Welcome to Civil Renewables, Inc.
Build on a Solid Foundation!
We are a Colorado-based civil engineering consultancy focused on the North American market and specialized in geotechnical engineering and foundation design of renewable energy projects such as wind farms and solar parks. We partner with our clients to achieve success by building on a solid foundation for their projects. We rely on our strong academics, proven geotechnical and structural design expertise and rich experience in the renewable energy industry to deliver reliable performance. Our services include geotechnical engineering consulting, optimized foundation solutions to support wind turbine towers, solar tracker structures, transmission line structures, electrical storage units and substation equipment, construction QA/QC observation, and forensics consulting.We design all types of foundations:
For large wind turbine (windmill) support structures, we have designed spread “gravity-based” foundations, rock-anchored foundations, deep foundations, and proprietary foundations systems.
For small wind or distributed systems, we have developed and designed proprietary foundation systems for budding original equipment manufacturers.
For solar PV power parks, we have developed pile test programs and designed driven piles, helical piles, ballast foundations and other proprietary systems.
For new energy conversion systems, we have supported inventors develop support structures and foundations.
Civil Renewables also offers a few critical value-adds that distinguish us. These include:
Advanced finite element analysis (FEA) and design,
Reliability-based design (RBD),
Geohazard risk assessments, and
Expert familiarity with design codes.
Our reputation is built on quality, reliability and expertise. Our clients include owners, developers, utilities, Balance of Plant (BOP) or Balance of Systems (BOS) general contractors, Engineer-Procure-Construct (EPC) firms, sub-contractors and consultants. Our company has been reviewed and verified by ISNetworld. Feel free to search our website for specific content or reach out to us to learn more about our capabilities, services, and states and provinces in the USA and Canada where we can provide such services.
Over the past two decades, our founder has designed foundations for hundreds of wind farms and solar parks across the United States and Canada, covering all conceivable geotechnical settings and amounting to over 40 GW of renewable energy projects. Along the way, he pioneered the round gravity-base foundation for wind turbines that is now standard practice for the industry and obtained a PhD from the Colorado School of Mines focused on reliability based design of wind turbine foundations..
“We aim to put the art and science of civil engineering to work for the promotion of renewable energy.”
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From desktop studies to detailed investigations, our geotechnical engineering services draw on decades of experience to deliver value.
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Reliable, practical and optimized foundation solutions to support wind turbine towers, solar tracker structures, transmission line structures, electrical storage units and substation equipment,
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Construction QA/QC observation is an invaluable service our clients seek to ensure compliance with construction document specifications.
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Forensic consulting is a natural by-products of our decades of experience in the renewable energy industry.
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We perform cutting-edge reliability-based design.
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We perform advanced finite element analysis and design calculations.
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We helped define the direction of design standards in the United States.
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We have extensive geotechnical experience that allows us to provide valuable geohazard risk assessments at any stage of project development.
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Anchored wind turbine foundations work beautifully when they do, but when they don’t, they are a nightmare. That’s why “to anchor or not to anchor” is a fundamental question that has to be thoroughly evaluated when contemplating an anchored wind turbine foundation. In this post, we discuss this efficient wind turbine foundation system and why it should be reserved to particular geotechnical settings.