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Acknowledgments

This book is dedicated to our families: Élise, Guilhem, Céleste, Raphaëlle and Julianne, and Sophie, Juliette, Rémi, Éloïse and Alexis, who are the driving force of our lives. We would also like to thank all those who, through their lives, actions and convictions, seek to build a fairer and more beautiful world where humankind will be able to consider all the other forms of life on the planet of which it is only the host.

This book is the compilation of 30 years of professional practice acquired as an environmental engineer in planning and impact studies (S. Pioch) and as a civil engineer (J.-C. Souche), then as lecturers and researchers in University Montpellier 3 and Mine Telecom Institute of Alès or simply as divers.

Beyond our common passion for the sea, it seemed unavoidable to merge our experiences as the need to design and build marine structures differently is urgent. It is also with modesty that we propose this work to readers, without claiming it to be exhaustive or the absolute truth. We simply provide a testimony and methodological tracks that we have tested in the field, with actors involved in development.

We would like to thank Régis Dumay, Marie Salgues, Jean Bougis, Philippe Saussol and Jean-Marie Miossec for their active help in the elaboration of this book, as well as the company Beuchat for the diving equipment. A special thought for Françoise Gaill for her constant support. We would also like to thank all the contributors who shared their testimonies with us in order to make this book a moment of sharing of experiences in France and abroad, which we hope the readers will appreciate:

 – Alexandra Agostini, Anne Rioux, Aurore Léocadie, Osanne Paireau, Katherine A. Dafforn (Australia), Louise Firth (UK) and Shimrit Perkol-Finkel (Israel);

 – André Grosset, Bernard Sigros, Cyril Giraudel, Cyrille Taioni, Etienne Cunge, Fabrice Javel, Frédéric Martarèche, Jean-Louis Gaziello, Jean-Michel Cathala, Michel Fons, Patrick Guiraud, Pierre Roy, Romaric Vicente, Marcel Stive (Netherlands), Jean-Luc Nguyen (Monaco) and Richard Spieler (USA).

May this modest work inspire us to think differently and to eco-design marine works, for the mutual benefit of the sea and humankind.