EFFICIENT SOLUTIONS for RAILWAY WORKS © Officine Maccaferri S.P.A
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Maccaferri Ltd Maccaferri Ltd T: 44 (0) 1865 770555 T: +353 1 885 1662 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] www.maccaferri.com www.geostrong.com Maccaferri’s motto is ‘Engineering a Better Solution’; We do not merely supply products, but work in partnership with our clients, offering technical Engineering a expertise to deliver versatile, cost effective and Better Solution environmentally sound solutions. We aim to build mutually beneficial relationships with clients through the quality of our service and solutions. GLOBAL ENGINEERS OFFICINE MACCAFERRI GROUP PROFILE In the second half of the 19th century, we invented Gabions and Founded in 1879, our Group soon became a worldwide reference in the dramatically changed the civil engineering landscape. We are still design and development of advanced solutions, with offices in over 70 changing today. We work every day to find better solutions for our countries and 30 factories worldwide. clients at every degree of latitude and longitude. Our worldwide Our mission is to pursue excellence through continuous network grows through innovation and diversification of sectors improvement, while delivering to customers engineered solutions of activity and through an increasing range of high quality and that are innovative, advanced and environmentally friendly. We are environmentally friendly products and applications. committed to outstanding safety, quality and sustainability, to create value for all stakeholders as well as our communities. MACCAFERRI APPLICATIONS RETAINING WALLS SOIL STABILISATION DRAINAGE OF STRUCTURES FENCING & WIRE & SOIL REINFORCEMENT & PAVEMENTS EFFICIENT SOLUTIONS HYDRAULIC WORKS BASAL REINFORCEMENT SAFETY & NOISE BARRIERS AQUACULTURE NETS/CAGES ROCKFALL PROTECTION COASTAL PROTECTION, ENVIRONMENT, DEWATERING & SNOW BARRIERS MARINE STRUCTURES & PIPELINE LANDSCAPE & ARCHITECTURE PROTECTION & LANDFILLS FOR RAILWAY WORKS I MACCAFERRIEROSION CONTROL EFFICIENT SOLUTIONS FOR RAILWAY WORKS © Officine Maccaferri S.p.A. This brochure may contain products and specifications that may not be available in every market. Please contact your local Maccaferri subsiduary to confirm the range and specifications available in your country. Maccaferri reserves the right to change product specifications without notice. SUPPORTING “Whether building a new railway asset or maintaining an OUR SOLUTIONS tech RAILWAY existing one, Maccaferri can help clients, designers and OUR CAPABILITY INFRASTRUCTURE contractors achieve these goals.“ The demand upon railways in the UK and Uniquely, we are a manufacturer of construction Selecting from a broad portfolio of solutions we Ireland is increasing. materials as well as a designer and installer of engineered solutions. We tailor the extent of our endeavour to "Engineer a better solution". The challenge for civil engineers is to involvement on each project to meet the specific Our experience enables us to combine products in deliver rail infrastructure assets that: needs of our clients and the project. new ways in order to maximise value for our clients and to enable the re-use of site-won materials We offer: Are more resilient whenever possible delivering: Material supply only Have superior performance Lower carbon footprint Technical support and advice Cost less to build and maintain Lower consumption of imported materials Design service and supply Are better for the environment Being the manufacturer of our materials, we are Design, supply and install able to customise products to reduce wastage and Whether building a new railway asset or BIM capable service optimise solutions. maintaining an existing one, Maccaferri Quality Management and control in our factories and Many of our products are BBA certified, CE marked can help clients, designers and technical support services ensure you receive reliable, and subject to the rigid process of European Technical contractors achieve these goals. robust and safe solutions. Approval (ETA). This provides reassurance of performance. Visit maccaferri.com/uk/rail for more information: Technical data sheets, case histories and more. 02 MACCAFERRI EFFICIENT SOLUTIONS FOR RAILWAY WORKS MACCAFERRI EFFICIENT SOLUTIONS FOR RAILWAY WORKS 03 03 LIMITED SPACE SOLUTION NARROW CORRIDORS OR PORTFOLIO WIDENING THE ROUTE MacMat® MacGrid® MacDrain® Terramesh® and Green Terramesh® combine the A variety of face-finishes and slope angles are Where a restricted permanent way corridor ParaLink® MacRes® exists, the use of cost-effective retaining ParaGrid® benefits of a modular, rapid to construct system available to suit all project demands. with the resilience of soil reinforcement. Structures Green Terramesh® used