At short notice, the LDD team provided the client, SeaRoc, with an innovative solution to install drilled and grouted pin piles for the installation of a Met Mast 3 nautical miles off Blyth, Northumberland. LDD’s engineers and project team provided a solution to overcome the major project challenge; the available space within the sleeves of the structure did not allow the use of a casing which, typically, would have been employed to support the top 5m of unstable overburden during socket drilling. In response to this problem, LDD ensured a costly modification to the tripod structure was avoided and worked with SeaRoc to find an alternative, bespoke solution to achieve satisfactory installation of the pile to the client’s design. THE PROJECT In response to an enquiry from SeaRoc, t

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