At Glosten, we like to say that we’ll design “anything that floats.” That includes floating golf greens, rotating research platforms, and a wide variety of vessels in-between. That curiosity extends to unconventional studies and analyses. Our engineers and designers thrive on unique, one-of-a-kind problems – the harder, the better.
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Long Core Installed on the R/V Knorr
Recovering long sediment gravity cores from the seabed was a hallmark of marine geology research in the 1970s but was abandoned by the U.S. oceanographic community by the mid-1980s....
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A Ship that Flips
FLIP is a 355-foot-long, or tall, research platform. Glosten was contracted to assist Scripps in the design, model testing, and construction of this remarkable vessel.
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Foil Ferry
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Glosten designed the R/V Sikuliaq to accommodate up to 26 scientists and students to conduct a myriad of cross-disciplinary studies in the Alaska region, year-round.
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Making Way for a New Bay Bridge
Glosten assisted California Engineering Contractors with the marine aspects of demolishing the SF-Oakland Bay Bridge, reversing the construction process by disassembling the bridge in chunks and lowering the spans...
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Excavator Dredge Design
J.E. McAmis, a marine construction firm used to working in tough conditions, needed a hydraulic excavator to add to their dredging capability, enabling accurate digging in firm bottom conditions...
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