Glosten supports the marine and offshore industry with engineers who have seagoing, salvage and shipyard experience. This applied experience enhances our ability to provide practical, cost effective design solutions. Our seasoned team draws upon vast technical expertise backed by state-of-the-art analysis tools (WAMIT, ORCAFLEX, MORA, MAESTRO) to deliver comprehensive solutions to the unique problems faced by the offshore industry.
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Offshore Wind – Front End Engineering Design Study
In 2012, the UK's Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) awarded Glosten funding to perform a FEED study for a full-scale 6MW offshore wind floating platform system demonstrator.
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I-35 Bridge: Responding to Tragedy
On August 1 2007, the I-35 bridge collapsed in the middle of rush hour. Glosten was contracted to design the bridge segment lift sequence and grillage, and the...
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PelaStar Tension Leg Platform for Floating Offshore Wind
The PelaStar system was conceived by Glosten engineers in 2006, who saw a need to reduce the capital costs of offshore wind and access sites with superior wind resources.
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Exxon Kizomba – Traversing Oceans
Spanning 10,000 miles over six months, the Glosten-developed tow plan for the Kizomba A brought the vessel from Korea to offshore Angola via the Cape of Good Hope.
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Longest Floating Bridges in the World
WSDOT commissioned Glosten in 1983 to evaluate the wind and wave forces for the new I-90 bridge design and the two existing Lake Washington bridges.
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In a League of its Own: the Semi-Submersible SBX-1
Glosten worked as the project engineering integrator and designer for all marine aspects of this $900 million project.
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