Dutch subsea technology company Seatools has secured a contract from an undisclosed company for the design and delivery of a piling template hydraulic and instrumentation system for use on an unnamed offshore wind farm in Taiwan.
Seatools will provide mechanical, electric, hydraulic and software design of the pile template’s hydraulic and instrumentation system.
The company said equipment design will draw on recently completed piling equipment projects.
It added that pile installation will take place in the second quarter of 2020, with the pre-piling template to be used to accurately position and guide the pin piles.
The integrated instrumentation package includes a wide range of survey equipment to monitor each step of the installation process in real time.
It will also enable post-pile installation surveys and will ensure that narrowly set installation tolerances are met.
Seatools managing director Jan Frumau said: “We are proud to have obtained this contract from another prominent player in global offshore operations.
“Our client will benefit from Seatools’ exclusive track record in this field and enjoy our leading-edge equipment to accomplish efficient piling operations.”
Seatools added that during the project it will continue to expand its subsea piling equipment toolbox.
The toolbox expansion is an automated system that will perform absolute and relative post pile elevation measurements to deliver metrological data within extremely short time frames.
“Due to shock loads experienced during previous offshore piling operations, the system will also feature an extremely robust and extensively tested system design that ensures equipment performance in the field,” Seatools said.