for bridge abutment walls and soil reinforcement can reduce Our MacRes® vertical faced concrete panel structures up to 75m high have been constructed using our compulsory purchase and optimise the Retaining walls & and MacWall® concrete block walls both feature technology. developable area. soil reinforcement soil reinforcement geogrids attached to their facing For lower height structures, gabion walls are amongst elements. Reinforcing soils with geogrids enables them the most cost-effective retaining structures to build. A softer vegetated slope aesthetic is available with State-of-the-art protective coatings to the wire mesh to perform better than in an unreinforced Green Terramesh®. Native species can be planted on ensure long design life, even in adverse conditions. state: standing steeper, accomodating higher the slope. loads and settling less. We endeavour to reuse site-won materials Green Terramesh® supporting a railway line as structural backfill whenever possible through the use of soil reinforcement, saving costs and reducing carbon footprint. Our ParaLink®, ParaGrid®, ParaWeb® and ParaDrain® geogrids are made in Yorkshire, England and are among the most tried and tested geogrids in the world. MacRes® & ParaWeb® at Reading Viaduct MacWall® for London Underground Gabion walls on Borders Rail Terramesh® System 04 MACCAFERRI EFFICIENT SOLUTIONS FOR RAILWAY WORKS MACCAFERRI EFFICIENT SOLUTIONS FOR RAILWAY WORKS 05 05 CUTTINGS LIMITING THE EFFECTS OF NATURAL HAZARDS Dynamic rockfall barrier Mitigating and limiting the effects of natural Our high-strength/low-strain drapery meshes hazards reduces risks to rail users and Rockfall protection capture and contain falling rocks; the mesh stiffness mesh expensive line closures. minimises deflection under load to keep the kinetic envelope open. Our meshes offer tensile strengths To suit the wide variety of soil, rock and Soil nailing & surface from 50kN/m to 250kN/m, and offer punching stabilisation cutting types across the UK and Ireland, we resistance up to 400kN with very low deflection. offer a range of rockfall mitigation meshes. In In the vicinity of the coast, or in exposed locations the this way we can optimise the performance of use of a polymer protective coating on the rockfall the solution. mesh is necessary to deliver long-term reliability. Erosion control and slope stabilisation Our Dynamic Rockfall Barriers, available up Dynamic rockfall barrier Steelgrid® HR to 8,600kJ energy absorption capacity are Controlling erosion caused by weathering is important certified and CE marked in accordance with before it causes structural instability of the slope. ETAG 027. MacMat® geomats, often in conjunction with soil nails, provide immediate erosion protection and the We even offer digital monitoring systems ability to revegetate the slope. which trigger alarms in the event of a rockfall We offer a graded range of products to suit the barrier or mesh system being impacted. erosion risk on the project, from biodegradable mats This can assist inspection and maintenance up to high strength long term geomats. responsibilities and regimes. 120 year life rockfall drapery mesh Steelgrid® HR high strength mesh MacMat® R erosion control MacMat® R with soil nails 06 MACCAFERRI EFFICIENT SOLUTIONS FOR RAILWAY WORKS MACCAFERRI EFFICIENT SOLUTIONS FOR RAILWAY WORKS 07 07 UNSTABLE & SOFT GROUND POOR GROUND AND THE EFFECTS OF WATER MacMat® MacGrid® MacDrain® Inevitably, railways have to traverse poor ParaLink® Embankment stabilisation Water management ground conditions. Overcoming these ParaLink® geogrids have the toughest protective Controlling the effects of water and reducing the Gabion culvert walls difficulties cost-effectively is a challenge. sheathing, enabling their use in the most challenging impact of flooding, relies on effective design and geotechnical conditions including: robust solutions. The innovative use of ultra-high performance ParaLink® to provide basal reinforcement Soft ground stabilisation Our Reno Mattresses® and gabions made from Hydraulic works flexible double twist hexagonal mesh are important of rail embankments is increasingly used by Construction over voids, solution features or old solutions to protect against the erosion of river banks, forward-thinking clients. mine-workings bridge abutments and water courses. Piled embankments - ParaLink® can enable the Management of water in the vicinity of the pile spacings to be increased saving cost and time The dynamic hydraulic environment demands a permanent way is an important technique Piled embankment Embankment over flexible mesh as well as a long-lasting, abrasion voids / mine workings ParaLink® is simple and rapid to install increasing to limit its detrimental effects. Hydraulic construction efficiency and solving large site problems