La Turballe Breakwater – CLAS Support and Certification

CHARIER called on CLAS to assist during the extension of the La Turballe breakwater.

To call on the expertise of CLAS.

All stakeholders involved in this project wished to obtain Class A certification for this major structure. CLAS intervened to achieve this objective. The placement of the X-bloc® units was carried out by divers.

X-bloc® is a registered trademark owned by DMC, which is in no way affiliated with CLAS.

This independence of CLAS from the license vendor made it possible to implement the procedures required for this certification in a perfectly objective manner and without any risk of conflict of interest.

Plongeurs posant les blocs sous la supervision des inspecteurs CLAS
Inspecteur CLAS supervisant la pose des blocs sur la digue de La Turballe

The mission entrusted to CLAS

Training of personnel in the Xbloc® technique.

Training of personnel in safety.

Supervision of the construction of the underlayer, the armor layer, and the toe berm.

Quality certification for a Class A structure.

Testimonial from the company CHARIER

I, the undersigned Antoine THAURY, Project Director for the Redevelopment of the Port of La Turballe, hereby certify that your company CLAS was involved in the project from April 2021 to May 2022. The mission entrusted to the company CLAS was to support the company CHARIER in the construction of the port protection breakwater.

The mission entrusted to CL.AS included in particular the following items:

Training of personnel in the Xbloc® technique.

Training of personnel in safety.

Supervision of the construction of the underlayer, the armor layer, and the toe berm.

Quality certification for a Class A structure.

The company CLAS successfully carried out its mission, demonstrating a high level of technical expertise and great professional rigor. Its expertise made it possible to drastically reduce the construction time of the structure and to meet the quality requirements expected by the Engineer in charge of design, construction supervision and works acceptance and by the Owner.

The company CHARIER recommends the company CLAS for construction assistance missions and

of quality certification, implementing blocks artificiels de carapaces en béton.

Vue drone de la digue de La Turballe inspectée et documentée par CLAS