Specialist engineering
Access expertise to deliver specific scopes, solve unforeseen problems, or get independent advice.
Accelerate
Accelerate
Experience to keep your project on course
Our team will solve your project’s most complex technical challenges and help you deal with unexpected issues when they arise. We bring a wealth of knowledge and experience gained from some of the world’s largest offshore wind farms.
Having worked on more than 100 fixed and floating foundation projects, we can proactively or reactively assist with any individual element, at any stage of your wind farm lifecycle.
- Flexible approach tailored to your exact requirements
- Recognised specialists in transport and installation (T&I)
- Broad experience delivers solutions quickly
Our flexible approach to specialist engineering
We offer complementary engineering expertise at any stage of your wind project.
Respond confidently to unexpected situations. Deliver tactical work packages that need specialist skills, or fall outside your main contract.
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Advise
Whatever the problem is, we can quickly draw on our team’s past work in order to understand your issues and advise on optimal solutions.
02
Solve
Combining advice with our toolset, we can take the lead on engineering the solutions, respecting your project’s timeline.
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Support
We can support you through feasibility, design, fabrication, T&I, operation, life-extension, and decommissioning.
Our specialist engineering services
No two client requirements are the same, so we tailor our specialist engineering services to meet your exact needs. There are some typical areas we help offshore wind developers with, but we can assist with whatever challenge you are facing.
Grouted connection design and analysis
We make sure this critical interface between your MP and TP is correctly designed to ensure safe, long-lasting operation.
Decomissioning
When the time comes to retire your offshore wind farm, we help you ensure this is done safely and cost-effectively.
Installation guide design
Working closely with your designers and drawing on our extensive installation experience, we can design installation guides to enable you to operate in the most challenging offshore conditions.
MP-TP connection detailed analysis and design
We identify the best type of connection to use between your monopile (MP) and transition piece (TP), and provide detailed designs for fabrication.
Transportation and installation (T&I) planning and detailed analysis
We analyse proposed T&I operations to ensure successful offshore campaigns.
Forensic analysis of failiures
If something goes wrong, we help you understand why, so you can respond appropriately, and ensure it doesn’t happen again.
New technology evaluation
Offshore wind technology is progressing at pace. We help you assess the suitability of new innovations for your project, to de-risk adoption.
Structural health monitoring (SHM) advice and anaysis
We support you with the design of your condition monitoring systems, data analysis, and recommended interventions if thresholds are exceeded.
Asset management and life extension
We will evaluate your original design and current conditions, enabling you to extend the life of your assets.
Support
Specialist engineering with Empire Engineering: What to expect
When you engage specialist engineering services, you need an experienced partner who understands inherently how the work package fits into the wider programme and can get straight to work. That’s precisely what you get with Empire.
Our 10+ year involvement in foundation design for some of the world’s biggest offshore wind farms means there isn’t a lot we haven’t encountered. If an unexpected situation arises, chances are we’ve seen it before and know exactly how to respond.
Plus our broad experience from projects all around the world means we bring unparalleled insights into emerging technologies and approaches.
Get in touch
Get in touch
Let’s discuss your specialist engineering needs
Whether you need reactive support with an unforeseen challenge, a specialist set of skills to deliver a specific works package, or a bespoke engineering requirement, contact our team today to discuss how we can help.