Definition(s)
Foundation
Soil and spudcan supporting a jack-up leg.
Source: ISO 19905-1:202, Petroleum and natural gas industries – Site-specific assessment of mobile offshore units – Part 1: Jack-ups. Global Standards
Foundation
A device transferring loads from a heavy or loaded object to the vessel structure.
Source: Offshore Standard DNV-OS-C101, Design of Offshore Steel Structures, General (LRFD Method, Det Norske Veritas, April 2011. Global Standards