This R&D program has the aim to reduce the risk of damage caused by groundwork (excavation, foundation and construction work) during and after execution of a project, and the risk of damage to neighbouring structures.
When a wind turbine park was to be built off the coast of Taiwan with traditional jackets with pile foundation, the client wanted a full-scale field test of the pile capacity before final design and installation. NGI was given responsibility for instrumentation and implementation of the pile tests.
TIGHT will contribute to further developing the Norwegian injection tradition that has been in use for many decades already, and at the same time build up greater real competence related to what physically happens in the rock mass when it is subjected to high-pressure injection.
WAS-XL (Wave loads and soil support for extra large monopiles) is a research project funded by the Research Council of Norway, through the KPN program (KompetanseProsjekt for Næringslivet).
The Circum - Arctic Slushflow Network is initiated as a working group for scientists and consultants that are interested inn and working with slushflows. We aim to reach out to all our colleagues world wide, to share information and publications and to record and document all occuring slushflow events.
NGI is providing expert advisory services for two large hydropower projects in Bhutan Himalaya. Bhutan is in the process of constructing 10,000 MW of hydropower out of a total potential of 30,000 MW in the whole country.
NGI Houston provided specialized laboratory testing and geotechnical design of BP's deep-water floating production platform, Mad Dog 2, operating in the Gulf of Mexico.
NCCS is an international research cooperation on CO2 capture, transport and storage (CCS), co-financed by the Research Council of Norway, industry and research partners.
The R&D Program Norwegian Geo-Test Sites – NGTS supported by The Research Council of Norway Infrastructure program, will establish five national test sites. The test sites will be located near Oslo and Trondheim and one on Svalbard.
