Patent ID: 8522506

Claim:
A method of placing modular fill material forming co-joined assemblies, comprising the steps of: establishing at least two fill material forms, each said fill material form having at least a first forming panel and at least a second forming panel arranged in substantially opposed parallel orientation, a space formed between said at least first forming panel and said at least second forming panel, and at least one connection element joined to said first forming panel and said second forming panel; joining said at least two fill material forms to create a modular fill material forming co-joined assembly; establishing a ground location of said modular fill material forming co-joined assembly; establishing a ground orientation of said modular fill material forming co-joined assembly; estimating a centroid of said modular fill material forming co-joined assembly; establishing at least one lift securement element on said modular fill material forming co-joined assembly; positioning said at least one lift securement element to correlate with an axis of lift for said centroid of said modular fill material forming co-joined assembly; establishing an aerial conveyance device having at least one lift attachment element; connecting said at least one lift attachment element of said aerial conveyance device to said at least one lift securement element of said modular fill material forming co-joined assembly; lifting said modular fill material forming co-joined assembly in an aerial orientation along said axis of lift for said centroid using said aerial conveyance device; transporting said modular fill material forming co-joined assembly in said aerial orientation from said ground location to a placement location using said aerial conveyance device; establishing an aerial orientation of said modular fill material forming co-joined assembly to substantially coincide with said placement orientation of said modular fill material forming co-joined assembly while said at least one lift attachment element of said aerial conveyance device is connected to said at least one lift securement element of said modular fill material forming co-joined assembly; placing said modular fill material forming co-joined assembly oriented in said placement orientation in said placement location while said at least one lift attachment element of said aerial conveyance device is connected to said at least one lift securement element of said modular fill material forming co-joined assembly; and disconnecting said at least one lift attachment element of said aerial conveyance device from said at least one lift securement element of said modular fill material forming co-joined assembly.