Patent ID: 8465229

Claim:
A method for rehabilitating an existing subsea pile, having at least a portion of a pile padeye, the subsea pile installed into a sea floor and having a top portion, comprising: positioning a sleeve for installation about the existing subsea pile, the sleeve having an outer surface with a sleeve padeye coupled thereto, an interior volume and an at least partially open bottom; positioning the bottom of the sleeve over the top portion of the pile; aligning the sleeve padeye with the at least a portion of the pile padeye; and installing the sleeve about the pile while maintaining an alignment between the sleeve padeye and the at least a portion of the pile padeye so that the top portion of the pile is disposed within or above the interior volume of the sleeve, the sleeve padeye being configured to support a tension load at an angle to a longitudinal axis through the sleeve to supplement or replace a tension load on the pile padeye.