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Precast concrete facing panels are the most common of facing elements used in MSE wall construction along highways. Geoquest’s concrete panels employ a lap joint on all horizontal and vertical joints, whereby panel-to-panel contact is avoided and flexibility of the facing is assured. This flexibility is maintained by specially [...]

MSE walls are embedded below the finished ground line for a several reasons. The first but least significant reason is for appearance. Since MSE walls use standard panel sizes their base is comprised of a series of steps, which in combination with the leveling pad, produces a less desirable [...]

Many engineers unfamiliar with MSE walls make the assumption that these walls must be founded below the prevailing depth of frost. This is simply not necessary and results in an unnecessary expense when it is enforced as a project specification. The practice of not embedding MSE walls for frost [...]

Nowhere is the need for the embedment of an MSE wall more important than with walls that have their toes submerged in a river or other body of water. In these cases, it is standard to provide increased scour protection (from tidal, wave, ice and storm impacts) by increasing [...]

A geosynthetic Reinforced Earth® system known as GeoMega® has been developed for use in aggressive environments such as seawater. The soil reinforcement is named GeoStrap® which consists of high tenacity polyester fibers encased in a polyethylene sheath. The high tenacity polyester is the load bearing element while the sheath [...]

1. Tensile Forces at the connection are a function of the facing stiffness. 2. Any connection that requires a lot of effort by the contractor is prone to improper assembly and uneven transfer of loads. For that reason, a good connection must be easily connected during construction. 3. Soil [...]

• It is possible to build a Geoquest wall on poor bearing capacity foundation soils by reducing its weight. • Despite the fact that Geoquest walls are gravity structures where their self-weight is designed to resist the driving lateral forces resulted from earth pressure and surcharges, and considering that [...]

PROTECT is a business line in Geoquest Company Ltd. (Geoquest) for applications involving rockfall and avalanche protection, landslide protection, erosion protection, waves and floods protection, and industrial risks protection, with the ambition to address slope management, river and floodplain management, and shoreline management issues for our customers. Products in [...]

CROSS is a business line in Geoquest Company Ltd. (Geoquest) for applications involving bridge abutments, arch bridges, cut and covers, tunnel extensions, and other crossing structures. Products in the CROSS business line include Reinforced Earth® and TechSpan®. Geoquest offers a variety of bridge abutment and bridge crossing solutions that [...]

RETAIN is a business line in Geoquest Company Ltd. for applications involving retaining walls and reinforced fill slopes. Products in the RETAIN business line include Reinforced Earth®, TerraLink™, T-Wall®, and TechWall™. This group of products fulfills the need of the construction industry for various retaining applications, covering [...]