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Design and Supply of Reinforced Earth Abutment Wall at Prince of Wales Hospital (PWH)
Background To meet the increasing services demand of the New Territories East Cluster and the need of the future medical development, the Hospital Authority has planned to redevelop the Prince of Wales Hospital (PWH) in phases to provide additional space to meet operational needs and service developments, and promote integrated research, teaching and [...]
Bamboo Railings as edge protection solution
The conventional steel edge protection barriers are deemed highly susceptible to theft. It often results in entire sections of walls being left unguarded overnight at construction sites. To address this issue, alternative materials were considered, shifting away from conventional options to utilize less attractive materials typically found in junkyards. The focus has turned [...]
GeoStrap® reinforcements, now certified by RTS for an Environmental Product Declaration (EPD)
In October 2021, the Building Information Foundation RTS approved the Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) of our GeoStrap® reinforcement, manufactured by our subsidiary Reinforced Earth India. This document gathers information on the environmental impact of a product according to international standards. The certification covers the whole life cycle analysis for the product from cradle to [...]
Terre Armée India builds the world’s tallest Reinforced Earth® structure
Download In September 2011, the town of Tindharia located in West Bengal, India experienced a massive landslide following an earthquake and heavy rainfall. The landslide significantly affected three locations – S1 (Height 34.9m), S2 (Height 102.8m) and S3 (Height 38.7m) – resulting in the collapse of a [...]
World-record bund test confirms Terre Armée’s capacity to innovate, leadership in soil-structure interaction
Reinforced Earth® rockfall bund withstands impact of 5000 KJ Three years of research subjected to a few seconds of truth The excitement was palpable at the Montagnole rockfall test site near Lyon, France on June 16. Three years of collaborative research combining the expertise of Terre Armée and Gustave Eiffel University [...]
Coastal Embankment Protection at Maheshkhali
Background The project is at an upcoming Industrial zone in Bangladesh very close to Cox’s Bazar coastline. The owner is developing the land by reclamation with dredged sand from the sea and also raising an embankment above the surge level (8.5m) throughout the boundary. Here extreme surface water [...]
RETAIN, CROSS, PROTECT, STRENGTHEN
Our technical solutions are defined by four functions corresponding to the application: Retain, Cross, Protect, Strengthen. Retain: As the inventors of Reinforced Earth® and leaders in the soil reinforcement sector, we offer solutions for all retaining projects. Cross: Our customised crossing solutions are used to build bridge abutments, and bridges and tunnels under backfill. Protect: Our solutions help protect people, infrastructure, and the environment from natural and industrial hazards. Strengthen: Our engineered solutions help improve foundation of soil using high strength, low modulus proprietary Geosynthetics for Basal Reinforcement applications, bi-axial geogrids and woven geotextiles for Ground Stabilization applications alongside improvement of drainage systems with low creep, low intrusion and low deformation drainage geocomposites.
