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Charles Bernuy

Director of Lyon and Aix-en-Provence offices / Director Sobriety & Resilience of structures

Joined Terrasol in 2011

Diplomas:

  • MSc Civil Engineering, Ecole Centrale de Nantes, 2007
  • MSc Civil Engineering (Bauingenieurwesen), Stuttgart University, with a focus on geotechnics (T.I.M.E. agreement, double diploma), 2007

Scientific community:

  • Member of CFMS (“Comité Français de Mécanique des Sols et de Géotechnique” / French Committee for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering).

Areas of study:

  • Follow-up, optimization and analysis of soil testing campaigns.
  • Geotechnical studies (preliminary and detailed design): foundations, soil reinforcement and improvement, slope stability, embankments on soft soils, retaining structures (secant piles, soldier-pile walls, diaphragm walls, anchors, nailing), civil engineering structures for linear infrastructures.
  • Follow-up of geotechnical works for large projects abroad (Germany, Brazil, Algeria): foundations (piled-raft foundations, bored piles, driven piles, micropiles, underpinning), retaining walls, soil improvement, micro-tunnels.
  • Definition of deformation threshold values and monitoring program, analysis and synthesis of measurements.

Publications:

  • LNG tanks on rigid inclusions: Kuwait (C. Bernuy, B. Hor, S. Kim, M. Song, S-Y. Alqoud) – Innovative Infrastructure Solutions, Springer, November 2018 and GeoMEast Conference, Cairo, November 2018
  • “Dimensionnement de 8 réservoirs GNL fondés sur inclusions rigides selon les recommandations ASIRI” (N. Frattini, C. Bernuy and F. Cuira) – Journées Nationales de Géotechnique et de Géologie de l’Ingénieur (JNGG), Marne-La-Vallée, June 2018
  • “Des réservoirs de GNL sur fondations spéciales au Koweït” (C. Bernuy and N. Frattini) – Solscope Mag n°9, April 2018

Previous experience:

  • 2007-2011: Engineer at Smoltczyk & Partner GmbH
  • 2005: Internship – Works supervision – DLE Pays de la Loire