Technical Articles



2006

Dec 1st 2006The Seguin "ZAC" mixed development zone in Boulogne Billancourt off to a flying start. - TRAVAUX - N°836
Dec 1st 2006Barrettes cut off precisely without vibration in an Airbus plant - TRAVAUX - N°836
Dec 1st 2006Use of the Trenchmix® process for the production of watertight barriers. - TRAVAUX - N°836
Dec 1st 2006Mexico : the 4,000 piles of the Pemex refinery in Minatitlan. - TRAVAUX - N°836
Nov 1st 2006Monitoring along the way of the new line 4 of the Budapest subway. - AFTES - TUNNELS ET OUVRAGES SOUTERRAINS - N°198
Nov 1st 2006Directional drilling allows easy crossing of the Malakoff intersections and the Sambre canal. - TRAVAUX - N°835
Nov 1st 2006The "Bois de Peu" road tunnel. Voie des Mercureaux, Besançon, France. - AFTES - TUNNELS ET OUVRAGES SOUTERRAINS - N°198
Nov 1st 2006From Tuen Mun to Tsz Wan Shan, the tribulations of a French tunneller to serve China Light & Power Hong Kong - TRAVAUX - N°835
Nov 1st 2006The Pointe Pescade Main Sewer, Algiers. - AFTES - TUNNELS ET OUVRAGES SOUTERRAINS - N°198
Oct 1st 2006Record at Sables-d'Olonne : CSM Bessac builds an undersea tunnel 623 metres long, by microtunnel boring machine. - TRAVAUX - N°834
Oct 1st 2006To build the Monegasque Institute of Sports Medicine on solid foundations, the building and underground works trades join forces. - TRAVAUX - N°834
Oct 1st 2006The El Teniente mine in Chile : a fine exercise ground for a specialist in tunnels and related geotechnical - TRAVAUX - N°834
June 1st 2006Adaptable reclamation of an industrial site in Granville - TRAVAUX - N°831
June 1st 2006Reclamation of the Metaleurop North site. Inertec’s expertise in hazardous waste treatment - TRAVAUX - N°831
May 1st 2006Isséane. As of the foundation stage, the cult of environmental conservation - TRAVAUX - N°830
May 1st 2006Valenton VL10. A tunnel of dia 4m for sewerage executed by CSM Bessac Earth Pressure Balance TBM - TRAVAUX - N°830
April 1st 2006Saintes archipelago. The new wharf on Terre de Haut island. - TRAVAUX - N°829
April 1st 2006Renovation of the Capitol in the State of Virginia. Geotechnics come to the aid of History by combining advanced technologies. - TRAVAUX - N°829
April 1st 2006Teesta Dam Stage 5 in Sikkim. Cutoffs by jet grouting and grout injection. - TRAVAUX - N°829
April 1st 2006From the Mekong to the Yangtse. Special foundations fot two large bridges. - TRAVAUX - N°829
April 1st 2006Madrid. Workers are busy on the foundations of the Madrid Rio Project for the M30 urban motorway. - TRAVAUX - N°829
Jan 1st 2006A CSM Bessac microtunneller passes through the subsoil of Poitiers, unobserved. - TRAVAUX - N°826
Jan 1st 2006Discretion and urbanity: the hallmaks of a noble tradition in geotechnical engineering. - TRAVAUX - N°826
Jan 1st 2006The Chevalley Intersection, a major urban road project in Algiers. Prototype for a series ? - TRAVAUX - N°826
Jan 1st 2006Paul Klee car park in Paris : turnkey project requiring expertise in geotechnical works. - TRAVAUX - N°826
Jan 1st 2006Sofia Plaza: 32 m under the ground in Kiev and 131 m above. - TRAVAUX - N°826

2005

Nov 1st 2005Soil improvement techniques applicable to formation levels. Latest developments. - TRAVAUX - N°824
Sept 1st 2005Urban monitoring during drilling of Barcelona Metro Line 9. - TRAVAUX - N°822
Sept 1st 2005The role of real-time monitoring in the construction of large underground structures. - AFTES - TUNNELS ET OUVRAGES SOUTERRAINS - N°185
July 1st 2005MEDIAN : an intuitive positioning driller. - TRAVAUX - N°821
July 1st 2005Solbarrière : an anti-flood barrier, light and removable. - TRAVAUX - N°821
July 1st 2005T.Pile grooved piles. - TRAVAUX - N°821
July 1st 2005The CSM wall. An innovative treated soil wall solution. - TRAVAUX - N°821
June 1st 2005A hydro-cutter on the RD 10 shaft in Viroflay : large structure, large facilities. - TRAVAUX - N°820
June 1st 2005The Collabos road tunnel (Spain). The installation of connecting galleries between two tunnels using horizontal raise boring. - AFTES - TUNNELS ET OUVRAGES SOUTERRAINS - N°189
May 1st 2005The Montmorot clarifier: a turnkey structure incorporated in a circular diaphragm wall. - TRAVAUX - N°819
May 1st 2005Stabilisation of the "Grand Littoral" in Marseille. - TRAVAUX - N°819
May 1st 2005The Bercy-Tolbiac foot bridge : complex foundations to cross the Seine elegantly and ingeniously - TRAVAUX - N°819
May 1st 2005Méré : a turnkey raising tank, in very quick time. - TRAVAUX - N°819
May 1st 2005Development of technology for monitoring railway tracks during underground work. - TRAVAUX - N°819
March 1st 2005Port of Barcelona : dynamic, controlled expansion right down to the foundations of the new dykes. - TRAVAUX - N°817
March 1st 2005Palm Island (Dubai). Is the "Eight Wonder of the World" really visible from the moon ? - TRAVAUX - N°817
March 1st 2005Valenton, France, VL 10 project. Excavation of a 4m-dia interceptor with an EPB -TBM. - AFTES - TUNNELS ET OUVRAGES SOUTERRAINS - N°188
Jan 1st 2005Saint-Martin-le-Beau. Example of reclamationof a rubbish tip with environmental improvement. - TRAVAUX - N°815

