Abstract: A system having: a terrestrial scanning device, a topographic benchmark secured permanently to a support, including a code that is readable automatically at a distance of at least 3 m by the scanning device, this code ss providing information as to the position of the benchmark in a given frame of reference and/or having an identifier listed in a database in which the position of the benchmark in said frame of reference is also recorded.

Abstract: A repair method for a civil engineering work. The method includes the depositing, directly onto a portion of the work to be repaired, of a reinforcing structure formed from one or more successive layers of at least one reinforcing material which are each extruded in contact with the surface onto which the material is to be deposited, using a robot system, with the material being extruded in strips.

Abstract: A method for freezing and treating a mass of soil, making it possible to compensate for deformations of the mass of soil during thawing, including the following steps: a) producing at least one bore (2) in the mass of soil, b) at least partly freezing the mass of soil using a freezing fluid injected into the bore, and then c) injecting a compensation grouting into the mass of soil, using the bore (2) that was used for freezing, during the thawing phase in order to at least partly compensate for variations in the volume of the mass of soil when the latter thaws.

Abstract: A transport installation includes a traction member extending in a circuit and associated with an external power source so as to be moved along the circuit, a vehicle having a power storage system, a motor system, a generator system and a fixed support adjacent to the circuit. The generator system of the vehicle includes a generator that may be activated to supply power to the storage system when the vehicle is coupled to the traction member and driven along the circuit by the traction member. The motor system of the vehicle includes a motor that may be activated to receive power from the storage system and move the vehicle relative to the fixed support.

Abstract: Underground distribution system for the distribution of goods in an urban environment including at least one micro-tunnel forming at least one loop, extending under the foundations of preexisting surface buildings and/or infrastructures, in which goods, the transportation of which is automated, circulate, and a plurality of exchange stations exchanging with the surface, each including a shaft allowing goods to be lowered down to the micro-tunnel and raised back up after they have been transported within the micro-tunnel.

Abstract: A container, in particular for a system for distributing goods in urban areas. The system includes at least one micro-tunnel forming at least one transport loop, a greatest inside dimension of the micro-tunnel in cross section, in particular its inside diameter, preferably being between 1.5 m and 4 m inclusive, shuttles circulating in the micro-tunnel, a plurality of stations for exchange with the surface, enabling raising of the goods, the container being a fork-liftable, and having a base with inside dimensions adapted to receive only one or at most two pallets.

Abstract: A transport installation includes a traction member extending in a circuit and associated with an external power source so as to be moved along the circuit, a vehicle having a power storage system, a motor system, a generator system and a fixed support adjacent to the circuit. The generator system of the vehicle includes a generator that may be activated to supply power to the storage system when the vehicle is coupled to the traction member and driven along the circuit by the traction member. The motor system of the vehicle includes a motor that may be activated to receive power from the storage system and move the vehicle relative to the fixed support.

Abstract: The method involves projecting layout information on a working surface of a construction work. The projected layout information is obtained from a model, such as a Building Information Model (BIM), of a portion at least of the construction work. It includes first graphical information depicting a reference feature visible on the working surface, and second graphical information designating locations for installation of construction elements. The locations are linked, in the model, to the reference feature depicted by the first graphical information. In response to a user action of selecting the first graphical information and a geometric transformation, the projected first graphical information and second graphical information are shifted together in accordance with the selected transformation.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a kit for protecting a skin surface of a patient comprising at least one cover sheet, which is thin and flexible, and is intended to be applied on this skin surface and at least one packaging containing an adhesive substance and having an outlet port for applying a bead of this adhesive substance which locally connects the skin of the patient and the cover sheet; which at least one cover sheet is associated with at least one first identification system carrying information corresponding to at least one first unique identifier, which system can take the form of an electronic chip, a radio frequency tag (RFID support), a barcode or a QR code; and which kit further comprises a first reading device specific to this first identification system and which makes it possible to have access to the information of which it is a carrier.

Abstract: A system having: a terrestrial scanning device, a topographic benchmark secured permanently to a support, including a code that is readable automatically at a distance of at least 3 m by the scanning device, this code ss providing information as to the position of the benchmark in a given frame of reference and/or having an identifier listed in a database in which the position of the benchmark in said frame of reference is also recorded.

