Chinese Pile Template Testing Completed

The offshore wind farm test pile project to test piles in differering seabed has been completed. They were commissioned by Datang International, one of the 5 largest state owned power companies in China.

The test was carried out offshore from the province of Guangdong by the Guangzhou Salvage Bureau (China Ocean Engineering Corporation, Guangzhou Branch) the Heavy Lift and Salvage company specialising in offshore engineering. They used a construction consisting of four 94 metre anchor piles and two 80 metre reference piles and the test pile which was 113 metres long.