A floating base comprising a shell constructed from a plurality of blocks reinforced using a plurality of tensile elements. The shell includes an inner space, a length, a width and at least one bulkhead disposed across the width along the length of the shell within the shell to strengthen the shell. In one embodiment, the shell further includes a spine disposed substantially at right angle to the at least one bulkhead to further strengthen the shell.

A floating base comprising a shell constructed from a plurality of blocks reinforced using a plurality of tensile elements. The shell includes an inner space, a length, a width and at least one bulkhead disposed across the width along the length of the shell within the shell to strengthen the shell. In one embodiment, the shell further includes a spine disposed substantially at right angle to the at least one bulkhead to further strengthen the shell.

The instant invention is a deck barge or other vessel formed using a core of styrofoam members stiffened by fiberglass cladding with said styrofoam/fiberglass core being partially clad in concrete, which concrete is reinforced with L or U shaped rebar over/around corners and which concrete is also sheathed on its exterior and interior sides by fiberglass matting that is concrete saturated during the process in order to produce a simple, easily manufactured design that is unsinkable, inexpensive, and carries substantial weight for its size. In the preferred embodiments, the concrete cladding entirely covers the port and starboard sides as well as the top/deck of the vessel and portions of the bottom.

A floating base comprising a shell constructed from a plurality of blocks reinforced using a plurality of tensile elements. The shell includes an inner space, a length, a width and at least one bulkhead disposed across the width along the length of the shell within the shell to strengthen the shell. In one embodiment, the shell further includes a spine disposed substantially at right angle to the at least one bulkhead to further strengthen the shell.

A floating base comprising a shell constructed from a plurality of blocks reinforced using a plurality of tensile elements. The shell includes an inner space, a length, a width and at least one bulkhead disposed across the width along the length of the shell within the shell to strengthen the shell. In one embodiment, the shell further includes a spine disposed substantially at right angle to the at least one bulkhead to further strengthen the shell.

An offshore submergible platform system and methods of manufacturing and installing same is disclosed. The system comprises a platform comprising concrete and a buoyant foam suitable to provide the required buoyancy to allow the platform to float, a template slab for placing on the ocean floor and positioning the system components in the proper location, a plurality of anchored tension legs which are preferably grouted into the ocean floor at installation, a stub tower preferably cast on top of the platform, and a plurality of cable braces preferably forming an X between the platform and the bottom of the anchor legs. Preferred embodiments can include additional lateral anchor ties and a work platform to be positioned atop the stub tower.

An offshore submergible platform system and methods of manufacturing and installing same is disclosed. The system comprises a platform comprising concrete and a buoyant foam suitable to provide the required buoyancy to allow the platform to float, a template slab for placing on the ocean floor and positioning the system components in the proper location, a plurality of anchored tension legs which are preferably grouted into the ocean floor at installation, a stub tower preferably cast on top of the platform, and a plurality of cable braces preferably forming an X between the platform and the bottom of the anchor legs. Preferred embodiments can include additional lateral anchor ties and a work platform to be positioned atop the stub tower.

A water-buoyant structure formed from concrete is disclosed. The structure comprises an outer wall that surrounds a perimeter of the structure and an inner wall separated from the outer wall by a cavity, such that the cavity extends for the perimeter of the structure. Separating the cavity can provide sufficient buoyancy to the structure to allow 5 the structure to float. The combination of outer and inner walls may also provide increased resistance to catastrophic damage in the event of an impact (e.g. the inner wall may remain intact).

A water-buoyant structure formed from concrete is disclosed. The structure comprises an outer wall that surrounds a perimeter of the structure and an inner wall separated from the outer wall by a cavity, such that the cavity extends for the perimeter of the structure. Separating the cavity can provide sufficient buoyancy to the structure to allow 5 the structure to float. The combination of outer and inner walls may also provide increased resistance to catastrophic damage in the event of an impact (e.g. the inner wall may remain intact).

Semi-submersible wind turbine platforms capable of floating on a body of water and supporting wind turbines, and a method of manufacturing the semi-submersible wind turbine platforms from advanced cementitious composite material are provided. The method includes determining at a first iteration topological outputs of the wind turbine platform including a plurality of modular sections consisting of an advanced cementitious composite (ACC) material, obtaining a second iteration from the topological outputs, the second iteration including a second model platform and a second model tower of the wind turbine platform, and obtaining addition iterations via simulation to attain a final model platform and a final model tower, the final model platform and the final model tower including a layout of the plurality of modular sections and connections for a platform and a tower of the wind turbine platform.