Soil Reinforcement - Geogrids
ESC offers Specialized Geosynthetics also known as PolGRid geogrids. This is a product manufactured from polymetric material and is generally used in civil engineering projects to reinforce and stabilize soil and similar materials or to separate substrate layers with varying grain sizes. Geogrids are a special type of geosynthetics and are utilized in civil designing to naturally support and stabilize the soil. Geogrids, interlock with aggregate and the varying sizes of the aggregates determine the geogrid sizing to be used. A geosynthetic material is defined by the ISO 10318 Standard as a product of which one component is created from polymer(polyester, polypropylene, polyethylene, or nylon) has the type of a sheet, strip, or spatial form and is used in contact with soil (or other material) in geotechnical and structural designing activities. Geogrids are made as openwork sheets, looking like an orthogonal grid with a significant degree of solidness, PolGrid geogrids do not have any intersections (it is a monolith).
SAVING OF COST AND TIME
- The load-bearing limit of the construction is greatly improved by the placement of the geogrid which effectively blocks the aggregate and significantly reduces settlement. This geogrid increases the total strength of the construction and does not need any complicated preparatory earthwork, which reduces construction time. The subsequently improved load and pressure distribution in the road using geogrids effectively diminishes wheel ruts, even in bad soil situations.
EASY AND FAST INSTALLATION
- Polgrid rolls are easily handled by two persons due to the fact that the width of polgrid sheets have been specially designed to make them easier to handle.
- This easy installation entails spreading the rolls of the geogrid on the provided soil substrate.
- Geogrid with packed integrated nodes do not need pre-tensioning or anchoring, and they work promptly whenever they are spread on or underneath the aggregate layers.
- Geogrids are well known for their durability and strength which ensures a significant reduction of installation damages.
ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY SOLUTION
- Due to the significant savings on the aggregate, using PolGrid geogrids also means a sizeable reduction in CO2 caused by structural developments.
- The utilization of the PolGrid geogrids significantly extends the life expectancy of asphalt.
- The PolGrid geogrids have shown high resilience to extreme weather conditions which lessen the road upkeep costs
Geogrids allow for savings on the aggregate layer used to construct a given road, without any impact to its load-bearing capacity
The manufacturing technology as well as the used materials guarantee high quality of the product and its unvarying technical parameters.
Soil Reinforcement - Geogrids
POLGRID BX
- Polgrid BX 10/10
- Polgrid BX 15/15
- Polgrid BX 20/20
- Polgrid BX 25/25
- Polgrid BX 30/30
- Polgrid BX 40/40
- Polgrid BX 45/45
POLGRID BX MAX
- Polgrid BX 20/20 MAX
- Polgrid BX 30/30 MAX
- Polgrid BX 40/40 MAX
POLGRID BXB
- Polgrid BXB 30/30
Polgrid Geogrids Application
Asphalt Roads
Reinforcement of aggregate substrate layers, reinforcement of embankments and dykes, geosynthetic layers at the base of embankments.
Railways
Reinforcement of substructures of the railway tracks, strengthening of railway embankments.
Forrest roads and Technological Roads
Construction of dirt roads with extended durability and resistant to the creation of wheel-ruts.
Temporary Roads and working platforms
Quick construction of temporary roads made of unbound aggregate, i.e. technological roads, access roads to windfarms, working platforms.
Slopes and bridgeheads
Geogrids are used in the construction of high slopes, bridgeheads and as in reinforced earthworks, i.e. construction of vertical retention walls with veneer.
Warehouses, carparks
Reinforcement of subsoil requiring higher loadbearing capacity, i.e. under manoeuvring squares, warehouse storage yards, parking lots.