A revetment construction apparatus includes a reusable plunger device and a pair of panels coupled with a movable joint. The plunger includes a box portion having an open bottom and a plurality of sides, including an open front side, a rear side opposite the front side, and a pair of spaced apart lateral sides extending between the front and rear sides. The plunger further includes a mast portion extending vertically upward from the box portion and providing at a top end thereof a picking cap for engagement by a construction machine. The panels include front and bottom panels extending, respectively, along the front and open bottom of the box portion. Each of the panels is a reinforced anti-erosion fabric panel coupled to the box portion with breakaway fasteners configured to passively detach from the box portion upon lifting of the plunger after the box portion has been loaded with revetment foundation rock.

A pile plan map indicating a plurality of locations in a geographic area at which piles are to be installed is accessed. A first set of locations is identified from the plurality of locations and a first set of piles to be driven into the ground at the first set of locations using the pile plan map is identified. An order for driving the first set of piles into the ground is identified and a pile type for each of the first set of piles is identified. Basket assembly instructions are generated for assembling the first set of piles into a basket based on the identified order and the identified pile types. The first set of piles are assembled autonomously or manually into the basket based on the generated basket assembly instructions.

A pile plan map indicating a plurality of locations in a geographic area at which piles are to be installed is accessed. A first set of locations is identified from the plurality of locations and a first set of piles to be driven into the ground at the first set of locations using the pile plan map is identified. An order for driving the first set of piles into the ground is identified and a pile type for each of the first set of piles is identified. Basket assembly instructions are generated for assembling the first set of piles into a basket based on the identified order and the identified pile types. The first set of piles are assembled autonomously or manually into the basket based on the generated basket assembly instructions.

A method of constructing an underwater concrete block structure includes assembling a plurality of concrete blocks into a concrete block assembly, forming a drilled borehole in the underwater ground under a concrete hole of the concrete block assembly, and forming a concrete column in the concrete hole and the drilled borehole, thereby greatly increasing the stability of the underwater concrete block structure.

The present disclosure discloses an earthen dam structure including a core wall that includes a homogeneous mixture of clay, sand, powdered tire rubber and Portland cement. Additionally, the core wall contains the powdered tire rubber in an amount sufficient to increase a modulus of elasticity of the core wall to over 10 MPa while keeping a hydraulic conductivity of the core wall under 100 feet/year. The earthen dam structure further includes an upstream embankment portion and a downstream embankment portion, each positioned adjacent to the core wall, and a spillway configured to prevent water from overtopping a crest of the core wall.

The present disclosure discloses an earthen dam structure including a core wall that includes a homogeneous mixture of clay, sand, powdered tire rubber and Portland cement. Additionally, the core wall contains the powdered tire rubber in an amount sufficient to increase a modulus of elasticity of the core wall to over 10 MPa while keeping a hydraulic conductivity of the core wall under 100 feet/year. The earthen dam structure further includes an upstream embankment portion and a downstream embankment portion, each positioned adjacent to the core wall, and a spillway configured to prevent water from overtopping a crest of the core wall.

The invention discloses a method for building an underwater construction comprising a hardened grout, wherein the device has a housing with a receiving volume, and moreover a filter apparatus which is arranged at least partially therein and which is designed to filter out constituents which have been released from the grout. A filter apparatus which can be used in the device, and a method for filling a device for building an underwater construction with a grout, using this filter apparatus, are moreover.

A pile plan map indicating a plurality of locations in a geographic area at which piles are to be installed is accessed. A first set of locations is identified from the plurality of locations and a first set of piles to be driven into the ground at the first set of locations using the pile plan map is identified. An order for driving the first set of piles into the ground is identified and a pile type for each of the first set of piles is identified. Basket assembly instructions are generated for assembling the first set of piles into a basket based on the identified order and the identified pile types. The first set of piles are assembled autonomously or manually into the basket based on the generated basket assembly instructions.

A pile plan map indicating a plurality of locations in a geographic area at which piles are to be installed is accessed. A first set of locations is identified from the plurality of locations and a first set of piles to be driven into the ground at the first set of locations using the pile plan map is identified. An order for driving the first set of piles into the ground is identified and a pile type for each of the first set of piles is identified. Basket assembly instructions are generated for assembling the first set of piles into a basket based on the identified order and the identified pile types. The first set of piles are assembled autonomously or manually into the basket based on the generated basket assembly instructions.

Disclosed are novel remedial capping methods comprising: (a) providing an organic adsorption ingredient and an organic polymer delivery ingredient; (b) providing a non-organic silica carrier ingredient; (c) blending the organic adsorption ingredient, the organic polymer delivery ingredient, and the non-organic silica carrier ingredient to form a capping composition layer mixture; (d) delivering the capping composition layer mixture to a delivery means; and (e) distributing the capping composition layer mixture throughout a distribution pool and forming a capping composition layer in an area in need of remediation.