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If you're interested in finding out more about our expertise, the benefits of Pile Driving Monitoring and why it should be part of your next project, have a listen to our latest webinar and take a look at the questions we received from our Q&A session.

G-Octopus was requested by Groupement Constructeur Calais Port 2015 to control the pile bearing capacities and establish pile driving criteria, for different types of piles, both on land and at sea at the Calais site.

Pile Driving Monitoring (PDM) is often overlooked on projects until something goes wrong, but why not make it part of the schedule from the beginning? In this article you’ll discover 6 common issues that can occur when driving piles on site and how PDM can help solve them.

Testing foundations on a project isn’t mandatory in all locations but that doesn’t mean it should be overlooked. So even if your project has included PDM before, find out more about what Pile Driving Monitoring is, what it entails and the benefits it can bring to any project.

The G-Octopus team were engaged by civil engineering company, DEME Offshore, to use their expertise in Pile Driving Monitoring (PDM) to confirm the foundation pile capacity of the installed offshore substation (OSS) platform.

Take a look at our brochure on dynamic load tests on instrumented piles. In partnership with ICM Engineering, we can rapidly supply the engineering, instrumentation and drop weight to sites across Europe.

COVID-19’s impact is felt throughout our industry and here at G-Octopus we’re prepared for the challenges this brings. Our teams are working hard to minimise the impact to our clients’ projects and we’re welcoming the opportunity to develop new solutions and ways of working to deliver results for clients.

Whether you’re new to the G-Octopus brand or you’re after a bit more information, this Q&A is here to provide you with a background to the brand, tell you about the benefits of working with us and explain why they should be part of your next project.

Recent technological advances in fiber optic sensors, and more particularly in the available acquisition frequency enable their use for successful pile driving instrumentation, pushing some of the limits encountered. Since the beginning of 2018, G-Octopus have made several pile instrumentations using this technology, either along the pile shaft (in combination with conventional instrumentation at pile top), or as partial replacement of standard instrumentation at pile top.

G-Octopus, a Cathie company, is a provider of on-site pile testing and advanced interpretation of Pile Driving Monitoring Data. With over 15 years of experience, our engineers perform quality assessments and testing of deep foundations. We provide pile instrumentation solutions and advanced interpretation of pile driving monitoring data onshore, nearshore, offshore and underwater.