load
Section 2: Wave Loading, Metocean and Buoyancy
Offshore site investigating
Meteorological and oceanographical data
Wave theories/spectral analysis application
Computational Hydrodynamics, wind and wave forces
Buoyancy and Stability
Introduction for subsea structures facilities
New Technology for the material of surface and subsurface structures
Section 3: Geotechnics, Piles and Structural Analysis
Offshore structures: Geotechnical engineering
Offshore pile design
Design of axially loaded piles
Design of laterally loaded piles
Computer-aided design (SACS, SESAM)
Topsides and jacket designs
Optimum platform configurations
Section 4: Design and Specialised Analysis in Detail
Design of tubular members and tubular joints
Welding and weld design/welding fatigue
Concepts of dynamic analysis
Fatigue design – deterministic and spectral
Earthquake and seismic analysis
Soil dynamics & mudslides
Transportation and installation of load out
Marine operations
Pushover analysis
Section 5: Structural Integrity: Repair, Risk and Reliability
Offshore structures inspection
Codes of inspection
Inspection reporting
Maintenance/remedy action
Offshore structures: preventive maintenance
Recommended practices: maintaining offshore structures
Structural reliability/integrity principles
Cathodic protection design and anode retrofit
Risk assessments
Risk-based maintenance and ROV inspection techniques
Repair procedure for damaged members
Certificate Description
Upon successful completion of this training course, delegates will be awarded a Holistique Training Certificate of Completion. For those who attend and complete the online training course, a Holistique Training e-Certificate will be provided.
Holistique Training Certificates are accredited by the British Accreditation Council (BAC) and The CPD Certification Service (CPD), and are certified under ISO 9001, ISO 21001, and ISO 29993 standards.
CPD credits for this course are granted by our Certificates and will be reflected on the Holistique Training Certificate of Completion. In accordance with the standards of The CPD Certification Service, one CPD credit is awarded per hour of course attendance. A maximum of 50 CPD credits can be claimed for any single course we currently offer.