North East OSIG Geoforum

Thursday 16 October 2025 | 18:00-20:00

The Common Room, Newcastle

Registration – £15 SUT members / £25 non-members (+ VAT)

The OSIGGG group welcome everyone to The Common Room, Newcastle upon Tyne for an evening of selected presentations from the recent ISFOG conference in France that attracted over 400 papers. We have a varied range of speakers and topics led by Alastair Muir Wood who will present his keynote lecture with other presentations from Cathie, Arup, Bristol and Dundee Universities, GCG, Geowynd and Fugro. There will also be a networking opportunity with a drink and buffet included in the registration.

Presentations:

Evolving Offshore Wind: Technical Advances and Commercial Realities – Alastair Muir Wood, Wood Thilsted 

Recognising Geotechnical Uncertainty as an Asset to Site Investigation and Characterization – Kieran Blacker, Cathie

Formation and implications of glacially-derived gravel lag deposits; mapping a geo-constraint to site investigation and installation of shallow offshore infrastructure – Gareth Carter, Arup

ROBOCONE: ‘P-Y’ module design development and calibration chamber testing in sand – James Creasy, Bristol/Southampton University

The interpretation of triaxial test data and its effect on the numerical analysis of monopiles founded in sand – Angeliki Grammatikopoulou, GCG/Imperial

New Interface Testing of North Sea Bedrock for Offshore Wind Applications – Dr Andreas Ziogos, Geowynd

The performance of shared suction caisson anchors in sand for FOWT with taut mooring – James Barron, Arup

Centrifuge modelling of drag embedment anchors  for floating wind – Mike Brown, Dundee University

An Experimental Study on the Effects of Bearing Pressure on the Friction Angle for Spudcan Penetration Analysis – Nicole Santos, Fugro

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