Table of Contents

1.Introduction 2. The Offshore Environment 3. Offshore Site Investigation 4. Soil Behaviour 5. Piled Foundations 6. Shallow Foundations 7. Anchoring Systems 8. Mobile Drilling Rigs 9. Pipeline and Riser Geotechnics 10. Geohazards

About the Author

Mark Randolph is the founding Director of the Centre for Offshore Foundation Systems at the University of Western Australia, he is a founding Director of the specialist consultancy, Advanced Geomechanics, and is a former Rankine Lecturer. Susan Gourvenec is a Professor at the Centre for Offshore Foundation Systems at the University of Western Australia and delivers undergraduate, postgraduate and industry courses on Offshore Geomechanics.