Reinforced Earth in Southern Africa, expertise and experience in reinforced backfill applications and soil-structure interaction.

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SERBIA – Access ramps in Reinforced Earth® for the bridge Europa in Novi Sad

2020-01-10T18:55:13+00:00October 14th, 2015|Project|

This summer, Freyssinet Ogranak Belgrade achieved the construction of the two access ramps in Reinforced Earth® for the Bridge Europa in Novi Sad, Serbia. Terre Armée France, who was in charge of the design and supply of materials and molds, proposed Geostrap® strips with TerraPlus® concrete panels in order to have the [...]

LESOTHO – A TerraTrel® bridge near Koma Koma Village

2020-01-10T18:55:41+00:00September 4th, 2015|Project|

Taking place in a very remote site at 230km from the capital Maseru, this project was awarded by the Lesotho Ministry of Public Works & Transports (Roads Directorate). Reinforced Earth South Africa was in charge of designing and supplying RE materials for the two Reinforced Earth® abutments. The aim [...]

USA – Bay Area Transit (BART) – Warm Springs Extension

2020-01-10T18:55:56+00:00August 21st, 2015|Project|

Major construction on the Warm Springs Extension in Fremont, CA began in August of 2009 and will continue until the fall of 2015. This project will add 5.4-miles of new track south from the existing Fremont Station to a new station in the Warm Springs District of the [...]

Las Tórtolas tailing dam

2020-01-10T18:57:01+00:00March 2nd, 2015|Project|

Background In October 2007 Anglo American approved an investment of US$2.4 billion to expand its Los Bronces open cut copper and molybdenum mine, high in the Andes Mountains of Chile. The expansion includes new grinding facilities in the Confluencia sector, a flotation plant at Las Tórtolas (Colina) and [...]

World Premiere: Reinforced Earth® equips the high-speed railway lines

2020-01-10T18:57:25+00:00December 4th, 2014|Project|

The construction of Reinforced Earth® walls for the South-Europe-Atlantique (SEA) high-speed line (LGV) linking Tours to Bordeaux was completed in September 2014. Eleven structures totalling 20 walls were built, mainly to support the railway tracks on both sides of flyovers. The highest structure is 12.70 m high. For two of [...]

Nigeria – Third interchange project for Reinforced Earth

2020-01-10T18:57:35+00:00October 28th, 2014|Project|

Bayelsa is a state of southern Nigeria in the core Niger Delta region. It has one of the largest crude oil and natural gas deposits in Nigeria. As part of the massive infrastructure modernization in Yenagoa, the capital of Bayelsa, 2 new interchanges will be created at each end of [...]

Chile – Bridge abutments in Reinforced Earth on a crossroad

2020-01-10T18:58:16+00:00October 21st, 2014|Project|

In Chile Tierra Armada teams have achieved the construction of 2 Reinforced Earth® bridge abutments on a exchanger being constructed on the Route 160. These walls consist of 2,836 m² TerraClass® walls with galvanized steel strip reinforcements. More about: Roads & Motorways Download [...]

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