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Heavy-Duty Haul Road Application Bulletin Featured Project Haul Road HEAVY-DUTY HAUL ROAD APPLICATION BULLETIN FEATURED PROJECT HAUL ROAD Haul Road Applications Like These – and Hundreds More HAUL ROAD IN AMAZON RIVER BASIN The Solution: A 20-foot wide, 93-mile long gravel haul RAINFOREST, REPUBLIC OF ECUADOR road using Tensar® Geogrid was successfully built and Application: A haul-and-access corridor for personnel remains fully operational today. The road’s subbase and heavy equipment, as well as a platform for the features a 12-inch layer of dredged river sand over a silt/ construction and maintenance of an oil pipeline, was clay subgrade, separated and stabilized by Tensar Geogrid. built in 1993 to support the exploration, recovery and A non-woven geotextile confines the subbase along the transport of a key export commodity. road’s shoulders. The base course features a 10-inch layer of unbound processed aggregate separated from the Heavily vegetated; the Amazon River The Challenge: subbase by an additional layer of Tensar Geogrid. Basin Rainforest is one of the most environmentally sensitive areas in the world. With an annual rainfall The application of geosynthetics maximized the use averaging 200 inches, it is also one of the wettest. of native materials, minimized material thicknesses Native soils are perpetually weak and saturated, and and reduced borrow and haul requirements. The Republic the availability and quality of native aggregates are of Ecuador now advocates geosynthetic stabilization extremely limited. In addition, the exploration site procedures along the country’s rainforest roadways. was located within an area protected for indigenous The performance of the products used on this haul peoples. Concerns for the area’s ecological vitality, road was cited in the Federal Highway Administration’s as well as its protection from the threat of illegal (FHWA) “Gravel Roads Maintenance and Design Manual,” clear-cutting, required road construction to be as November 2000, the most comprehensive gravel road unobtrusive and inconspicuous as possible. guidelines, SD LTAP November 2000. Maxus Energy – Block 16 Haul and Access Road* RepublicMaxus of Ener Ecuagydor – Block 16 Haul and Access Road* AsRepublic featured in of the Ec FHuaWAdor Gravel Roads Maintenance and Design Manual** As featured in the FHWA Gravel Roads Maintenance and Design Manual** 0.20 m-0.25 m Aggregate Base/Surface (8 in.-0.2010 inm-.)0.25 m Aggregate Base/Surface (8 in.-10 in.) 0.20 m-0.30 m Sand Subbase (10 in.-0.2012 m-in.)0.30 m Sand Subbase (10 in.-12 in.) Silt/Clay Subgrade Silt/Clay Subgrade A. A. Subbase Subbase fa fabricbric contai containmennmentt wrap, twtwoo 2.25-m 2.25-meteter-wideer-wide rollrosll ofs of non-woven non-woven geo geotetextxtilile (one eacheach side side) ) B. B.Subbase Subbase re reininfoforcrcementement geogrid, geogrid, one 3.5-me3.5-meter-wideter-wide ro roll ll andand one one 4. 4.0-me0-meter-wideter-wide rorollll ofof Tensarnsar Geogri Geogridd C. C.Ba Basese re reininfoforcrcementement geogrid, geogrid, two 3.5-meteter-wideer-wide ro rollsll ofs of TensarTensar Geogri Geogridd *This narrow two-lane road with 6.0-meter-wide surface requires 14.5 square meters *This narrow two-lane road with 6.0-meter-wide surface requires 14.5 square meters of geogrid and 4.5 square meters of geotextile per meter of roadway length. of geogrid and 4.5 square meters of geotextile per meter of roadway length. **FHWA “Gravel Roads Maintenance and Design Manual,” November 2000, pages 2, 26 and 32. **FHWA “Gravel Roads Maintenance and Design Manual,” November 2000, pages 2, 26 and 32. Tensar ® TriAx ® Geogrids: Proving Value on Haul Roads Across the World An estimated one-half of all roads in the United States, and an In project after project, Tensar TriAx Geogrids have: even higher percentage of roads throughout the world, are ˴ Maintained road surface quality – increasing unpaved. Many of them serve as heavy-duty access and haul operating speeds roads for a number of applications: ˴ Reduced the frequency of costly and disruptive ˴ Mining operations surface maintenance ˴ Highway construction ˴ Reduced aggregate requirements up to 60% ˴ Power generation and water treatment plants ˴ Increased construction speeds ˴ Wind farms ˴ Reduced labor and equipment needs ˴ Oil drilling, refining and storage sites ˴ Improved internal drainage properties ˴ Logging operations ˴ Eliminated the need for costly overexcavation ˴ Residential, commercial and industrial and disposal of poor quality soil site development ˴ Avoided issues associated with chemical