Dogger Bank MetMast West, which will feed back key wind, wave and other weather readings aswell as marine traffic data from its location 150km off the UK, uses aninnovative "suction bucket" foundation concept and a “humanfree” technique for the steel tower placement.
The flask-shaped,165-tonnesteel foundation, designed by Fred Olsen-owned Universal Foundation, wasinstalled by applying suction in the bucket-shaped base to pull it into theseabed, while hundreds of built-in water jets kept the structure level.
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