Timbered Trenches
To timber literally means to apply timber. The timbered trenches technique consists in manually digging a trench in the ground. Small prefab concrete panels continuously support the walls and props keep these panels clamped, preventing the trench walls from caving in. The soil excavated in the narrow trench is taken to the surface using a bucket and a pulley
References
GENVAL
Client: THV Galère Betonac
Execution: 2010-2011
MACHELEN (Diabolo)
Client: THV Dialink
Execution: 2008
Timbered trenches as part of the Diabolo project.
OTTIGNIES
Client: Infrabel
Execution: 2006-2008
Galleries under tracks while in service. Timbered trenches from galleries, in the existing railway slope.