Maccaferri Retaining Structures, Rockfall Protection, Erosion Control and Soil Reinforcement

In May 2017, two landslides occurred on road RD103. Our Rockfall solutions chosen by Géolithe.

It is very important to rehabilitate and reinforce the pavement of the highway after cracks appearance.

The Southall Waterside development will create a new neighbourhood alongside the Grand Union Canal in West London.

The airforce station entry road at Kalaikunda was subjected to severe problem of series of interconnected cracks. Considering the existing pavement condition and heavy traffic loading, it was decided by the client to go for pavement rehabilitation solution that is durable.

Maccaferri’s innovation in reinforced soil helps structures stand the test of time.

MacGrid AR is chosen as an economical and durable solution to securely protect roads from future cracking at military engineering base in Kalaikunda, Kharagpur.

The Western Access Road in Southall will pass over three new embankments and two integrated bridges.

Maccaferri was subcontracted for design, supply and construction supervision assistance of the 32m-high retaining wall.

Maccaferri’s ParaLink® high-strength geogrids were chosen to reinforce the base of the Duqm roads’ embankments because significantly economical and faster in construction in comparison with other feasible conventional solutions available in the Oman market, such as stone columns, vacuum consolidation, dynamic replacement.

The Mumbai Pune Expressway is India's first six-lane concrete, high-speed, access controlled expressway. It spans a distance of 94.5km connecting Mumbai to Pune. It cleaves through the scenic Sahyadri mountain ranges through passes and tunnels.

Maccaferri's Terramesh® System was chosen to create an access road to the new Meralco power plant worksite in Atimonan, Philippines.

Our ETAG 027 compliant rockfall barrier provides a dynamic solution.

Maccaferri’s rockfall barrier system is deployed to secure the vulnerable slope face.

Our geotextile MacMat HS system is deployed to secure the vulnerable slope face.

Maccaferri Balkans is currently providing soil reinforcement applications and hydraulic works for a new major project in Tirana, Albania.

Maccaferri was involved in a series of important Italian road upgrades in 2015 and 2016. But that was only the last chapter of a decades-long tradition: Maccaferri's products have now become the standard in several engineering sectors.

As Greece enhances its highway network, Maccaferri ensures efficient collaboration with top highway contractors through the supply of high-quality expertise and products.

Skopje is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Macedonia. It is the country's political, cultural, economic and academic centre.

In order to connect the lower area of Camara de Lobos Strait with the main highway on the island of Madeira, it was necessary to create a new link road which would improve accessibility and road traffic conditions. Secondary roads in the area were also exhibiting significant signs of wear by the increasing traffic loads.

Capacity on part of Italy's most important highway, the A1 Autostrada, has been greatly increased with a new section through the Apennines. Known as 'Variante di Valico', this strategic link features tunnels and viaducts for which geotechnical specialists Maccaferri proposed the use of its Green Terramesh® soil reinforcement.

When hurricanes Ingrid and Manuel hit the Mexican states of Guerrero and Oaxaca in September 2013, they caused widespread damage.

Maccaferri is supplying £300k materials to a major roadwork improvement scheme in Scotland.

Bekaert and Maccaferri will establish a global sales and distribution joint venture to provide total construction reinforcement solutions for underground infrastructure projects, such as road, railway, metro, hydro power stations and utility and mining tunnels.

Civil and geotechnical specialists Maccaferri is to construct a network of reinforced-soil retaining walls as part of the upgrading of strategic A8 route upgrade in Northern Ireland.

Maccaferri has been awarded the European Technical Approval (ETA) for its RB 1500 (ETA n.12/0396) and RMC 050 ICAT/2 (ETA (n.12/0455)) rockfall barriers following stringent testing in accordance with the European Test and Approval Guideline 27 (ETAG 27) of the European Organisation for Technical Approvals (EOTA).

Geotechnical specialist Maccaferri, best known for its wire-mesh Gabions used in retaining wall construction, has introduced a new, environmentally friendly protective coating for its double-twist wire based products, which offers improved technical performance and environmental compatibility when compared to PVC and HDPE coated mesh products.

Maccaferri has been awarded European Technical Approval (ETA) for its RB 1500 (ETA n.12/0396) and RMC 050 ICAT/2 (ETA (n.12/0455) ) rockfall barriers, following stringent testing in accordance with the European Test and Approval Guideline 27 (ETAG 27) of the European Organisation for Technical Approvals (EOTA).

Maccaferri is proud to be a Gold Sponsor of this 2013 ITA-AITES World Tunnel Congress and 39th General Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland, from May 31 to June 7, 2013. Numerous training courses, committee meetings and site-visits are scheduled over this period in addition the technical exhibition runs from 3-5 June 2013.

What is thought to be the first UK installation of a particular type of concrete panel-faced, reinforced soil retaining wall system is close to completion at the new Sadlers Farm Junction in Essex. David Crowther, technical manager for geotechnical specialists Maccaferri, takes a look.

Contractors building a distributor road serving major housing developments on the outskirts of Inverness, brought in geotechnical and construction specialists Maccaferri to design a complex reinforced soil structure spanning a drainage culvert in a deep, steep sided gulley.

Two markedly different reinforced-soil, embankment solutions from geotechnical experts Maccaferri have been used in the construction of a new traffic relief road for the Port of Wicklow in Southern Ireland.

A network of rock-fall prevention measures has recently been installed at a site of special geological significance next to the busy A58, near Halifax, West Yorkshire. The measures include a rock-fall drapery system, catch fencing and the placement of over 80 tonnes of sprayed concrete and stabilising grout.

In Gibraltar, where the entire population lives on or close to the huge limestone rock that gives the nation its name, the issue of rockfall protection is taken very seriously.

