Grantec is a Canadian owned engineering consulting firm (consultant) specializing in advanced mechanical and structural engineering including: stress analysis, vibration, vibration measurement (accelerometers), structural dynamics, explosion and shock, fatigue and fracture mechanics, ocean engineering, offshore & onshore structures, ship structures, marine risers, cable dynamics, mooring analysis including TERMSIM, pressure vessels (ASME, BS, CODEWARE Compress, CAESAR II, PVElite, etc.), vacuum chambers, piping analysis, fitness for service assessments (API RP579), composites, failure investigations, insurance investigations, advanced finite element analysis (FEA) including non-linear dynamic response (COSMOS, COSMOSWorks, COSMOSM, ALGOR, LS DYNA3D, support for ANSYS and NASTRAN), CFD, solid modeling (SolidWorks). Grantec participates in the development of standards under CSA and ISO in the areas of offshore structures, materials and welding, pressure systems, and wind turbines.