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ANEMOMETER MAST
Consisting of a steel pile, platform and access ladder with a tubular steel mast carrying the anemometers and recording equipment, this is typical of the "turnkey" projects that IHC Sea Steel and our partners carry out.
The completed mast. A close up of work being carried out in the final stages of completion.

Specialist subsea foundation companies IHC Sea Steel and THALES GEOSOLUTIONS have successfully designed, constructed and installed an environmental research mast 8 km off the East Coast of England near Skegness. The mast will be used for the close monitoring and gathering of wind and water velocity information. Data collected from the instrumentation on the mast will be studied and evaluated and will be used to assist with the design of future wind turbines. The turbines are due to be erected along the coasts of England over the coming decade.

The supporting pile was driven to 15 meters penetration by impact hammer, the deck section supports the 25m high mast. Water depth at the location is 6.7m at L.A.T. The work was carried out under the "THALES GEOSOLUTIONS- IHC Sea Steel alliance" with partners HYDROSOILS of Belgium providing the supporting Jack Up Vessel the "DE ZEEBOUWER".
Managing Directors and spokesmen for the two companies, Mike Baker and Clive Jones say that:-
"These types of installations require special techniques in anticipating the environmental effects on structures in shallow waters. The combined expertise of the companies and their subcontractors has resulted in an optimised design, the feed back will be invaluable in determining the design and installation methods of other future structures". The success of the project is seen as another progressive step forward in the development of European products and joint engineering ventures