2004

Dec 1st 2004The "Pont de Pierre" is protected. Protecting the piers of the "Pont de Pierre" in Bordeaux for crossing by Airbus A380 components. - TRAVAUX - N°814
Nov 1st 2004Renovation of Toulouse Lautrec Museum in Albi. - TRAVAUX - N°813
April 1st 2004Filling of gypsum dissolution voids under Paris 13 University in Bobigny - TRAVAUX - N°807
April 1st 2004Foundations works in Monaco: it's no easy task! - TRAVAUX - N°807

2003

Nov 28th 2003Underground structures for storm water storage tanks - AFTES - TUNNELS ET OUVRAGES SOUTERRAINS - N°180
Nov 3rd 2003Renovation of Pont Royal bridge over the Seine in Paris - TRAVAUX - N°802
Oct 2nd 2003Charles-de-Gaulle Airport Terminal 2. Earthworks and diaphragm walls for the new luggage sorting centre - TRAVAUX - N°801
Oct 2nd 2003The refrigerator on Cours Albert 1er in Paris VIIIe - TRAVAUX - N°801
Oct 2nd 2003Reconstruction of the Saint-Martin Canal in Paris - TRAVAUX - N°801
Oct 2nd 2003The Copenhagen underground railway. No subsidence, no nuisance. - TRAVAUX - N°801
Sept 2nd 2003Rehabilitation of the deballasting lagoon at Brest. Application of an innovative solution by active chamber and in-situ stabilisation - TRAVAUX - N°800
July 31st 2003Research, development and innovation, driving forces for international development - TRAVAUX - N°799
May 2nd 2003Techniques for underground storm-water tanks - TRAVAUX - N°797
April 2nd 2003Record foundations for Mega Tower in Hong Kong - TRAVAUX - N°796
April 2nd 2003Penny's Bay (Hong Kong): geotechnical study, vibratory compacting, instrumentation, detailed analysis - TRAVAUX - N°796

2002

Dec 2nd 2002Sacramento (California) Sealing the levee on the right bank of American River with a soil-cement-bentonite wall - TRAVAUX - N°792
Dec 2nd 2002Dublin The design and construction at Sir John Rogerson's Quay - TRAVAUX - N°792
Nov 2nd 2002Repair and renovation works on the Paris underground - TRAVAUX - N°791
Nov 2nd 2002The Grand Palais Foundation renovation works and control instrumentation - TRAVAUX - N°791
Oct 1st 2002The Toulouse metro Extension of Line A - TRAVAUX - N°790
Sept 2nd 2002Lievin: design and construction of the Dussouich basin - TRAVAUX - N°789
Aug 1st 2002Three main construction of interceptors in Yvry-sur-Seine - AFTES - TUNNELS ET OUVRAGES SOUTERRAINS - N°172
Aug 1st 2002Evolution of the monitoring techniques in real-time applied on urban tunnelling works - AFTES - TUNNELS ET OUVRAGES SOUTERRAINS - N°172
April 4th 2002Construction of a dry-dock in the port of Concarneau - TRAVAUX - N°785

2001

May 1st 2001Jet grouting column diameter measurement using the electric cylinder method - TRAVAUX - N°775
March 1st 2001CTRL Project (Channel Tunnel Rail Link Project) - AFTES - TUNNELS ET OUVRAGES SOUTERRAINS - N°170
Feb 1st 2001Soletanche Bachy, client-oriented Research and Development - TRAVAUX - N°772
Feb 1st 2001Research and development in geotechnic activity - TRAVAUX - N°772
Jan 1st 2001Computer designing for circular underground structures - AFTES - TUNNELS ET OUVRAGES SOUTERRAINS - N°163

2000

Dec 1st 2000Rehabilitation of Dau Tieng Dam in Vietnam - TRAVAUX - N°770
June 1st 2000Starsol piles, state of the art after 15 years' experience - TRAVAUX - N°764
June 1st 2000Xiao Lang Di dam project in China, unusual solutions for foundations treatment - TRAVAUX - N°765
May 1st 2000Special works on El Azhar project - TRAVAUX - N°764
March 1st 2000Construction of a stormwater tank - TRAVAUX - N°762