Abstract:
ADVACT Co., Ltd. of Korea designed, fabricated, and installed a meteorological tower on behalf of Korea South-East Power Co. Ltd. near Yeosu, Korea, in April, 2021. This tower was of its first kind in Korea, where the tower would gather meteorological data for a period of one year and then be retrieved, moved and installed at a new location for the same data gathering purposes.
The meteorological tower’ s foundation utilizes tri-pod suction piles that are 28 meters long and 420 tons in weight. The super-structure is 69 meters high and 452 tons in weight. Both the suction piles and super-structure were fabricated and assembled on land and then transported as a single unit to the first site. All-in-one installation of the entire unit was completed in approximately 14 hours. In November, 2022, the tower was retrieved, inspected, transported to the second site, and then installed successfully.
This manuscript describes the details of the design, construction, and installation of the tower with tri-pod suction piles for its foundation. The design of tri-pod suction piles has considered the site conditions of both sites so that the tower remains stable and operational at both sites.