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THE STAFF

IHC Sea Steel develops and hires out "State of the art" sub-sea pile driving equipment for the oil and gas industries.

IHC Sea Steel is an independent, privately owned company with an extensive innovative track record in special sub-sea pile driving techniques. The company was incorporated in 1985, sold it's Proof load test, Quality certification arm in 1989. Since then the company has directed it's energies to the core business of specialist turnkey projects using suction or impact driven FPSO moorings, Riser bases, and latterly Pipeline and Initiation Pile installations form the mainstream of the workload.

IHC Sea Steel is responsible for a number of "everyday" innovative piling tools including the Internationally patented

SEA STEEL FAST FRAME: and :

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IHC Sea Steel engineers solutions for driving anchor piles subsea in difficult soils and deepwater environments.

The Company prides itself on its ability to continually innovate since its inauguration in 1985.

For the installation of “stand alone” impact driven piles subsea there has been no better way than the free energy methods developed by the company. No water depth is too great and no soil conditions too onerous.

For pipeline initiations, well head fence piles, docking piles, FPSO moorings, risers and midwater arches, SS has the real answer for accurate, efficient and safe installation of the smallest and largest of the piles currently driven subsea.

With dedicated and motivated personnel, the company has experienced an unprecedented expansion to fulfil the demand in the market place for its free energy driven products.

SEA STEEL FAST FRAME being deployed on the Volve project
84" SEA STEEL FAST FRAME in Mexico

When it comes to reliable pile verticality and orientation. The flagship product, SEA STEEL FAST FRAME is the answer and has become a household brand name in the ‘who’s who’ of the Oil and Gas World.

Before the age of SEA STEEL FAST FRAME our customers endured vibro or suction driven piles, often left lying at angles of 15 degrees and pointing at 25 degrees off designed heading.

IHC Sea Steel has continued to build on its success and the Company can now assure the industry that expensive, show stopping followers can be eliminated using the SEA STEEL FAST FRAME. Over 400 subsea impact driven piles have been installed using the system, some up to 50m in length and at 140 tonnes.

During 2006, the Company moved its HQ to purpose made engineering facilities in Dorset, UK. The company, through its bases in Montrose, Dundee and Singapore, supplies its marine and geotechnical engineering expertise worldwide. During the last 5 years the company has provided equipment and personnel in West Africa, Canada, Mexico, Malaysia, Thailand and Norway.

The new offices at Winterborne Stickland

The Staff : A highly qualified, self motivated team working here to hear about your difficult environmental problems with easy free energy solutions

The staff outside the new offices at Winterborne Stickland

Please contact Zena Tett, our Office Manager, who is here to help our clients find the answers.

IHC Sea Steel  operates in accordance with and is registered to ISO 9001-2000