A manhole device and corresponding system including a manhole is described. The manhole device comprises a main body having an upper portion, a lower portion and a securing means. The securing means is engageable with the manhole such that when secured to the manhole, the upper portion protrudes above a surface level and the lower portion is retained below the surface level in the manhole. The main body provides means for alignment for construction around the manhole while providing a barrier to prevent access to vehicles, people and debris during the construction process. A method of construction is also provided.

A king pile for a combined wall system includes a first flange, a second flange, and a web. The first flange has a first flange body that is a generally rectangular plate having a first edge, a second edge, and a face. A first king pile interlock is formed integrally with the first flange body at the first edge, and a second king pile interlock is formed integrally with the first flange body at the second edge. The king pile includes a second flange having a second flange body, the second flange body being a generally rectangular plate having a face. The king pile also includes a web. The web may be a generally rectangular plate that is coupled to the face of the first flange body and the face of the second flange body. The first flange, second flange, and web may be formed separately and coupled by welding.

An erosion control system is disclosed for preventing erosion of embankments including a three-dimensional material, the three-dimensional material including void volumes, and a mixture including a particulate material and a binder material included in the void volumes, wherein the binder material includes an organic binder material derived from living matter.

A device is provided for producing a tubular container which is able to be filled with granular, pulverulent, pourable and flowable materials, wherein the container can include webs manufactured from geotextile material. The device includes a displaceable frame with at least one unwindable geotextile web, wherein the frame includes a filling trough with an outlet hopper for the material, and wherein the filling trough has a conveying device for the filled material, the conveying device acting counter to the direction of movement of the frame, which, at the rear end of the filling trough, surrounds the material in an enveloping manner, in the region of the outlet hopper, by the unwindable geotextile web, as the frame is advanced, so as to form a tube.

A foundation for a wind mill includes a circular or polygonal pedestal for supporting a wind mill tower and a plurality of ribs radiating radially outwardly from the pedestal, wherein the pedestal is divided into a plurality of circumferential sections, wherein a circumferential section and a rib are each integrally formed with one another, or are each formed, as a precast concrete element, wherein the precast concrete elements are made from reinforced concrete including a first reinforcement structure, in particular reinforcement bars, embedded into the precast concrete elements, neighbouring precast concrete elements, in their sections radiating outwardly from the pedestal, are spaced from each other in a circumferential direction and the clearance between two neighbouring precast concrete elements is each bridged by a bridging plate.

The invention relates to a pile holding system to be mounted on a deck of a vessel, e.g. for installation of a pile adapted to support an offshore wind turbine, which pile holding system is configured to support the pile in an upright position at a pile installation location next to the vessel. The invention furthermore relates to a vessel provided with such a pile holder system, and to a method. The invention furthermore provide a pile holder.

The present disclosure provides an insulation system for a building. The insulation system comprises a wall section adapted to be installed at least partially between two vertically oriented posts of a building, and a base section configured to be interconnected to the wall section and comprising a surface extending outwardly and downwardly away from an outer surface of the wall section when the insulation system is installed at the building.

The invention discloses a load cell component for improving the structural strength of a pile body after self-balanced testing of a pile foundation, which comprises a loading unit component, upper displacement rod components fixed on the upper part of the loading unit component, and lower displacement rod components fixed on the lower part of the loading unit component, and further comprises telescopic rod components and a grouting component; there is a plurality of telescopic rod components, the telescopic rod components are fixed to the loading unit component, and the telescopic direction of the telescopic rod components is parallel to the loading direction of the loading unit component; each telescopic rod component comprises an inner rod and an outer sleeve, wherein a part of the inner rod is positioned in the outer sleeve, a slurry cavity is formed between the outer wall of the inner rod positioned in the outer sleeve and the inner wall of the outer sleeve, and the outer sleeve is provided with a slurry inlet; and the grouting component communicates with the slurry inlets, and when in use, slurry is introduced into the slurry cavities through the grouting component.

A blindside waterproofed building foundation system and method of forming the same are provided. The system includes a lagging wall, a monolithic waterproof layer adjacent to the lagging wall, and a foundation layer adjacent to the monolithic waterproof layer. The system and method provide a monolithic waterproofing layer that can remain adhered to a foundation surface even if the materials used to construct the lagging wall deteriorates, decomposes, or moves over time.

The invention relates to a below grade, blind side, waterproofing sheet membrane with adhesive and high reflectivity granular particle layer, and having a top release liner, and a bottom release liner, enhancing bond strength between sheets, and be able to fully bond to concrete/shotcrete, and a method of making, and using same. The inventive waterproofing sheet membrane with adhesive, has at least one layer of high reflectivity granular particle layer that are fully or partly embedded into the adhesive layer, and where the average reflectivity of the exposed granular particles is between about 35 percent to 80 percent reflectivity on a standard reflectivity scale. The waterproofing sheet membrane has an adhesive layer having embedded therein high reflectivity granular particles is used in any building or wall construction, and can be placed under or around a foundation of a building or on its below grade blind side retaining walls, etc.