FOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; EMBANKMENTS; UNDERGROUND OR UNDERWATER STRUCTURES

Introduced: September 1968

Last revised: January 1995

Classification Context

Section:: FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
Class:: HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL-SHIFTING
Subclass:: FOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; EMBANKMENTS; UNDERGROUND OR UNDERWATER STRUCTURES

Description

E02D covers the technical design, construction, and engineering of foundations for buildings and structures, excavation methods and equipment, embankments and earth dams, and underground or underwater structures including tunnels and submerged installations. This subclass encompasses foundation types (piles, caissons, anchors), soil stabilization techniques, dewatering systems, and structural support methods for various construction projects. Adjacent subclass E02B addresses water management and hydraulic structures, while E02D focuses specifically on the ground interface and subsurface engineering aspects of civil works.

Scope Notes

Application references: Foundation means specially adapted for overhead structures, e.g. gantries

Related Keywords

FOOTINGSFOUNDATION(S) engineeringRESERVOIR(S) as building structuresTUNNEL(S)

18 direct subcodes

Child Classifications

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E02D 1/00 Investigation of foundation soil
E02D 11/00 Methods or apparatus for both placing and removing sheet pile bulkheads, piles, or mould-pipes
E02D 13/00 Accessories for placing or removing piles or bulkheads
E02D 15/00 Handling building or like materials for hydraulic engineering or foundations
E02D 17/00 Excavations; Bordering of excavations; Making embankments
E02D 19/00 Keeping dry foundation sites or other areas in the ground
E02D 23/00 Caissons; Construction or placing of caissons
E02D 25/00 Joining caissons or like sunk units to each other under water
E02D 27/00 Foundations as substructures
E02D 29/00 Underground or underwater structures; Retaining walls
E02D 3/00 Improving or preserving soil or rock, e.g. preserving permafrost soil
E02D 31/00 Protective arrangements for foundations or foundation structures; Ground foundation measures for protecting the soil or the subsoil water, e.g. preventing or counteracting oil pollution
E02D 33/00 Testing foundations or foundation structures
E02D 35/00 Straightening, lifting, or lowering of foundation structures or of constructions erected on foundations
E02D 37/00 Repair of damaged foundations or foundation structures
E02D 5/00 Bulkheads, piles, or other structural elements specially adapted to foundation engineering
E02D 7/00 Methods or apparatus for placing sheet pile bulkheads, piles, mould-pipes, or other moulds
E02D 9/00 Removing sheet pile bulkheads, piles, mould-pipes, or other moulds