The Artelia group’s most famous patents are those for single-layer artificial breakwater armour blocks: ACCROPODE™, ACCROPODE™ II and ECOPODE™, the successors to the Tetrapod. A team of Artelia specialists provides each construction site with technical assistance founded on longstanding experience, enabling them to address the specific needs of contractors and extremely diverse site conditions.

Licence contracts for these blocks are issued by Concrete Layer Innovations (CLI) (www.concretelayer.com), a subsidiary of the Artelia group. CLI also issues licences for the CORE-LOC™ block developed by the US Army Corps of Engineers. All these products benefit from industrial protection, which is a true guarantee of quality for clients.

Lastly, the development of the POSIBLOC™ system was dictated by a constant concern to improve the services offered to construction companies. By monitoring block placing in real time, this system improves quality and ensures greater efficiency. The system is produced and marketed by our partner Mesuris (www.mesuris.com), which also provides technical assistance.

Wave energy converter

In 2010 Artelia registered the patent for a system to capture energy from ocean waves. A hydraulic concentrator channels water into a raised basin that is vertically guided, enabling the system to adapt to tidal levels. The water in the basin is turbined to generate electricity. Artelia tested and validated the system in its hydraulics laboratory.