Engineering services

Alongside delivering equipment, we provide engineering services and independent technical support across mechanical and structural design, hydraulics, controls and automation, motion and handling engineering and design verification. Engage us for a focused study, a full design package or as an independent reviewer.

How we engage

• Design & analysis – from feasibility and option studies through to detailed design, drawings and specifications.
• Independent technical support – third-party review, tender and methodology assessment and a clear second opinion when you need one.
• Front-end engineering (FEED) – considered studies that refine scope and cost before you commit to full design and build.
• On-site engineering support – qualified engineers placed at your site or vessel, at contracted day rates.

Analysis you can stand behind

The judgement is backed by real analytical depth: structural and mechanical finite element analysis, fast meshless analysis for rapid optioneering, structural analysis to the relevant design codes and hydraulic circuit simulation, always with documented hand calculation behind the result, so verification is traceable and evidenced to a class society or marine warranty surveyor. We choose the method to suit the problem and the risk, not to run up hours.

Independent review & technical assurance

A lot of our consultancy work is acting as an independent set of eyes on someone else’s equipment, method or programme, the kind of work that protects a project before it commits money. Recent examples (anonymised) show the range:

• Independent technical audit – for a major offshore wind programme, we audited a contractor’s extra-large-diameter foundstion drilling solution: multiphase airlift-pump modelling, spoil-hose catenary analysis, particle-settling studies and an independent rate-of-progress estimate, benchmarked against comparable projects worldwide.
• FEED study – front-end engineering to upgrade a drill rig to hoist a far heavier seabed frame: wire-rope and sheave re-sizing, global and local derrick structural appraisal to DNV and line-tensioner redesign, with the failure modes identified before detailed design began.
• Rig status & readiness assessment – an onboard inspection of a geotechnical drillship before a deep-water campaign, defining the minimum scope and interim safety barriers needed: heave-compensation, pneumatic, structural, deployment-rope and winch assessments, with a clear, decisive verdict on readiness.
• “Cold-eyes” operational review – a live, independent review of a marine-drilling campaign running over schedule in difficult ground, root-causing the productivity problem and proposing both rapid-mobilisation fixes and engineered long-lead solutions.

The common thread: decisive, evidence-based findings, clear answers a client can act on, not a hedge.

Why clients use us

The reason clients engage MintMech is the insight and judgement, we offer. Our engineers have been on the rigs, vessels and locations the equipment has to work on, so the advice is grounded in how things actually behave in service. Where a service engagement uncovers a need for equipment. We can carry it straight through to design, build and commissioning under one point of accountability.