TechCon Engineering & Consulting

Offshore Structures and Lifting Design

Offshore lifting Design & Heavy Lift

TechCon Engineering & Consulting is a worldwide company that provides offshore lifting design and
heavy lift consulting for any kind of structure or equipment using the state of the art of techniques and
standards.

Services
Design of onshore and offshore lifting and
installation of heavy structures and
equipment
Subsea installation design
Seafastening design
Design of special lifting devices
Structural analysis for transportation, lifting
and installation
Design of floating structures, buoys and
mooring Lifting Plan for Heavy Lift

Design of marine operations

Coordination and supervision of operations
Risk analysis and mitigation
3rd party technical auditing
Lifting Incident Investigation

Presentation
2D and 3D drawings
Complete calculation report
Lifting Plan for equipment aboard FPSO
Animated video of operation
Dynamic simulation

Standards
ABNT
IMO / ILO / UM ECE
PETROBRAS
ISO
DNV / NOBEL DENTON
ABS
Lift Plan for crane installation on fixed offshore platform

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Lift Planning & Engineering

TechCon Engineering & Consulting is a worldwide company that provides rigging plans, lifting design
and transport design for any kind of structure or cargo using the state of the art of techniques and
international standards.

Services
3D Lifting Plans
Lifting design for onshore and offshore
operations
Design of special rigging devices
Design of non conventional lifting using
frames, skids, strand-jacks etc.
Structural stress analysis for transport,
lifting and installation Lifting and upending of reactor using 3 cranes

Seafastening and cargo security

Geotechnical analysis of soil bearing
capacity
Risk analysis and mitigation
3rd party technical auditing

Presentation Multiple spreader bars for equipment lifting

2D and 3D drawings
Complete calculation report
Lifting animated video

Standards
ABNT
Stress analysis of a tank during lifting
EN / DIN
IMO/ILO/UM ECE
PETROBRAS
ISO
DNV NOBEL DENTON

Lifting Plan for onshore operation

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Training
TechCon Engineering & Consulting is a worldwide company that provides training for lifting design and
operation using comprehensive teaching and updated standards.

Courses
Lift Planning & Design
Lift Planning & Design for advanced operation
Lift Planning & Operation for offshore platforms
Offshore personnel transfer with basket -
planning and execution Workbook - high quality and easy to understand

Lifting Supervision
Steel structures for lifting purposes
Fleet management
Customized training

Highlights

Based on most recent international standards

Miniatures for understanding of physical
concepts involved in lifting and rigging
Covers all phases of design and operation Sample of lift plan used in course
Continuity of learning through advanced
courses
High quality teaching materials
3D simulation of operation

3D simulation of onshore operation

Offshore lifting techniques 3D simulation of offshore operation

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Offshore Structures Design & Structural Strengthening Design

TechCon Engineering & Consulting is a worldwide company that provides offshore structures design
for new construction and structural strengthening design for damaged structures or need to increase
their structural strength. It uses carbon fiber for cold works and other advanced materials.

Structures
Top side
Process modules
Flare towers
Storage tanks
Floating structures
Buoys
Temporary structures
Inspection of offshore structures
Special equipment

Design and Services

Detailed design and shop drawings
Conventional structural strengthening
Carbon fiber and advanced materials
Lift planning
Detailed calculation report
3rd party
Expert witness
Strengthening design of top side
Inspections
3rd party technical auditing
Structural collapse Investigation

Analysis
Stress analysis using finite elements
Vibration analysis and attenuation Pig launcher and receiver for offshore pipeline

Fatigue analysis
Computational fluid dynamics

Standards
ISO 19900
ABNT
Stress analysis for rectangular oil tank for offshore platform
IMO
ASME, AISC
API
CEN (EN)
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Certification of Bollards, Hooks, Winches and Pad Eyes

Bollards, hooks, winches, pad eyes and other mooring devices are fundamental structures for port, marine
and offshore operations, which failure may result in serious personal injury and vessels damage.
To certify the resistance of new or already installed bollards, TechCon Engineering developed methodology
and specific equipment for this purpose that may be applied in ports and ships, and safer and more reliable
than testing techniques currently employed.

