Wood Walton 2 Solar Farm
Cambridge, UK
Tensar’s innovative one-layer geogrid design helped support access roads on a site with low strength sub-grade soil. The use of one-layer not only meant cost-savings of 27%, but there was also a 39% reduction in aggregate thickness, delivering significant cost savings.
Benefits
- £38,310 (27%) cost savings compared to non stabilised solution
- 19,770Kg CO2 (31%) reduction of CO2 construction emissions compared to non Tensar solution
- 1,230m3 (39%) aggregate saved
- Reduction of construction traffic on local rural roads
Client's Challenge
- Low strength sub-grade soils on site.
- High construction traffic and stringent traffic management plan
- Value-engineer the scheme to reduce granular depths, cost and construction traffic