Rockfall protection barriers from specialist manufacturer Maccaferri have been installed along a section of the main Londonderry to Coleraine coastal road in Northern Ireland.

Maccaferri, the geotechnical and erosion control specialist, has achieved a first with its new CTR range of deformable rock-fall containment barriers. The company states that their system is the only one currently on the market in the UK which carries European ETAG 27 compliance. ET

Maccaferri gabions have helped in the construction of the UK motorway network’s first car-share lane. Built for the Highways Agency by Balfour Beatty Regional Civil Engineering, it is located at the M606 / M62 junction near Bradford, West Yorkshire. The car share lane is designed to spe

A major new interchange on the A90 trunk road south of Aberdeen has been completed using an innovative slope stabilisation / erosion protection system from geotechnical specialists Maccaferri. The £12m Portlethen Interchange has been constructed to provide road access to a new residen

Highway Engineers in the Highlands of Scotland have adopted a novel approach to reinforcing low traffic-volume rural roads in Sutherland. Much of their rural road network is single track and built on very weak ground - mainly peat. This poses no problem for light car traffic but this 'f

Road reinforcement mesh from geotechnical specialists Maccaferri, has proved its value by continuing to perform as intended, after nine years of intensive trafficking on the busy A75 trunk road in Scotland. The A75 in Dumfries & Galloway, links the A74/M74 at Gretna with the west c

The US sister company of Oxford-based geotechnical specialists Maccaferri, has won the contract to supply geo-grid soil reinforcement products for use in the reconstruction of the collapsed, I-35W St Anthony Road Bridge in Minnesota USA. The bridge, which failed in spectacular fashion i

Maccaferri, the geotechnical and civil engineering specialists has appointed Philip Staten as Managing Director of its UK operation. He takes up the position in January 2008 following the retirement of the previous incumbent, Graham Marshall. The Company is part of the worldwide Macca

Traffic has been kept moving during the reconstruction of Northern Ireland's busiest motorway thanks to innovative reinforced soil, retaining walls from Anchor Wall Systems. The Anchor "Landmark" retaining walls have been installed at the Stockman's Lane Junction of the Belfast

GABION WALL SCREENS OPERATIONAL BUILDINGS Gabions from Maccaferri Ltd, specialists in retaining structures, soil reinforcement and erosion protection, have been specified for one of the toll plazas on Eire's first tolled motorway. Used to construct a free-standing natural stone

GEOTEXTILE TEMPORARY PILING PLATFORM PROVIDES THE ANSWER A temporary piling platform solution proposed by Maccaferri Ltd, specialist in retaining structures, soil reinforcement and erosion protection, is providing support for piling rigs working on the construction of a major tru

TEST PANELS DEMONSTRATE HIGH QUALITY OF WORKMANSHIP DEMANDED BY NATS Maccaferri Construction, specialists in retaining wall construction, was invited to tender for the supply and construction of several gabion walls at the new NATS' air traffic control centre at Prestwick. The co

COMPLEX NATURE OF ROCK FACE REQUIRES SPECIALIST SOLUTION Maccaferri, specialists in retaining structures, soil reinforcement and erosion protection, has recently supplied 4,000 square metres of its Steelgrid woven geocomposite steel mesh to Network Rail as part of a major program

ENKAMAT USED TO LINE BALANCING LAGOONS IN OUTFIELD Enkamat permanent erosion prevention matting supplied by Maccaferri, specialists in retaining structures, soil reinforcement and erosion protection, has been used to stabilise balancing lagoons surrounding Rockingham Motor Speedw

65,000M² ENKAGRID MAX USED IN CONSTRUCTION OF NEW PARALLEL TAXIWAYS Edinburgh airport is one of the fastest growing airports in the UK. To improve operations at the airport and keep pace with the rapid rise in air traffic, a planned programme of expansion is underway, includ

MACWALL® USED TO CREATE SWEEPING ENTRANCE TO COPPENHALL HALL AND MEWS Coppenhall Hall and Mews, an exclusive development of just 11 new homes, is built on the site of an old dairy farm in the rolling Staffordshire countryside. To create an elegant curved driveway providing a

ENKAGRID TRC AND ROADMESH® USED TO REINFORCE ASPHALT PAVEMENT Oxfordshire County Council Highways has embarked on a major reconstruction of the A4144 Abingdon road in Oxford, one of the main arterial roads leading from the city centre. A substantial section is to be replaced

12 METRE EMBANKMENT THE LARGEST STRUCTURE OF ITS TYPE IN IRELAND Moy Park Hatchery on Main Street, Donaghmore in County Tyrone is part of a multi-million pound business supplying convenience foods to supermarkets across Europe. Built in rural surroundings on land sloping down to

The concept of filling baskets with stones to create 'gabion-like' retaining structures is well established, having been introduced by the Egyptians over 2,000 years ago. Today, Maccaferri Ltd, specialists in retaining structures, erosion protection and soil reinforcement, has refined the basic c

MACMAT™ -R, BIOMAC™, ROCKFALL NETTING AND GABIONS PROVIDE SOIL REINFORCEMENT AND EROSION PROTECTION A range of geosynthetic solutions and gabions from Maccaferri Ltd, specialists in retaining structures, soil reinforcement and erosion protection, have been specified to

STREAM DIVERTED TO ACCOMMODATE NEW SIDING AT OXENHOPE STATION Gabions supplied by Maccaferri Ltd, specialists in retaining structures, erosion protection and soil reinforcement, have been used to divert the course of the Leaming beck in rural Yorkshire. A short stretch of new

Maccaferri Ltd, the geotechnical and civil engineering specialist, has established a base in Ireland by opening new offices in the Plato Business Park in Damastown, Dublin. The company is a subsidiary of the worldwide Maccaferri Industrial Group, which has its headquarters in Bologna, I