NEWS
The durability of Reinforced Earth® galvanised steel reinforcing strips
Reinforced Earth® was invented in 1963 by French architect-engineer Henri Vidal. This construction technique combines frictional backfill with either polymeric straps or metallic strips as reinforcement. Civil Engineering spoke with Louwtjie Maritz, [...]
Terre Armée India builds the world’s tallest Reinforced Earth® structure
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), [...]
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, [...]
GROUP’S NEWS
- 16-meter Reinforced Earth® seawall built to protect nuclear power plant in Japan May 3, 2024
- ArmaLynk® PET HS reinforcement, now certified by EPD Hub for an Environmental Product Declaration January 9, 2024
- Terre Armée announces the acquisition of Synthetex September 20, 2023
- Terre Armée celebrates the 60th anniversary of its founding technique January 18, 2023
- High-speed rail line in Turkey November 3, 2022
- Kicking Horse Canyon Highway project in Canada January 10, 2022
- GeoStrap® reinforcements, now certified by RTS for an Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) November 23, 2021
- Wadi Al Qawr motorway August 17, 2021
- Terre Armée India builds the world’s tallest Reinforced Earth® structure May 21, 2021
- World-record bund test confirms Terre Armée’s capacity to innovate, leadership in soil-structure interaction June 29, 2020
