Abstract: A reinforcement element for a diaphragm wall including a reinforcement cage, the reinforcement element further including a seal-carrier provided with a mounting part for receiving at least one seal, which is elongated, the seal-carrier being fixed to the first end part of the reinforcement cage and extending along the longitudinal direction of said reinforcement cage, the seal-carrier defining a housing for receiving the seal, at least a first part of which is surrounded by a sacrificial material.

Abstract: A boring machine for producing a trench in the ground including a chassis that extends in a longitudinal direction, the chassis having a lower end, the machine including a boring device mounted at the lower end of the chassis, the boring device including a first boring member which is rotary about a first axis of rotation, and a second boring member which is rotary about a second axis of rotation, the second axis of rotation and the first axis of rotation extending in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, wherein the first axis of rotation is inclined with respect to the second axis of rotation.

Abstract: The invention provides a boring machine (10) for making a trench (T) in soil (S), the machine comprising a frame (12) that extends along a longitudinal direction (A), said frame (12) carrying a boring device (20) provided with four rotary boring members driven by four motors about axes of rotation that are stationary relative to one another.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a boring machine for producing a trench in the ground, comprising a chassis that extends in a longitudinal direction, the chassis having a lower end, the machine including a boring device mounted at the lower end of the chassis, the boring device including: a first boring member which is rotary about a first axis of rotation; a second boring member which is rotary about a second axis of rotation, the second axis of rotation and the first axis of rotation extending in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal direction; wherein the first axis of rotation is inclined with respect to the second axis of rotation.

Abstract: The invention relates to a retaining work (12) in ground (S), the work having a vertical front portion and separating a first portion of ground (S1) from a second portion of ground. The front portion (14) is in the form of juxtaposed arched walls (16), each arched wall (16) presenting a concave side facing the first portion of ground and a convex side facing the second portion of ground, and the retaining work (12) further includes a rear portion (20) comprising a plurality of wall elements (22) having their largest faces extending vertically in the second portion of ground (S2), each wall element (22) being arranged between two adjacent arched walls (16) and extending transversely relative to the front portion (14).

Abstract: The invention relates to the field of excavation systems, and more particularly to excavation systems including tools for excavation by electric pulses. An excavation system of the invention comprises a support frame (34), a hydraulic circuit with a pump, and first and second excavation tools.

Abstract: The invention provides a boring machine (10) for making a trench (T) in soil (S), the machine comprising a frame (12) that extends along a longitudinal direction (A), said frame (12) carrying a boring device (20) provided with four rotary boring members driven by four motors about axes of rotation that are stationary relative to one another.

Abstract: The invention relates to an installation (10) for making a continuous wall in ground (S), the installation comprising: an excavation machine (14) having a frame (16) with a bottom end (16b); determination means (80) for periodically determining the offset between the frame and a first screen while making a second screen in the ground juxtaposed with the first screen; and correction means (50) for periodically correcting the position of the frame (16) so as to reduce the offset as determined by the determination means between the frame (16) and the first screen (E1), and maintain overlap between the longitudinal side of the frame and the longitudinal side of the first screen in such a manner that the second screen is secant with the first screen (E1) over the entire length of the shorter of the first and second screens, thereby forming the wall that is continuous.

Abstract: The invention relates to a retaining work (12) in ground (S), the work having a vertical front portion and separating a first portion of ground (S1) from a second portion of ground. The front portion (14) is in the form of juxtaposed arched walls (16), each arched wall (16) presenting a concave side facing the first portion of ground and a convex side facing the second portion of ground, and the retaining work (12) further includes a rear portion (20) comprising a plurality of wall elements (22) having their largest faces extending vertically in the second portion of ground (S2), each wall element (22) being arranged between two adjacent arched walls (16) and extending transversely relative to the front portion (14).

Abstract: The invention relates to the field of excavation systems, and more particularly to excavation systems including tools for excavation by electric pulses. An excavation system of the invention comprises a support frame (34), a hydraulic circuit with a pump, and first and second excavation tools.

Abstract: The subject matter of the invention is a gravity structure intended for a marine civil-engineering construction, comprising a slab configured so as to be placed on a sea bed and secured to a shaft directed in a principal direction substantially orthogonal to said slab, characterized in that the gravity structure comprises at least one anchoring tie rod extending in said shaft and in the slab, the gravity structure being configured so that, in a service position of the gravity structure, said at least one anchoring tie rod is anchored in the sea bed.

Abstract: The subject matter of the invention is a gravity structure intended for a marine civil-engineering construction, comprising a slab configured so as to be placed on a sea bed and secured to a shaft directed in a principal direction substantially orthogonal to said slab, characterized in that the gravity structure comprises at least one anchoring tie rod extending in said shaft and in the slab, the gravity structure being configured so that, in a service position of the gravity structure, said at least one anchoring tie rod is anchored in the sea bed.

Abstract: The invention relates to an installation (10) for making a continuous wall in ground (S), the installation comprising: an excavation machine (14) having a frame (16) with a bottom end (16b); determination means (80) for periodically determining the offset between the frame and a first screen while making a second screen in the ground juxtaposed with the first screen; and correction means (50) for periodically correcting the position of the frame (16) so as to reduce the offset as determined by the determination means between the frame (16) and the first screen (E1), and maintain overlap between the longitudinal side of the frame and the longitudinal side of the first screen in such a manner that the second screen is secant with the first screen (E1) over the entire length of the shorter of the first and second screens, thereby forming the wall that is continuous.