E
SECTION E — FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  
BUILDING
 E02
HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL-SHIFTING
 E02D
FOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; EMBANKMENTS (specially adapted for hydraulic engineering E02B); UNDERGROUND OR UNDERWATER STRUCTURES  [6]
 E02D

Note(s)

  1. This subclass covers underground structures made by foundation engineering, i.e. involving disturbance of the ground surface.  [6]
  2. This subclass does not cover underground spaces, made by underground mining methods only, i.e. not involving disturbance of the ground surface, which are covered by subclass E21D.  [6]
 E02D
Subclass index
INVESTIGATING, IMPROVING OR PRESERVING FOUNDATION SOIL OR ROCK 1/00, 3/00
STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS AND TECHNIQUES THEREFOR
Structural elements 5/00
Placing; removing; placing and removing; accessories 7/00; 9/00; 11/00; 13/00
HANDLING MATERIALS 15/00
EXCAVATIONS, MAKING EMBANKMENTS 17/00
KEEPING DRY FOUNDATION SITES 19/00
CAISSONS 23/00, 25/00
FOUNDATIONS AS SUBSTRUCTURES; UNDERGROUND OR UNDERWATER STRUCTURES, RETAINING WALLS 27/00; 29/00
PROTECTING, TESTING, STRAIGHTENING, LIFTING, REPAIRING 31/00 - 37/00
P:30 E02D 1/00
Investigation of foundation soil in situ (investigation involving boring or specially adapted to earth drilling E21B 25/00, E21B 49/00; investigating or analysing materials by determining their chemical or physical properties, in general G01N, e.g. sampling G01N 1/00)
P:160 E02D 3/00
Improving or preserving soil or rock, e.g. preserving permafrost soil (securing of slopes or inclines E02D 17/20; damming or interrupting passage of underground water E02D 19/00; compacting or stressing soil for foundations E02D 27/00; improving soil for agricultural purposes A01; soil-conditioning or soil-stabilising materials C09K 17/00; for consolidating unset paving materials E01C 19/22; soil stabilisation for road building or like purposes E01C 21/00, E01C 23/00; setting rock anchoring bolts E21D)
P:110 E02D 5/00
Bulkheads, piles, or other structural elements specially adapted to foundation engineering (engineering elements in general F16)
 E02D 5/02
·  Sheet piles or sheet pile bulkheads
 E02D 5/18
·  Bulkheads or similar walls made solely of concrete in situ
 E02D 5/22
·  Piles (sheet piles E02D 5/02)
 E02D 5/24
·  ·  Prefabricated piles
 E02D 5/34
·  ·  Concrete or concrete-like piles cast in position
 E02D 5/74
·  Means for anchoring structural elements or bulkheads (anchoring piles E02D 5/22)
 E02D 5/80
·  ·  Ground anchors
P:130 E02D 7/00
Methods or apparatus for placing sheet pile bulkheads, piles, mould-pipes, or other moulds (for both placing and removing E02D 11/00)
P:140 E02D 9/00
Removing sheet pile bulkheads, piles, mould-pipes, or other moulds (for both placing and removing E02D 11/00)
P:120 E02D 11/00
Methods or apparatus for both placing and removing sheet pile bulkheads, piles, or mould-pipes (features relating to placing only E02D 7/00, to removing only E02D 9/00)
P:150 E02D 13/00
Accessories for placing or removing piles or bulkheads
P:170 E02D 15/00
Handling building or like materials for hydraulic engineering or foundations (conveying or working-up concrete or similar masses in general E04G 21/02)
P:100 E02D 17/00
Excavations; Bordering of excavations; Making embankments (soil shifting apparatus E02F; earth drilling E21)
 E02D 17/02
·  Foundation pits
 E02D 17/06
·  Foundation ditches or narrow shafts
 E02D 17/18
·  Making embankments (E02D 17/20 takes precedence)
 E02D 17/20
·  Securing of slopes or inclines
P:80 E02D 19/00
Keeping dry foundation sites or other areas in the ground (sheet piles or bulkheads E02D 5/02; sealings or joints for engineering work E02B 3/00)
P:20 E02D 23/00
Caissons; Construction or placing of caissons (tunnels submerged into or built in open water E02D 29/063)  [6]
P:10 E02D 25/00
Joining caissons or like sunk units to each other under water
P:70 E02D 27/00
Foundations as substructures
 E02D 27/01
·  Flat foundations
 E02D 27/02
·  ·  Flat foundations without substantial excavation (E02D 27/04, E02D 27/08 take precedence)
 E02D 27/04
·  ·  in water or on quicksand
 E02D 27/08
·  ·  Reinforcements for flat foundations
 E02D 27/10
·  Deep foundations
 E02D 27/12
·  ·  Pile foundations
 E02D 27/32
·  Foundations for special purposes (special layout of foundations for machines or engines F16M 9/00)
 E02D 27/34
·  ·  Foundations for sinking or earthquake territories (building constructions with protection arrangements against earthquakes E04H 9/02)
P:0 E02D 29/00
Underground or underwater structures (underground tanks B65D 88/00; hydraulic engineering, e.g. sealings or joints, E02B; underground garages E04H 6/00; underground air-raid shelters E04H 9/04; burial vaults E04H 13/00); Retaining walls  [6]
 E02D 29/02
·  Retaining or protecting walls (piers or quay walls E02B 3/06)
 E02D 29/045
·  Underground structures, e.g. tunnels or galleries, built in the open air or by methods involving disturbance of the ground surface all along the location line; Methods of making them  [6]
 E02D 29/063
·  Tunnels submerged into, or built in, open water (construction or placing of caissons in general E02D 23/00; joining caissons to each other under water, in general E02D 25/00)  [6]
 E02D 29/12
·  Manhole shafts; Other inspection or access chambers; Accessories therefor (for underground tanks B65D 90/00; for sewerage E03F 5/00)  [6]
 E02D 29/14
·  ·  Covers for manholes or the like; Frames for covers  [6]
P:90 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 (spillage retaining means for tanks B65D 90/22)
P:60 E02D 33/00
Testing foundations or foundation structures (testing methods or apparatus, see the relevant subclasses of class G01; testing structures or apparatus as regards function, in general, G01M; investigating or analysing materials by determining their chemical or physical properties, in general G01N)
P:40 E02D 35/00
Straightening, lifting, or lowering of foundation structures or of constructions erected on foundations
P:50 E02D 37/00
Repair of damaged foundations or foundation structures