Bright Engineering did the detail engineering of a modular piling template. The piling template is designed for pre-installing foundation piles for offshore wind turbines. After foundation pile installation, a jacket is lowered over the foundation piles. On top of the jacket, the actual wind turbine is mounted.
Mechanical design, calculations and fabrication drawings were done by Bright Engineering. The piling template consists of a central frame and three or four sleeves through which the foundation piles are installed. The piling template is provided with a leveling system that keeps the template horizontal during pile installation. The sleeves are provided with retractable spacers. These retractable spacers allow the piles to be driven deeper without the need of a follower during pile driving. This is an operational advantage compared to piling templates with fixed spacers.