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Method and a device for building immersed foundations

US3938342A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 4, 1973
Grant dateFeb 17, 1976
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 4, 1993

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
  • CPC primaryE02D27/52
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

In a method for building immersed foundations on a prepared bed without preliminary unwatering by means of a platform which is intended to support the final structure, the steps which consist in positioning in the underwater bed a support having at least three bearing points which are so adjusted as to project from the bed to a height corresponding to the intended depth of the seating plane, in lowering the platform onto the bearing points, in placing a hardenable material such as concrete or mortar on the foundation bed so as to imprison at least the lower ends of anchoring means which extend downwards from the platform.

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