ABSTRACT
Harbour structures are subjected to great hazards during their building due to the long period of construction (at least one year) and the wide set of available techniques to install their various components. Respecting the mechanical design hypotheses during their construction is a key-point for ensuring safety, availability and durability. However due to weather or nonforeseen situations, it is necessary to carry out a review of incidents. This and the knowledge of observed or predicted events during construction and exploitation of a structure allow updating the model and for an optimization of its survey, leading to an improvement of the inspection, maintenance and repair programs. The monitoring is then the only way to improve models and update assumptions. It has been shown that the real state of the structure after building can be far from the design one (Yáñez-Godoy et al., 2008a).