Methodology
1. Bollard and base structural inspection
2. Non-destructive tests
3. Non-linear stress analysis by finite
element method
4. Check theoretical strength
5. Design of load test
6. Load test execution Stress analysis by Finite Element Method

7. Non-destructive tests
8. Issue of load capacity certificate

Applications
Bollards of any geometry and capacity
Quick release hooks
Vessel bollards
Hooks, winches and capstans Load test up to 500t on mooring equipment
Large pad eyes
Reels and spools

Load Test
Maximum force of 500 tons
Maximum force applied at any angle to
horizontal and vertical simulating real
mooring forces
Load test in hooks, winches and capstans
Automated real-time monitoring of
forces, stresses, displacements,
deformations and reactions on
structures, ensuring the results and
increasing safety

Test data analysis in real time

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Crane and rigging accidents investigation

TechCon Engineering & Consulting is a worldwide company that provides crane and rigging accidents
investigation occurred in any kind of operation, using the state of the art of techniques and standards.

Scope
Offshore cranes
Marine cranes
Harbor cranes
Mobile cranes
Tower cranes
Overhead and goliath cranes Complete accident investigation for any kind of operation
Personnel transfer operations
Heavy transport
Davits and lifeboats
Expert Team of Engineers
Structural
Mechanical
Geotechnical and foundation
Metallurgical and materials Onshore and offshore cranes and lifting devices

Electrical and electronics

Naval
Services
Complete accident investigation
Technical reports
Judicial investigation
3D animation of the accident
Materials tests and analysis
Onshore and offshore salvage design
Technical support Material tests and analysis

Structural strengthening design

Inspection consulting
Highlights
Experienced and expert team
Team composed of teachers & researchers
Advanced computational resources
Metallurgical testing

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Onshore & Offshore Lift Plans

Lifting and rigging design plans developed by TechCon

Lift plan for offshore crane engine replacement using temporary scaffolding structure on FPSO platform. Field survey,
scaffolding structure design, structural verification of boom crane to support concentrated load, dynamic analysis,
calculation and design of lifting accessories.

Lift Plan to replace spooler of winch for risers without using crane on FPSO platform. Lift plan to load out cargo to supply
vessel. Field survey, interference checking, verification of topside structure to support chain hoist and design of lifting
accessories.

Lift plan for lift, moving and handling hoses for offload of tanks, using temporary structures. Lift plan for submerged pump
in FPSO platform.

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Onshore & Offshore Lift Plans

Lift plan for lifeboat and skid rescue using drillship crane. Scope: Lifting design, inspection of lifting equipment and
accessories and supervision of offshore operation.

Lift plan for telescopic crane on barge to lift formwork for the construction of bridge protection pier in Tiete River (Brazil).
Lifting design, structural check of the deck of the barge and structural strengthening design of barge deck.

Lift plan for davit of rescue boat replacement on FPSO platform. Lift plan for onshore & offshore lifting, field survey,
structural inspection, design verification of the temporary structure, inspection of lifting accessories, field supervision of
operations onshore and offshore.

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Consulting for construction of port facility using crawler crane on barge. Design of cranes for offshore
offsho and onshore lifting,
barges, tugs, marine operations, road transportation,
transp loadout and lifting of piles and precas
precast concrete pile caps.
Interference assessment with laser and budgetudget of lifting operation. Temporary floating breakwater
ater to protect barge during
loadout. Port of Tubarao, Vitoria, Brazil.

Lift plan for antenna using floating maintenance

ance unit crane. Structural verification of the protection
tion st
structure, dynamic
analysis for cargo behavior, definition of metoce
etocean limits and field supervision of operation. Platform
atform P-57 Petrobras at
Esprito Santo Basin.

Lift plan for offshore crane assembly on fixed

ixed platform
p using jack-up platform crane MOP-1, Esprito Santo Basin. Photo:
Petrobras.

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Onshore & Offshore Lift Plans

Lift plan for boiler drum replacement aboard FPSO. Site survey, design of lifting devices, temporary structures, spreader
bar, seafastening and bumpers design, definition of metocean parameters. FPSO at Campos Basin.

Salvage design of dredge wreck using sheerleg crane.

Design verification and consulting for lifting and replacing lifeboats, winches, davits and accessories without use of cranes,
FPSO platform. Lifting done with strand jacks.

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Onshore & Offshore Lift Plans

Lift plan for lifting turbine and compressor on offshore FPSO. Site survey, calculation and detailing of wire rope and web
slings, adjustable spreader bar, temporary supports.

Upending of pressure vessel (reactor) of 160 tonnes, using three cranes.

Lift plan for electrical transformers. Lift plan for lifting transformers in narrow space with interferences.

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Lift plan for assembly of storage tank rings and domus roof. Structural verification and stres
stress analysis using finite
elements. Road transport study.

