Anchor & method

Abstract

Anchor ( 18 ) for tensioning at least one component for a civil engineering construction ( 14 ), which anchor ( 18 ) is arranged to at least partly be located in the ground/underlying surface ( 12 ). The anchor ( 18 ) comprises at least one surface ( 20, 22, 24 ) that is intended to at least partly be covered with material ( 25 ), so that only the weight of said material ( 25 ) which acts on said at least one surface ( 20, 22, 24 ) gives said anchor ( 18 ) the capacity for tensioning said at least one component for a civil engineering construction ( 14 ).

1 . Anchor for tensioning at least one component for a civil engineering construction, which anchor is arranged to at least partly be located in the ground/underlying surface, whereby said at least one component for a civil engineering construction comprises at least one element that is used to connect said at least one component for a civil engineering construction to said anchor, said anchor comprises at least one surface that is intended to at least partly be covered with material, so that the weight of said material which acts on said at least one surface gives said anchor the capacity for tensioning said at least one component for a civil engineering construction, and whereby said at least one element is arranged at or above ground- or water level, i.e. said at least one element is not buried in the ground or located under water and it does not extend at least partly below ground level or water level. 
     
     
         2 . Anchor according to  claim 1 , wherein said at least one surface is constituted by at least one plate, a grid or a beam. 
     
     
         3 . Anchor according to  claim 1 , wherein it comprises a plurality of joined components. 
     
     
         4 . Anchor according to  claim 1 , wherein it comprises a plurality of components, such as plates and/or beams provided with hinges. 
     
     
         5 . Anchor according to  claim 4 , wherein it comprises a first plate that is intended to be located substantially horizontally when said anchor is in use, and a second plate that is arranged so that it forms an angle of 91-180° to said first plate when said anchor is in use. 
     
     
         6 . Anchor according to  claim 1 , wherein said at least one surface has a surface area of at least 0.5 m 2 . 
     
     
         7 . Civil engineering construction that comprises at least one component for a civil engineering construction which is tensioned using at least one anchor, wherein it comprises at least one anchor according to  claim 1 . 
     
     
         8 . Civil engineering construction according to  claim 7 , wherein it comprises one of the following: a wall, a road safety fence, a railway, a bridge, a tunnel, a harbour, a pier, a ferry berth, a canal, a lock, a monument, a beacon, an airport, a park, a fence, a fortification, a building, a portal, a lamppost, a flag pole, a renewable energy construction, a floating or non-floating platform. 
     
     
         9 . Method for securing at least one anchor with at least one surface for tensioning at least one component for a civil engineering construction, at least partly in the ground/underlying surface, wherein said method comprises the step of securing said at least one surface of the at least one anchor in the ground/underlying surface, and at least partly covering said at least one surface with material so that the weight of said material which acts on said at least one surface gives said at least one anchor the capacity for tensioning said at least one component for a civil engineering construction, and arranging at least one element of said at least one component for a civil engineering construction to connect said at least one component for a civil engineering construction to said anchor at or above ground- or water level, i.e. whereby said at least one element is not buried in the ground or located under water and it does not extend at least partly below ground level or water level. 
     
     
         10 . Method according to  claim 9 , wherein said at least one surface comprises at least one plate, a grid or a beam. 
     
     
         11 . Method according to  claim 9 , wherein said anchor comprises a plurality of joined components. 
     
     
         12 . Method according to  claim 9 , wherein said anchor comprises a plurality of components provided with hinges. 
     
     
         13 . Method according to  claim 12 , wherein said method comprises the step of laying a first plate substantially horizontally in the ground/underlying surface and positioning a second plate to form an angle of 91-180° to said first plate. 
     
     
         14 . Method according to  claim 9 , wherein said at least one surface has a surface area of at least 0.5 m 2 . 
     
     
         15 . Method according to  claim 9 , wherein said at least one component for a civil engineering construction is at least one component for at least one of the following a wall, a road safety fence, a railway, a bridge, a tunnel, a harbour, a pier, a ferry berth, a canal, a lock, a monument, a beacon, an airport, a park, a fence, a fortification, a building, a portal, a lamppost, a flag pole, a renewable energy construction, a floating or non-floating platform.