Patent ID: 8689502

Claim:
A preformed duct bank assembly module for placement in underground service, comprising: at least one elongate conduit with a length for receiving and passing through a service delivery media and forming a joint with a corresponding conduit of an abutting, adjacent duct bank assembly module; and an encasing body formed before module placement and encasing the conduit along its longitudinal extent between a first mating end and an opposed, second mating end of the body, each mating end having a shear transfer mechanism associated therewith for engagement with a corresponding shear transfer mechanism of an adjacent duct bank assembly, said shear transfer mechanism for resisting relative motion between said encasing body and an encasing body of the abutting, adjacent duct bank assemble module resulting from differential shear loading between said encasing body and an encasing body of the abutting, adjacent duct bank assembly module.