News & Press Releases

Tensar are proud to have been presented with two individual awards in the Czech Republic and Poland. The medals which were awarded for innovative new product “Tensar TriAx geogrid” follow on from the successful launch of the product in the UK in 2007 and the rest of Europe in 2008.

TESTS by Hertfordshire Highways (Hertfordshire County Council’s highways department) have confirmed that reinforcing the asphalt layer on a badly cracked road at a busy Hitchin roundabout with Tensar’s Glasstex paving composite, has extended pavement life by at least 4 years bringing about 40% savings in road maintenance.

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A MILESTONE symposium to mark 25 years of advancement in Polymer Geogrid research and development will bring UK academics and geotechnical practitioners together to review progress in the field of geogrid reinforcement and discuss the future direction of research and to deliver further advancements.

CHALLENGED with getting better value from tight budgets and reducing road maintenance costs, local and national highways engineers are turning to asphalt reinforcement technology from Tensar International.

THE PERFORMANCE of Tensar’s new TriAxTM geogrid has received a major endorsement from Geosynthetics professionals in China on the eve of its launch in the country.

In recognition of Tensar’s success in developing business in China, we have been announced as the winner of the North West Greater China Business Award 2009 which was organised by UK Trade & Investment and the North West Development Agency.

In diverting and rebuilding 2.1 km of minor road for UK COAL’s new Steadsburn surface mine, Tensar TriAx™ geogrid and Tensar Geocell foundation mattress technology is aiding support services and construction company Carillion PLC to achieve a stabilised foundation over old backfill with savings in cost and time, as well as low ecological impact.

TENSAR International will be demonstrating the performance properties of its geogrids as a cost-effective, sustainable means of maintaining trackbed stability through ballast reinforcement at Railtex on Stand 666.

VEGETATED embankments and steep slopes are favoured methods of construction for infrastructure projects, including roads, bridges and railways. Tensar International’s Tensartech NaturalGreen and GreenSlope Systems, for reinforced earth retaining slopes up to 45º and 70º respectively, offer rapid and low cost construction, proven performance, and high sustainability with excellent vegetated finishes to complement the local environment.

Tensar International has appointed civil engineer Tony Roe as its new International Sales Manager.

NEW WING WALLS for the Old Quarrington Bridge on the A688 Wheatley Hill to Bowburn Link Road in Co. Durham, required an aesthetic natural finish. Balfour Beatty Regional Civil Engineering used the Tensartech GreenSlope earth retaining system to ensure a highly attractive vegetated appearance, with sustainable construction, saving up to 20% in site time over alternative faced systems.

Contractors working on behalf of hotel developer New World Barnsley Ltd* and Concept Project management achieved carbon savings of 27% during the construction of the new Barnsley Ramada Encore Hotel. Tensar’s new TriAxTM ground stabilisation geogrids system was used to overcome soft ground conditions across approximately 2,500 sq m of the site, which is located off Junction 37 of the M1 at Capitol Park.

Specialist software shows carbon savings of up to 50% can be achieved using ground stabilisation geogrids

The Tensartech GreenSlope and Tensartech NaturalGreen brochures have now been published! These Tensartech Earth Retaining Systems are based on Tensar Technology and the proven performance of Tensar uniaxial geogrids.

The continuing battle by the British Aggregates Association (BAA) to protect its members’ interests against the UK’s Aggregate Levy, which it has termed a ‘stealth tax’, may have recently received a favourable recommendation from the European Court of Justice, but the so-called victory is not endorsed by all interested parties, points out Tensar International.

The new site for a WWII German U-boat, U-534, planned as a new tourist attraction on Merseyside, was reinforced by the swift installation of Tensar’s innovative TriAx™ geogrid to prevent the exhibit from sinking into the Mersey mud. Adopting this solution also saved the considerable cost and time penalties involved in conventional piled and reinforced concrete alternatives.

Consultants have specified Tensar Techology in the rebuilding of a deteriorating Polish highway, in order to meet current standards.

TENSAR RIDES THE TriAx™ REVOLUTION AT CIVILS 2008 STAND E100, at Civils 2008, (18-20 November 2008, Earls Court) Tensar International will be celebrating the outstanding success of its revolutionary TriAx™ geogrid one year on from its launch at the Civils 2008 exhibition on stand E100.

A new car parking area for 77 cars at Mansfield Community Hospital has been constructed with major savings in time, cost savings in materials and has made a reduced environmental impact, by using Tensartech Earth Retaining structure technology.

Tensar Geogrid has been used at a venue in Montenegro in preparation for two large concerts. The artists performing at this venue have so far included the Rolling Stones and soon to perform on 25th September will be world famous Madonna.

Long-standing LancsBEA member Tensar International is a world leader in the production and provision of soil reinforcement and ground stabilisation solutions.

AFTER NEAR 25 YEARS IN SERVICE, the former Chief Executive Officer of Blackburn-based Tensar International, Jim Paul, passed away on Wednesday 25th June aged 59.

A YEAR since its launch, Tensar International’s innovative TriAx™ geogrid has won a hat trick of awards.

Tensar are proud to have been presented with two individual awards in the Czech Republic and Poland. The medals which were awarded for innovative new product “Tensar TriAx geogrid” follow on from the successful launch of the product in the UK in 2007 and the rest of Europe in 2008.

Rhondda Cynon Taff Council’s engineers (RCT) are using Tensar International’s ground stabilisation solutions to repair a partial landslide with site-won material in the Rhondda Valley, South Wales. The four month project is due for completion in October 2007.

Tensar International recently celebrated 25 years of manufacturing at their factory in Blackburn, Lancashire.

Caerphilly County Borough Council’s (CCBC) ambitious Greater Bargoed Community Regeneration project is transforming the Rhymney Valley with a major new highway and reclamation works to provide a 3 ha plateau for retail development.

Tensar International has won the prestigious Civils 2007 ‘Product of the Year’ award with its innovative new TriAx™ at Civils 2007 (20-22 November, Earls Court 2, London)

On Wednesday 24th October the 6th IGS UK CHAPTER INVITATIONAL LECTURE will take place at the Institution of Civil Engineers.

Tensar Geogrid was recently used in preparation for a Rolling Stones Concert at Jaz Beach, Montenegro.

When civil contractors required a rapid solution to transform 3,500 sq m of almost lagoon-like land into a transport park for articulated lorries, the unique properties of Tensar’s new triangular structured geogrid – TriAx™ - offered particular performance benefits.

The ongoing Highways Agency A66 Carkin Moor to Scotch Corner project involves upgrading the original single carriageway to address safety concerns, particularly at junctions and crossings.

Tensar International, the global market leader in the supply and manufacturer of geogrid solutions for soil reinforcement and ground stabilisation, has announced the launch of TriAx geogrid the most significant advance in ground stablisation technology for 25 years.

As part of the £8 million Blackbrook Diversion scheme for the A58 near St Helens, planners routed the new 1.3 km single carriageway through an environmentally sensitive area with very poor and diverse ground conditions.

An increasing number of visitors to Wigan has led the borough’s council to invest in a new £6.5m dual carriageway, opening in May 2007.

Tensar International reveals new data proving the ballast reinforcing benefits of its stiff polymer geogrids at RailTex 2007.

The A14 is a major dual carriageway trunk road through Suffolk, but extensive reflective cracking of the asphalt surface on 1800m of the west bound carriageway near Beyton was threatening its early closure for reconstruction.

Tensar Technology is playing its part in the award winning transformation of a Brownfield site in County Durham.