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The intent of this presentation is to provide a basic primer on the design challenges for Offshore Wind Power Generation from the viewpoint of the needs for an onshore port facility to gather and store the components for offshore wind (towers, nacelles and blades) prior to transport and installation at offshore lease sites.  Design for the onshore port must include considerable acreage, a high-capacity wharf and an adequately sized dredge basin.  Ideally the distance to the offshore lease site is limited and there are no navigational obstructions, or other horizontal or vertical constraints caused by large component transportation.  In addition, the operational requirements for the upland storage areas must consider tight restrictions on slope gradients and settlement criteria for the various components. 

Numerous other challenges revolve around the ideal selection and construction of the offshore wind foundations using very large floating cranes and equipment for heavy picks. Offshore foundations differ in type and appropriate selections include monopiles, gravity structures, jacket/trusses or floating, with details and designs depending on factors including water depths, soil conditions and available installation and assembly equipment (such as Wind Turbine Installation Vessels – WTIV’s).

Speaker:

Anthony M. DeVito, PE, is an Associate Principal of Mueser Rutledge Consulting Engineers where he first joined the company in 1989.  From 2016-2018, he took a recess from Mueser to support the NYC DOB Forensic Engineering Unit, where he became intimately familiar with building codes and emergency response management.   
    

Anthony has a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering degree at Columbia University.  He is a structural & geotechnical engineer with 32 years of experience in designing excavation support, bulkheads, & foundations for buildings, storage tanks, & transportation facilities. 

In his present role, he directs teams of geotechnical & structural foundation/waterfront engineers on numerous projects, including marine structures, transportation structures, & buildings.

He has specialized in marine engineering with a focus on inspection, rehabilitation, upgrades, and the design of piers and other waterfront structures.  This specialty covers permitting, analysis of wave forces, ship berthing and mooring forces, and structural upgrades to increase dredge depth.  

Anthony has pioneered the use of precast concrete & repeated pattern designs to improve the efficiency of new platform construction and obtained schedule and cost savings.

Some of his notable projects include:

§  Petro Terminal de Panama Pacific Terminal, Puerto Armuelles, Panama

§  HRPT Hudson River Park Trust, Piers 62 to 64 and 97, In New York City

§  Maryland State Highway Authority  Woodrow Wilson Bridge Replacement, Washington DC 

He has published various papers,  on LaQuardia Airport D/B extension of the Runway Decks for Safety Improvements and the Albany Wharf Modernization project.