Abstract: A method for freezing and treating a mass of soil, making it possible to compensate for deformations of the mass of soil during thawing, including the following steps: a) producing at least one bore (2) in the mass of soil, b) at least partly freezing the mass of soil using a freezing fluid injected into the bore, and then c) injecting a compensation grouting into the mass of soil, using the bore (2) that was used for freezing, during the thawing phase in order to at least partly compensate for variations in the volume of the mass of soil when the latter thaws.

Abstract: A method for simulating the planning of a space using ornamental elements, in particular elements cut and/or machined from a sheet material (P1, Pn) and/or produced using said sheet or sheets (P1, Pn), in particular a material having random or special patterns, this method including the step of allowing a user, using a simulation tool, to simulate an installation configuration in which the ornamental elements are projected to scale onto an in particular 2D or 3D digital mockup of the space to be planned, at a desired position and with a desired orientation, the ornamental elements being displayed to scale with the mockup during this simulation, with their true appearance as resulting from a prior digital acquisition of the ornamental elements or of the or said sheets (P1, Pn) by an acquisition means.

Abstract: A repair method for a civil engineering work. The method includes the depositing, directly onto a portion of the work to be repaired, of a reinforcing structure formed from one or more successive layers of at least one reinforcing material which are each extruded in contact with the surface onto which the material is to be deposited, using a robot system, with the material being extruded in strips.

Abstract: The method involves projecting layout information on a working surface of a construction work. The projected layout information is obtained from a model, such as a Building Information Model (BIM), of a portion at least of the construction work. It includes first graphical information depicting a reference feature visible on the working surface, and second graphical information designating locations for installation of construction elements. The locations are linked, in the model, to the reference feature depicted by the first graphical information. In response to a user action of selecting the first graphical information and a geometric transformation, the projected first graphical information and second graphical information are shifted together in accordance with the selected transformation.

Abstract: Underground distribution system for the distribution of goods in an urban environment including at least one micro-tunnel forming at least one loop, extending under the foundations of preexisting surface buildings and/or infrastructures, in which goods, the transportation of which is automated, circulate, and a plurality of exchange stations exchanging with the surface, each including a shaft allowing goods to be lowered down to the micro-tunnel and raised back up after they have been transported within the micro-tunnel.

Abstract: An enclosing structure (1) comprising a backfill (2) and a roof (3), wherein the roof rests on the backfill and is attached to it.

Abstract: A method of damping the vibrations of at least one pair of stay cables of a civil engineering structure, in which the stay cables of said pair are linked by a damper having a first stiffness in response to tensile stress and a second stiffness in response to compressive stress, the first stiffness being greater than the second stiffness.

Abstract: A device (22) for damping vibrations in a cable (16) comprises an arm (25) oscillating about a pivot (26), a first damper (30) for damping the oscillations of the arm, a coupler (27) attached to the cable, a second, linear-travel damper (31) having an upper end connected to the coupler and a lower end connected to the arm, and a guide (28) for sliding the coupler with respect to the arm parallel to the travel of the second damper such that the movements of the cable that are transverse to the travel of the second damper are transmitted to the arm independently of the second damper.

Abstract: The damping device comprises an interconnecting structure between cables of a group of at least three cables of the suspension system which extend substantially in one and the same suspension plane P. The interconnecting structure has, outside the plane P, at least one bearing point for an energy dissipating element arranged so as to develop a damping force in response to a movement of one of the cables of the group relative to the other cables of the group in a direction perpendicular to the suspension plane.

Abstract: The device (22) for damping vibrations in a cable (16) comprises an arm (25) oscillating about a pivot (26), a first damper (30) for damping the oscillations of the arm, a coupler (27) attached to the cable, a second, linear-travel damper (31) having an upper end connected to the coupler and a lower end connected to the arm, and a guide (28) for sliding the coupler with respect to the arm parallel to the travel of the second damper such that the movements of the cable that are transverse to the travel of the second damper are transmitted to the arm independently of the second damper.