Archived page. Restored from a capture of bennettoffshore.com/gen_con.html made in December 2018. Independent archive, not the company's website. About this archive

General Consulting Services

Problem solving is our business. Bennett engineers have solved many situational and design issues for our clients. Our engineers are also available for on-site work such as construction supervision, conducting model tests, commissioning work, etc.

  • Jack-up site specific assessment
  • Leg penetration analysis
  • Fleet, vessel or rig upgrade work
  • Salvage advisory/design
  • Third-party design verification
  • Construction supervision
  • Oversee installation
  • Software development
  • Model testing supervision
  • Project management
  • Fleet assessment
  • Surveys/inclining experiments
  • Launching/upending analyses
  • Consulting during damage situations

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    Notes on the service list

    What is a jack-up site specific assessment?
    A check that a particular jack-up can work safely at a particular location, with that site's water depth, environment and soil. The restored technical papers page notes that William Bennett co-chaired the SNAME committee that drafted the original Recommended Practice for the Site-Specific Assessment of Jack-ups (T&R 5-5A), and the primer lists the difference between class approval and site specific assessment among its topics.
    What is leg penetration analysis?
    An estimate of how far each leg will sink into the seabed during preload and operation. The note on legs, spudcans and preload explains why it matters, with recent liftboat accidents as examples.
    What is an inclining experiment?
    A test on the finished vessel that finds its as-built centre of gravity and metacentric height from measured heel angles, pendulum readings and draught readings. It also appears on the naval architecture and Semisubmersibles pages, where Bennett coordinated the inclining of the Q4000.