Ihc Iqip UK Ltd.

Ihc Sea Steel Limited

James Ewart Milligan Mack

David Howel Gunter

In a method of installing a pile in the sea bottom by means of a pile guide which has a frame and at least an upper and a lower pair of cooperating guide members, wherein the upper pair and the lower pair are located at a distance from each other in vertical direction. Each pair of guide members comprises a passive guide member and an active guide member. The passive guide members are moved to respective fixed initial guiding positions with respect to the frame and the active guide members are moved to the pile until the passive and the active guide members engage the pile, after which the pile is hold between the upper pair of guide members and between the lower pair of guide members during driving the pile into the sea bottom, during which the actual forces between the pile and the respective guide members are determined.

Method of installing a pile by means of a pile guide

A pile guide () for supporting a pile as it is driven into a substrate, comprising: a base frame () having a planar substrate-engaging surface () and a pile guide member () configured to guide a pile in a predetermined direction therethrough as it is driven into a substrate (), the pile guide member () being mounted on the base frame () via a plurality of support members () extending therebetween; characterised in that at least one of the plurality of support members () has an adjustable length, with length adjustment of the or each support member () enabling the predetermined direction to be varied relative to the planar substrate-engaging surface () of the base frame ().

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Dorset, United Kingdom

James Ewart Milligan Mack