Lift plan for precast columns, roof beams and crane runway beams for shipyard construction.
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Design of lifting pins and
spreader bar. Check lateral stability of prestress
stressed concrete beams of 32 meters.

Lift plan and upending of 54 towers for the project

proje Wind Fences phase I, Vale, including verification
ication of structural trusses
and design of lifting devices.

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Onshore & Offshore Lift Plans

Consulting and 3rd party review of lift Lift plan for erection of steel bridge Lift plan for heavy blocks in
plan for metering module and skid. 3D with telescopic crane on barge. shipbuilding using goliath crane.
simulation of lifting operation on FPSO
using pedestal crane.

Simulation of lifting operation for Stress analysis using finite element of Structural desing of Scaffold for
stacks upending. eye pad for lifting offshore skid. removal of equipment without use of
crane on FPSO platform.

Structural design of spreader bar to
install subsea jumpers. Length of 42
meters and 50 tonnes test load.
Spreader bars positioned on offshore
barge for transport to site.
Structural design of double floating Lif plan for duct of boiler stack of
spreader bar for air coolers. Photo: Veracel Celulose without the use of
Unio Engenharia. cranes. Photo: Imetame.

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Onshore & Offshore Lift Plans

Design of various lifting devices and
temporary platforms for assembly of
gasometer. Consulting in steel
structures for erecting of dome roof of
gasometer. Photo: Uniao Engenharia.
Lifting design of temporary platforms Stress analysis using finite element of
for maintenance of digester with 65 spreader bar with maximum work load
meters tall. of 80 tons.

Structural design of spreader bar with Dynamic analysis of offshore lifting

adjustable center of gravity. operations in time domain. Realtime
structural monitoring of movements
and forces.

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Published Papers

New methodology to improve safety and reduce costs

of personnel transfer using offshore cranes
21th International Offshore Cranes & Lifting Conference
Aberdeen, April 2016
Authors: Leonardo Roncetti, Breno Jacob, Carl Albrecht,
Fabrcio Correa

Development of Operational Limit Diagrams For

Offshore Lifting Procedures
34th OMAE ASME International Conference on Ocean,
Offshore and Artic Engineering Canada, June 2015
Authors: Leonardo Roncetti, Breno Jacob, Carl Albrecht,
Fabrcio Correa

Current and future Brazilian heavy lift, offshore and

subsea installation markets
Offshore Construction, Heavy Lift & Pipelay Conference,
Amsterdam September 2015
Author: Leonardo Roncetti

Deepwater Exploration and Production Activity and

Fibre Rope Demand
Fibre Rope for Subsea Construction Seminar - London,
January 2015
Author: Leonardo Roncetti

Evaluation of accelerated chloride penetration in

concrete with waterproofing additive due to capillary
crystallization and different water/cement ratio
XIII Latin American Congress of Building Patology Lisboa
September 2015
Authors: Fernanda Moroni, Geilma Vieira, Guilherme
Guignoni, Leonardo Roncetti

Development of operational limit diagrams for offshore

lifting procedures
Master of Science thesis Rio de Janeiro, 2014
Author: Leonardo Roncetti

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Numerical Simulation of personnel lifting on a FPSO

platform using offshore crane
24th National Congress of Maritime Transportation,
Shipbuilding and Offshore Construction October 2012
Authors: Leonardo Roncetti, Breno Jacob, Carl Albrecht,
Fabrcio Correa

A Comparative Study of the Design Methods for

Flexural Strengthening with Carbon Fiber-Reinforced
Polymers Used in Concrete Infrastructures
XXXV SAEE Conference South American Conference on
Structural Engineering Rio de Janeiro, September 2012
Authors: Leonardo Roncetti, Luiz De Luca

A Software for Design and Management of Lifting

Operations for Shipbuilding and Offshore Construction
XXII Pan American Congress of Naval Architecture,
Maritime Transportation and Port Engineering
COPINAVAL Buenos Aires, September 2011
Author: Leonardo Roncetti

Wire rope slings for lifting purposes critical analysis

of NBR 13541
21st International Congress of Mechanical Engineering-
COBEM October 2011
Author: Leonardo Roncetti

Structural and economical optimization of welded steel

storage tanks
21st International Congress of Mechanical Engineering-
COBEM October 2011
Author: Leonardo Roncetti

Structural Optimization of Storage Tanks

66 ABM International Congress July 2011
Author: Leonardo Roncetti

Optimization of reinforced concrete beams considering

the ultimate and serviceability limit states, and
constructive arrangements
42 Brazilian Congress of Concrete 2000
Author: Leonardo Roncetti

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