Nova Scotia, Canada
Overview
G r a n t e c Engineering Consultants Inc.
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Providing Services Nationally and Internationally.
Grantec Engineering Consultants Inc. provides specialist engineering analysis and design for the manufacturing, energy, petro-chemical, automotive, marine, offshore, and defence sectors. Our services are provided both nationally and internationally. Our clients range from those based in North America to those as far away as China.
Grantec technical personnel have considerable experience in the oil & gas,
refinery, manufacturing, offshore, marine, aerospace and defence sectors.
The experience of these individuals not only includes application of
advanced methods, but also a depth of practical and design experience as
well. As such, Grantec is able to effectively and efficiently address a
range of challenging issues in a cost effective manner.
The depth and proficiency of our specialists is reflected in their
participation in various CSA, ISO, API, and UKOOA standards development
initiatives in the areas of structures (fixed, floating, offshore), pressure
systems, safety, wind turbines and marine energy devices. Grantec personnel
participate directly in the development of ISO Offshore Structures standards
at the international level.
Grantec has a depth of experience applying codes and standards such as: ABS, API, ASCE, ASME, BS, CSA, DNV, FABIG, H&SE (UK), ISO, LR, NORSOK, UKOOA, USDOE, to name a few.
Grantec not only has expertise in advanced analysis and design, we also have a depth of experience in the area of fabrication. We have often been engaged to assess failures of structures (land based, marine, offshore and ships), equipment and pressure system components. We have been engaged as experts for failure investigations including those involving loss of life.
Grantec's expertise in the areas of offshore structures and ocean engineering have led to significant involvement in research and development efforts in areas of offshore structures, marine energy converters, and open ocean aquaculture. In addition, Grantec has performed considerable research and development in the area of advanced pressure vessel analysis and design.
Grantec employs some of the most advanced and sophisticated Finite Element Analysis (FEA) and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) software in the world. We have one of the most advanced installations of ANSYS in North America including: ANSYS Mechanical Enterprise (FEA), ANSYS Fluent (CFD), ANSYS CFX (CFD), and ANSYS AQWA (Vessel Hydrodynamic Response). We also use the high-end Siemens NX (formerly UGS), Siemens NX NASTRAN, and Siemens NX NASTRAN Advanced Nonlinear (ADINA based). Other codes that we maintain include: Solidworks Simulation Premium; Autodesk InCad (formerly NEI Works); and Autodesk NASTRAN (formerly NEI NASTRAN).
Some of Grantec’s advanced FEA and CFD efforts have been featured in: the ANSYS Advantage magazine; Solidworks Case Studies and What’s New in Solidworks 2015; and the Desktop Engineering magazine. With respect to FEA and CFD we perform analysis including advanced dynamics, advanced nonlinear and advanced Fluid Structure Interaction (FSI) using fully coupled FEA and CFD.
One of our clients, a large multi-national defence contractor, stated that it is very difficult to find companies in Canada with our level of expertise and quality of work produced. We take considerable pride in the quality of the services that we provide.
Our expertise is reflected in our analysis and design of the Sequoia Detector Vessel for the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Tennessee. In 2010, Grantec and founder, R. M. Grant, were awarded the 2010 Lieutenant Governor’s Award for the analysis and design of the Sequoia Detector Vessel.
Grantec is registered with the Controlled Goods Program (CGP).
Grantec’s projects have included advanced analysis and design for organizations that include the following:
Algoma Tankers Limited
Aquatech International
Atlantic Tractors and Equipment
AV Nackawic
Bateman Chapman
Charles Taylor Adjusting Ltd.
CME Limited
Composites Atlantic
DBG Canada
Dexter Construction
Dresser ( DI Canada, Inc. )
Environmental Simulation Lab (ESL)
Floating Pipeline Company (FPC)
GE Dresser
General Dynamics Land Systems
Gibson Robb & Lindh LLP
Government of Canada
Halifax Shipyard
Honeywell
Human Resources Skills Development Canada (HRSDC)
Husky Energy
Iron Ore Company of Canada
Irving Shipbuilding Inc. (ISI)
Javelin Technologies
Lengkeek Vessel Engineering
Lower Churchill Project
Los Alamos National Laboratory
MacDonald Dettwiler Associates (MDA)
Maritime PressureWorks Ltd
MECO Mitchelmore Engineering Company Ltd.
Northumberland Dairy
Nova Magnetics Bergmann Ltd.
Nova Scotia Department of Energy
Nova Scotia Department of Labour
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
ODIM Brooke Ocean Technology Limited
O'Halloran Campbell Consultants Limited
Open Ocean Systems Inc.
Petro-Canada
Pratt & Whitney Canada
Precision Metal Works
Reinforced Plastic Systems
Thinkpath Engineering
University of Idaho
University of Tennessee - Battelle
US Department of Energy
Wave Energy Technologies
Weir Canada Inc.
Grantec’s areas of specialization include:
Mechanical Engineering
Structural Engineering
Ocean Engineering
Naval Architecture
Welding Engineering
Metallurgical Engineering
Fiber Reinforced Plastic (FRP)
Composites
Mooring analysis including TERMSIM analysis
LNG Tankers
Research & Development
Offshore Regulation
Pressure system integrity, including:
Pressure vessel design (ASME, British Standards, etc.)
Fitness for service assessment
API RP 579 (Levels 1, 2 & 3)
Fatigue Analysis, including:
ASME Section VIII Division 2
BS 5500
Piping system analysis
Marine Riser analysis
Vibration and Structural Dynamics
Vibration analysis
Vibration measurement & instrumentation
Accelerometer instrumentation
Strain Gage (Gauge) Instrumentation
Non-linear dynamic response analysis
Naval Shock analysis
Explosion and blast structural response analysis
Ship collision analysis
Equipment vibration
Advanced Structures
Offshore Structures (Fixed and Floating)
Naval Vessels / Ships
Investigations
Failure investigations
Insurance investigations
Expert Witness
Advanced Analysis
Fatigue and Fracture Mechanics
Seismic Analysis
Non-linear dynamic response analysis
Advanced Finite element analysis (FEA)
(Linear, Dynamics, Non-linear, Fatigue, Heat Transfer, Composites)
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
Motion Analysis
Independent Design Reviews
Provision of specialists for project teams
Grantec employs a wide variety of advanced computer programs such as:
ANSYS Finite Element Analysis
ANSYS Multiphysics
ANSYS Mechanical Enterprise
ANSYS CFX Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
ANSYS Fluent (CFD)
ANSYS Aqwa
ANSYS SpaceClaim
Siemens NX (formerly UGS)
Siemens NX NASTRAN
Siemens NX NASTRAN Advanced Nonlinear
Solidworks Simulation Premium
Autodesk InCAD (formerly NEI Works
Autodesk NASTRAN (formerly NEI NASTRAN)
Siemens FEMAP Pre & Post Processing
Codeware Compress
COADE Caesar II
PVElite
DasyLab
LS Dyna
NASA FLAGRO (Fracture Mechanics)
eTank 2000 (API 620 & API 650 Tanks)
SolidWorks Premium
Legacy Products
COSMOSM Advanced Professional (as referred to as COSMOS)
COSMOSDesignStar Advanced Professional
COSMOSWorks
COSMOSMotion
Some of our other software resources include:
MathCad (including signal processing and data extensions)
FORTRAN
C++ Compiler