Working with you from the outset, our seasoned engineers lay the foundation for your operations' success by establishing your campaign's goals, scope and requirements through concept design studies. We will explore different options, identify risks and challenges, and give you a preliminary cost estimate, providing a clear roadmap for the development of your project.

Meanwhile, our front-end engineering design (FEED) studies delve deeper into the technical engineering and operational aspects of your mission. During this stage, we will carry out detailed engineering and design work, high-level budget and procurement planning, and will provide you with a comprehensive schedule to manage the project's timeline and resources.

Our expert team understands the intricacies of your operations. We work with you in addressing your unique challenges and craft solutions that are aligned with your objectives. From assessing technical feasibility to evaluating economic viability and regulatory compliance, we provide you with a holistic understanding of your operation's potential.

For examples of our bespoke engineering expertise, check out our Newbuild Equipment Case Studies.

The Design Draughting team supports all areas of the business: AME for asset life extension and flex-lay services during mobilisations of equipment on a multitude of vessels throughout the world.

• High quality 3D modelling of offshore equipment to support manufacturing processes
• High quality 3D visualisations, animations and renders
• Storyboard drawings and 3D render storyboards
• Detailed manufacturing drawings for machining, fabrication, assembly
• General arrangement and set-up drawings
• Vessel layout and sea-fastening drawings
• Machine part drawings
• Lifting and rigging drawings

MDL Projects team has expertise in a variety of global standards, design norms and industry requirements such as;

• DNV
• Lloyds Register
• ABS
• European and British Standard
• Nationally Recognised practices such as LOLER, PUWER

We're dedicated to enhancing your operations through our advanced software design capabilities.

• Leveraging the latest technologies: Supporting across a range of software / PLC platforms, our software design team ensures every solution blends in seamlessly with your current workflows. Engineered to enhance the capabilities of your existing third-party assets, the software maximises equipment usage and function, and extends their lifespan while the expert integration with your existing systems minimises disruptions and ensures smooth operation across your entire infrastructure.
  
  Our expertise also includes delivering seamless software upgrades, allowing you to unlock new efficiencies and future-proof your systems.
• Custom solutions: From user-friendly interfaces to robust failsafe software, MDL's solutions are designed with your needs in mind, providing a strategic advantage for your day-to-day operations.

Our process encapsulates various techniques, Computer Aided Engineering (CAE), FEA and classical approaches to evaluate structures, ensuring materials and designs can withstand external forces without compromising performance.

• Computer Aided Engineering (CAE): Through these simulations, we assess and predict how design variations will perform under real-world conditions. This lets us identify potential issues early in the design phase, saving time and resources in the development process and optimising concepts for maximum safety, reliability and efficiency.

• Finite Element Analysis (FEA): Through FEA, we break down complex structures into their elements, enabling us to scrutinise the behaviour of these under various conditions. These simulations reveal potential stress points and allow us to assess dynamic forces that could be impacting structural integrity.

The results of both of these advanced analyses provide you with a comprehensive understanding of how your structures respond to dynamic and cyclic loadings. This allows you to make well-informed decisions about your maintenance strategies and structural enhancements of your assets. Through this approach, we can determine duty classification ratings and ensure your asset is used in line with its intended design.

Building on these insights, we offer re-rating of existing assets by recalibrating duty classifications to align with new load conditions or regulatory requirements. This ensures your assets remain compliant and safely adapted to evolving operational demands.

Effectively managing your assets requires addressing potential gaps in performance and maintenance that could lead to breakdowns and project delays. By evaluating your current operational practices and equipment reliability, we can identify these gaps and work to minimise the risks.

• Asset Integrity Management (AIM): We can support your AIM by assessing the condition, reliability and maintenance practices of your critical assets, including spare parts availability, maintenance strategies and lifecycle management.
• Quality assurance and control: Evaluating your inspection and testing procedures allows us to identify and mitigate potential defects or non-conformities on your behalf, which we can then resolve for you.
• Technological innovation and advancement: We assess and support the integration of new technologies into your existing systems to improve their efficiency, reduce costs and enhance safety of your operations.

Offshore environments are characterised by harsh conditions, including extreme weather and corrosive seawater. These conditions can place significant stress on your equipment and structures, increasing their likelihood of failure.

By identifying potential failure modes and their effects on the asset, as well as analysing the criticality of each failure mode, our team of experts can help you prioritise maintenance and repair activities. This way you can ensure that resources are allocated to address the most critical issues first.

This proactive approach to maintenance allows you to prevent costly breakdowns, ultimately improving safety and operational efficiency on your producing assets.

Our risk assessments provide a clear understanding of potential hazards, focusing on their likelihood and impact to create effective mitigation strategies.

We identify vulnerabilities, such as equipment failures or safety risks, and prioritise them based on their potential to disrupt operations. From there, we collaborate with your team to develop targeted solutions that address these risks while enhancing overall resilience.

By proactively managing risks, we help ensure compliance with industry standards, reduce the chance of downtime and keep your operations running smoothly.

MDL's multidisciplinary in-house engineering team comprises of project, structural and design engineers. They devise solutions fully customised to optimise the safety of your operations and your schedules and budgets - providing the best efficiencies available on the market.

Our in-house design and delivery is underpinned by compliance with legal requirements and certification by verified industry bodies. We maintain transparent communication with you throughout every stage, including detailed progress reporting.

• Concept development and FEED studies for offshore equipment
• Feasibility studies on known and alternative handling methodologies to identify cost efficiencies, improve safety and optimise schedules
• Vessel permanent and temporary works design
• Vessel deck analysis and deck strengthening
• Comprehensive vessel integration solutions: sea-fastening design, class approval management and structural mobilisation support
• Integration of services through Package and Project Engineering for upgrades and dry docking or maintenance support
• Integrated planning approach to procedures and development of offshore work packs
• Third-party independent review of back-deck equipment sea fastening
• Lifting equipment design and mechanical handling
• Hydraulic / electrical design
• Heave compensation design
• Load test equipment / jacking equipment design
• Clamping / skidding system design
• In-situ maintenance support and troubleshooting