These solutions are usually geogrid ‘wrapped face’ structures. Geogrids are compacted within the backfill material, reinforcing it. The geogrids are wrapped up the face of the structure, encapsulating the material behind, before returning into the slope above.
By sourcing materials exclusively from a range of suppliers, Maccaferri will not try and make our geogrids fit your problem; on the contrary, we select an appropriate geogrid from our wide range, based on your site and soil conditions.
Terramesh performs more efficiently with granular backfills, whereas Paragrid offers high performance with cohesive backfills. Enkagrid PRO is highly resistant to aggressive soils and Paradrain can even be considered for backfill with a high moisture content. The built-in drains on the surface of the geogrid rapidly extract moisture from soils.
No other material supplier can combine types and strengths of geogrids to optimise designs in this way.
Establishment of vegetation on the slope is important. Maccaferri’s in-house bio-engineering expertise enables us to maximize the potential of vegetation on your reinforced slope.
Our Green Terramesh system contains built-in formwork to hold the slope at a consistent face angle, and factory fitted erosion control mats behind the front face retain topsoil. Having everything built-in during manufacture, means the contractor can concentrate on building the system quickly and accurately. Component systems appear cheaper, but installation costs are higher than with Green Terramesh.
Steep Slopes 45-70°
| Products | Product Benefits |
| Terramesh | BBA Certified system consisting of steel mesh soil reinforcement with an integral gabion facing unit, to provide the look of gabions, with the strength and reassurance of soil reinforcement. |
| Green Terramesh | Vegetating, BBA Certified system consisting of steel mesh soil reinforcement with built-in formwork and erosion protection matting. A rapid to construct system that can be vegetated. |
| Paragrid | Versatile, BBA certified, polyester geogrids with a polyethylene coating used in a variety of soil reinforcement applications. Good with cohesive fills. |
| Paradrain | Unique polyester geogrid with a polyethylene coating. A built-in drainage channel on the surface of the grid is protecting by a geotextile filter, effectively filling the soil with hundreds of mini-drainage paths to rapidly reduce pore-water pressures in cohesive fills |
| Enkagrid PRO | An extruded polyester geogrid used for soil reinforcement. Enkagrid® PRO is BBA Roads & Bridges certified. It offers high strength at low strain, as well as excellent resistance to high pH soils. |
| Biomac | quilted biodegradable coir soil blanket to protect the soil for 2 or 3 seasons against surface erosion during the establishment phase of seeding and planting. Usually placed behind the front face of a reinforced soil slope to prevent topsoil washing out until vegetation is established. |
| Enkamat | A 3-dimensional matrix of polymer filaments providing permanent erosion control, soil retention and plant root reinforcement. Usually placed behind the front face of a reinforced soil slope to prevent topsoil washing out until vegetation is established. |
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