Retaining Wall Systems & Slope Stabilisation
Retaining Wall Solutions Overview
Retaining wall systems, such as reinforced soil retaining walls and slope stabilisation solutions, are often required to support adjacent finished ground levels whenever vertical separation is necessary on a project. Naturally stable slopes take up a large footprint which is unavailable for development and may not be feasible due to space constraints. Retaining wall systems – either vertical retaining walls or steep reinforced slopes – can be constructed with a greatly reduced footprint to support the higher level platform.
Tensar offers a range of TensarTech Earth Retaining Systems for soil retaining walls and steep reinforced soil slopes. They have many advantages over alternative retaining wall systems such as reinforced concrete or masonry walls. They are also faster to construct, and considerably cheaper to build with a lower carbon cost compared to alternative retaining wall systems.
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Retaining Wall Systems & Slope Stabilisation Solutions
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Aesthetically Pleasing Solutions
TensarTech soil retaining wall systems have a choice of faces to suit local design codes, budget, environmental constraints and aesthetic requirements. TensarTech slope stabilisation systems can have a ‘green’ naturally vegetated face to enhance the local environment, while TensarTech retaining wall systems have face options that include moulded panels, smooth or rough textured blocks or natural rock fill.
Financially Attractive Solutions
The modular construction of TensarTech retaining wall systems requires no large cranage or specialist on-site skills. In many cases, the structural fill can be site-won material, suitable waste such as mine spoil or recycled aggregates. Each earth retaining wall system allows rapid and economical construction. Staged construction is easily accommodated, enabling flexible programming and reducing overall construction times.
Tensar's Expert Support
Tensar is the industry leader in ground retaining wall systems and soil retaining wall solutions. We've developed products and technologies at the forefront of the geotechnical industry for more than three decades. Our retaining wall products are backed by the most thorough quality assurance practices in the industry. And we can provide full engineering and construction support, including detailing, design, site assistance, and review of stamped drawings for each of our grade separation solutions.
How does Tensar compare to other retaining wall systems?
Tensar's soil retaining wall systems and slope stabilisations offer flexibility, resilience, and cost savings that alternative mechanically stabilised earth (MSE) retaining wall systems and reinforced concrete retaining walls can't provide.
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Alternative MSE Systems
- Variable levels of experience and longevity
- Often simplified designs using third party software or contracted out design
- Typically bought-in components, often uncertified and from multiple suppliers
- Typically, lower-strength or frictional connections between facing systems and MSE structure
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Tensar Soil Retaining Wall & Slope Retention Systems
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Proven retaining wall solutions with over 40 years of construction experience worldwide
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Unique and powerful design software with seismic, hydraulic, and live load complexities
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In-house quality assured developed components. Full-strength connections, tested and certified. One source for design & supply of complete system
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Full strength connections between facing systems and MSE structure for security and resistance to dynamic loads
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Reinforced Concrete Retaining Walls
- Rigid structures unable to accommodate settlements, requiring substantial and costly structural foundations
- Slower to construct. Heavy lifting equipment required. Specialist labour required. Speed dictated by curing time and formwork erection. Staged construction further increases costs
- Significantly higher cost and higher energy use and carbon emissions
Tensar Soil Retaining Wall & Slope Retention Systems
- Flexible structures can accommodate minor foundation settlements; typically requires no structural foundation
- Rapid and simple to construct with no specialist skills or heavy lifting plant or supporting formwork required. Well suited to staged construction to suit works program
- Significantly lower construction cost. Lower energy and carbon cost. Often able to utilise site-won fill materials to reduce transport movements on and off site
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Sheet Piled Walls
- Limited to vertical walls with limited aesthetic facing options
- Heavy plant required, potentially creating noise and vibration disturbance to neighbours. Access and safe operating platforms for piling rigs required at extra cost
- Mobilisation costs are high. Staged construction dictated by works program significantly increases costs
Tensar Soil Retaining Wall & Slope Retention Systems
- Attractive architectural options for facings, or natural vegetated slope face options for aesthetic and environmental benefits
- No heavy plant required. No vibrations or noise disturbance to neighbouring sites. Construction can be carried out by small teams of labour with light plant
- Mobilisation costs are small, beneficial to smaller projects and well suited to staged construction to suit works program on larger projects