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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.

Pile driving instrumentation offers many advantages but also has certain limitations. By substituting traditional static load tests with dynamic load tests or instrumentation during driving to determine the axial capacity of a pile, it has been possible to considerably reduce the cost and time of execution. This is particularly true for the control and validation of offshore piles.

G-Octopus, a Cathie Company providing pile instrumentation solutions and advanced interpretation of pile driving monitoring data, announced major rebranding. The comprehensive rebrand brings the focus on G-Octopus’s solutions for oil and gas and renewable energy industries, and includes a new logo, and website.

G-Octopus performed the Pile Driving Monitoring of three of the four foundation piles of EOS transformer platform jacket for the Butendiek project.

Pile Driving Monitoring (PDM) during driving and Pile Dynamic Testing (PDT) are widely used in onshore and offshore construction to ensure the structural integrity of the piles during driving and achieve a safe and economical pile installation.