SDL is a partner for erection engineering activities and software development.

We support in the design of offshore structures, including advanced detail modelling in FEA, soil-strucutre interaction and fatigue.

Several erection and structural engineering projects.

The performed jobs include rigging engineering and general consultancy in steel structures for industrial plants – such as petrochemical complexes and power plants – and also large scale civil construction, for example the Arena Corinthians Stadium in São Paulo - Brazil.

Erection engineering for the staged construction analysis of a form found grid-shell structure.

The works included constructability reports and structural analyses for a symbolic high-rise building in Rio de Janeiro.

Works include project consultancy and quality verification of steel structures.

Lifting engineering for a pedestrian walkway with very irregular geometry.

We conducted the complete peer review of the crane system, including the support steel towers and the suitability of the cable system. The analyses of the cable system required the development of a customized non-linear finite element solver to allow the cable to run over the support of the top of the towers in order to calculate its loads and deformations.

Lifting points design and design of a custom made davit for an large scale industrial chimney.

For the Punta Catalina Project in the Dominican Republic we worked on the definition of the construction strategy for the two boilers of the thermal plant, in which modularization concepts were applied for both the steel structure and the pressure parts. The total amount of steel weighed, for each boiler unit, around 12000 tons. We also worked as general engineering consultant for the structures and rigging operations.

The work included the rigging plan preparation and the engineering verifications for the installation of the prestressed concrete beams and steel beams for several of the bridges and underpasses of the Sir Solomons Hochoy’s highway extension in Trinidad and Tobago.

During the recovery of the Engenhão’s steel structural roofing, we worked on engineering verifications of the reinforcement structural project. We also conducted field conformity inspections of the existing structure and its newly installed reinforcements.

Lifting engineering for a large-scale Air Separation Unit in the Bellara Steel Complex in Algeria.