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Erosion-stable road embankments: Design and selection of system solutions

Motorway embankment in construction stage. Photo courtesy of Naue GmbH & Co. KG. Erosion often occurs on road embankments when there is a strong and constant impact of precipitation due to local weather phenomena. Likewise, dry periods cause the soil to hold together no longer in agglomerates due to a lack of cohesion of the [...]

By |2022-05-17T13:39:33-05:00May 19, 2022|

Coastal protection with geosynthetics

Naue GmbH & Co. geotextile containers and geotextiles offer coastal protection with geosynthetics along the shoreline of Thorpe, England. Installing Secutex Soft Rock containers along the coastline at Thorpeness, England. Photograph courtesy of Naue GmbH & Co. KG Through a partnership involving the Suffolk Coastal District, the U.K.’s Environment Agency and local residents, work to [...]

By |2022-04-15T01:21:00-05:00April 15, 2022|

Geosynthetic protective dam eliminates rockfall hazards

After rockfall onto a parking lot in the Stubaital region of Austria, a geosynthetic protective dam defended the area from further damage. Construction of the Polyslope S system rockfall protection dam at the Eisgratbahn Talstation in Neustift im Stubaital, Austria. Photograph courtesy of TenCate Geosynthetics EMEA A huge boulder detached itself from the slope directly [...]

By |2022-04-13T10:31:02-05:00April 13, 2022|

Choosing soil stabilization geosynthetics

For a Seattle road over marshland, the contractor chose a Tensar International Corp. geogrid for soil stabilization. By Alec Anderson, P.E., Regional Sales Manager, Tensar International Corp.  Installing a geotextile. Photograph courtesy of Tensar International Corp. When soft soils are encountered on a jobsite, many contractors automatically turn to the same solutions they've always used. However, [...]

By |2022-04-12T13:58:49-05:00April 12, 2022|

Geogrid embankment reinforcement at South African oil tank farm

Secugrid PET uniaxial geogrid being laid down at the crude oil storage facility in Saldanha, South Africa. Photograph courtesy of Naue GmbH & Co. KG The new Oil Tanking MOGS Saldanha crude oil storage facility at the deep-water port of Saldanha, situated on the west coast of South Africa, is geographically well located between the [...]

By |2022-04-06T16:17:07-05:00April 6, 2022|

Geocells for Suriname mine haul roads

Presto Geosystems deploys the GEOWEB Cellular Confinement System geocells for Suriname gold mine haul roads. Infilling the GEOWEB Cellular Confinement System geocells at the Suriname gold mining site. Photograph courtesy of Presto Geosystems Due to its location in a tropical climate near Paramaribo, Suriname, on the northeastern coast of South America, a remote gold mine sustains [...]

By |2022-06-17T12:16:26-05:00March 28, 2022|

Engineered earth with greywater systems

Propex incorporates a system of engineered earth with greywater irrigation on slope at residential site in Malibu, Calif.

By |2022-03-18T08:18:34-05:00March 10, 2022|
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