New system to drive piles
fN.Z. Press Association) NEW PLYMOUTH. September 25. A new underwater pile-driving" system will be used for the first time in the world on the Maui tower in New- Zealand waters early next year. The system, devised by Raymond International, Inc., of Houston, Texas, is as yet unproven in off-shore platform installation. If it is successful it might prune several million dollars off the Maui installation bill.
The system eliminates the use of floating cranes, with their dependence on reasonably calm sea conditions, and allows for continuous driving in most weather conditions,
to ensure quicker, safer anchoring of the tower to the ocean floor. Delays through bad weather during the installation will cost about $250,000 a day. The Raymond system, which uses a 105-ton underwater hammer, is a simple device for driving piles in deep water. The hammer slots into the top of the 48in piles. Conventional piledrivers are far more complex.
The chairman of Maui Development, Ltd (Mr D. H. Tudhope), said that as' the system had yet to be proved. Raymond International had accepted the condition that no payment would be made by Maui unless the operation was successful, __ i
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Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33959, 27 September 1975, Page 21
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