Abstract:There are much more waterproofing methods for building underwater bridge foun?dations* During constructing the bored piles or enlarging the foundations,the lighter and more convenient steel jacket box may be used instead of using the steel sheet pile as the cof-ferdam. The paper introduces systematically the design and the manufacture of the steel jacket box,the engineering technique of its installation and waterproofing * the scope of its applications,the matters needing attention,etc.