This construction system is mainly used to stabilize or provide support to soil or rock masses using anchors as a structural element. They are designed to withstand stress loads, transmit friction stresses out of the fault plane and mitigate potential landslides.

Anchors are used for: the stabilization
of slopes; containment of excavations; retention of planks and screen walls, as well as for fixing structures subject to sliding and turning; mitigation of hydraulic underpressure stresses; and for the generation of reaction forces in load frames.