PILING AND DRILLING TEMPLATE

DESIGN PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS

TWD designed several piling machines in order to install multiple INSTALLATION OF OVER 500 PILES (PILING & DRILLING)

types of piles for the Hay Point jetty construction in Australia. OUTRIGGERS REUSED DURING PILING & DRILLING

The novel piling templates were fitted with grippers on both sides ONE NOVEL DESIGN FITS FOUR JACK UP BARGES

of the outrigger and could be installed on four different jack-up ON-SITE ASSISTANCE IN AUSTRALIA

barges. On the same outrigger a drilling template could be mount-

SHORT LEAD TIME OF 3 MONTHS
ed to drill sockets for a number of piles that had to be placed in

rocky seabed. The durability of the design allowed the equipment

to be also used in future installation projects.

Thorough investigation of the pile installation sequence resulted

in the optimal work range of the JUBs with minimal jacking loca-

tions during operation. On-site engineering and fabrication ser-

vices were provided such that the challenging design project was

completed within 3 months.

With the involvement of TWD from start to finish significant time

and money was saved and the installation of over 500 piles was

considered a success.

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To be able to install the piles efficiently, the challenge was to equip the outrigger with grippers on both sides. The top and bottom grippers are

identical to increase the interchangeability between the templates and minimizes the required amount of spares. Both grippers were able to move

independently in the horizontal plane to install the piles under different rakes. To manipulate the grippers large hydraulic cylinders were installed.

DRILLING TEMPLATE OUTRIGGER

A number of piles had to be placed in rocky seabed. To perform The outrigger was designed such that both the piling and drilling

this work the same outrigger was rebuild and equipped with an template could be fitted to it. A smart and modular structure al-

oscillator, casing and drill head. It was the first time that a oscilla- lowed installation on four different jack up barges and improved

tor was used from a jack up barge and perform the drilling work the working sequence. Next to this an integrity check was per-

in water depth of 20m. The first part of the socket was drilled into formed of the vessel and bull rail to ensure safe practices. All

the rock bed using the casing oscillator. For the second part, the structures were designed according to Australian standards.

drill head was inserted in the casing to complete the drill hole.

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