Fixed Wind
Foundations
Our multi-disciplinary in-house team delivers robust, fit-for-purpose, and cost-effective fixed wind foundation solutions from initial project concept through to detailed design and successful offshore installation.
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Key Personnel
Owen Pocock
Technical Manager, UK

About
Owen is a Principal (chartered) Engineer with over ten years’ specialist experience in advanced numerical analysis and structural engineering of offshore wind farms, drilling and production riser systems. Owen’s oil and gas project portfolio covers a range of riser types and systems (rigid and flexible) in deep and shallow water around the globe. He has also performed numerous engineering assessments and package management roles for both fixed-bottom and floating wind farm developments. Owen is experienced in concept, pre-FEED, FEED and Detailed Design for EPCI projects.
Expertise
Michael Shaw
Principal Engineer, UK

About
Michael is a Chartered Engineer with over 8 years of experience working on fixed wind foundations, floating wind moorings and anchors, minimum facility platforms (CCUS and oil and gas), and riser and conductor systems.
Key areas of expertise include project management, global coupled design and analysis of primary steel, local design and analysis of secondary steel, construction delivery management, and offshore installation.
Michael has a master’s degree (Distinction) in Mechanical and Offshore Engineering and is a member of IMechE.
David Knights
Senior Project Manager, UK

About
David has over 19 years of industry experience covering a wide range of marine construction projects, both on and offshore. An experienced team leader, he has successfully delivered many projects across the offshore renewables, civil engineering and oil & gas sectors. He has extensive experience throughout project lifecycles and has been responsible for the delivery of various pioneering solutions within the offshore foundations industry.
Previous experience includes management of the design and delivery of numerous pre-piling template systems, resulting in the successful installation of nearly 1000 piles for multiple offshore renewable projects.
David has a First Class Masters Degree in Civil Engineering and is a Chartered Engineer.
Kamal Arif
Technical Manager, KL

About
Kamal is a Technical manager in 2H’s Kuala Lumpur office with 17 years of experience in structural engineering, fixed platforms, fabrication, transportation & installation and decommissioning. He is responsible for technical and project management delivering a variety of projects from concept through to detailed design and installation for minimum facility platforms, brownfield modifications, fabrication, installation and decommissioning.
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2H specialises in designing robust, fit-for-purpose, and cost-effective foundations and substructures for fixed offshore wind projects. Our expertise lies in using fully coupled integrated load analysis (ILA) or uncoupled analysis to ensure optimal performance. We understand the critical drivers for fixed wind foundations and employ advanced tools and methodologies to balance cost and risk from the initial project concept through to detailed design and successful offshore installation.
2H has designed all traditional steel substructure types for fixed wind and has an extensive track record in oil & gas foundations supported by real-world transportation and installation experience from installing foundations offshore.
Integrated, Multi-Disciplinary Team
Our in-house team is dedicated to offshore foundations and brings together extensive experience across various disciplines:
Structural engineering (primary & secondary steel)
Loads and controls
Electrical low-voltage systems
Transportation & installation
Project management
Full Asset Lifecycle Services
Concept evaluation and selection
Pre-FEED, FEED, and detailed design engineering
Operations and maintenance support and integrity management
Key Services
Foundation screening and selection
In-place design (natural frequency analysis, extreme storm analysis, fatigue analysis, seismic analysis, vessel impact analysis, grout connection design, flange connection capacity, geotechnical analysis)
Transportation and installation design (grillage & seafastening design, loadout and transportation, lifting, driveability, pile run, noise assessments, suction analysis, drilling borehole stability and rate of penetration analysis, temporary on bottom stability)
Fabrication and construction assessments and planning
Transportation & installation planning (vessel specifications, deck layouts, installation tooling specification, marine spreads, storyboard and installation procedures and planning)
Engineering, procurement, transportation, and installation (EPCI) costing assessments
Operations and maintenance support and integrity management (risk assessment and O&M strategy/integrity management plan, subsea inspections and costing, O&M base port selection, digital twin, and asset data management)
Key Personnel
Owen Pocock
Technical Manager, UK

About
Owen is a Principal (chartered) Engineer with over ten years’ specialist experience in advanced numerical analysis and structural engineering of offshore wind farms, drilling and production riser systems. Owen’s oil and gas project portfolio covers a range of riser types and systems (rigid and flexible) in deep and shallow water around the globe. He has also performed numerous engineering assessments and package management roles for both fixed-bottom and floating wind farm developments. Owen is experienced in concept, pre-FEED, FEED and Detailed Design for EPCI projects.
Expertise
Michael Shaw
Principal Engineer, UK

About
Michael is a Chartered Engineer with over 8 years of experience working on fixed wind foundations, floating wind moorings and anchors, minimum facility platforms (CCUS and oil and gas), and riser and conductor systems.
Key areas of expertise include project management, global coupled design and analysis of primary steel, local design and analysis of secondary steel, construction delivery management, and offshore installation.
Michael has a master’s degree (Distinction) in Mechanical and Offshore Engineering and is a member of IMechE.
David Knights
Senior Project Manager, UK

About
David has over 19 years of industry experience covering a wide range of marine construction projects, both on and offshore. An experienced team leader, he has successfully delivered many projects across the offshore renewables, civil engineering and oil & gas sectors. He has extensive experience throughout project lifecycles and has been responsible for the delivery of various pioneering solutions within the offshore foundations industry.
Previous experience includes management of the design and delivery of numerous pre-piling template systems, resulting in the successful installation of nearly 1000 piles for multiple offshore renewable projects.
David has a First Class Masters Degree in Civil Engineering and is a Chartered Engineer.
Kamal Arif
Technical Manager, KL

About
Kamal is a Technical manager in 2H’s Kuala Lumpur office with 17 years of experience in structural engineering, fixed platforms, fabrication, transportation & installation and decommissioning. He is responsible for technical and project management delivering a variety of projects from concept through to detailed design and installation for minimum facility platforms, brownfield modifications, fabrication, installation and decommissioning.
Language
Project Experience
2H has decades of experience in designing and installing offshore foundations for the offshore wind and oil and gas industries.
50+
Concept/pre-FEED studies
50+
FEED studies
40+
Detailed design projects
35+
Installed foundation designs