stabilization ˴ Landfills including weather and climatic restrictions, curing, ˴ Ethanol production plants uniformity, chemical solubility and environmental and personnel safety Growing haul road applications, diminishing and costly aggregate supplies, tightening construction budgets and heavier wheel loads ˴ Reduced tire rolling resistance resulting in reduced have forced engineers, contractors and owners to explore lower maintenance cost cost alternatives to traditional methods of construction. One ˴ Provided an easily installed, environmentally superior cost-effective, proven alternative has successfully stabilized solution that reduces construction truck traffic, minimizing thousands of miles of haul roads across the world: Tensar disturbance to the terrain and the surrounding area TriAx Geogrids. Bearing capacity improvement mechanism shown through the inclusion of Tensar TriAx Geogrid at the aggregate base course- subgrade interface. Reinforced Shear Surface Asphalt Aggregate Base Course Tensar® TriAx® Geogrid Subgrade Unreinforced Shear Surface THE HAUL ROAD CHALLENGE A NEW ERA IN UNPAVED ROADWAY DESIGN Weak subgrades pose the greatest challenge to the performance The performance quantification of geosynthetics in haul road of an unpaved access or haul road. Left untreated, a weak construction is performed through several models, depending on subgrade subjected to continuous heavy traffic will quickly the project needs and loading. One of these is the Giroud-Han deform, causing the road surface to rut, pothole, “washboard” Design Methodology, the most signifi cant advancement in and ultimately deteriorate beyond use. unpaved road design over the past 25 years. Developed by Dr. J.P. Giroud and Dr. Jie Han, the “Design Method for Geogrid- Tensar TriAx Geogrids are designed to reduce construction induced Reinforced Unpaved Roads” was published in 2004 by the or in-service stresses applied to weak subgrades. Geogrid and ASCE. The Giroud-Han Design Method determines the aggregate interlock to create a mechanically stabilized layer (MSL) aggregate layer thickness required depending on whether the to evenly distribute the load, increasing bearing capacity and aggregate is stabilized with geogrid, a geotextile or simply ensuring longer-term stability and performance. The use of unstabilized. geogrids has also demonstrated effective separation and filtration properties, inhibiting movement to confine the subgrade In particular, this performance-based methodology has when properly graded aggregate fill is used. While geotextiles redefined how unpaved roads are designed. Tensar International provide separation and filtration functions, their abilities to Corporation (Tensar) has incorporated the Giroud-Han Design confine aggregate are inferior to geogrids.* Methodology into all of its applications utilizing Tensar TriAx Geogrids in unpaved haul and access road construction. This has * Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps. of Engineers. resulted in a more cost-effective use of materials whereby 2003. Use of Geogrids in Pavement Construction, construction cost savings as much as 60% can be realized. Engineering Technical Letter 1110-1-189. Tensar’s SpectraPave4-PRO is an industry-leading design tool that leverages over two decades of full-scale research and practical experience. Tensar Design Resources for Haul Roads SPECTRAPAVE4-PRO™ SOFTWARE their design through the utilization of design output as the SpectraPave4-PRO™ Software is the industry’s leading basis of acceptance rather than material geometric and design and analysis tool for roadway structures. Incorporating mechanical properties. SpectraPave4-PRO Software offers an the Giroud-Han Design Methodology, it enables engineers, easy means of generating performance specifications using a contractors and owners to accurately predict the performance TriAx stabilized MSL. (i.e., service life) of geogrid-stabilized and unstabilized paved and unpaved roads. SpectraPave4-PRO’s Paved DESIGN AND SUPPORT SERVICES and Unpaved Applications Modules calculate aggregate From site assessment and general consultation to thickness requirements and the resulting cost savings. stamped drawings and design calculations, Tensar With SpectraPave4-PRO Software, designers are able to maintains an in-house professional engineering staff create cost-effective structures that last longer and are to support our clients’ design needs. Our engineers easier to maintain. possess many years of experience in the design and construction of geogrid-stabilized haul road structures. PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATIONS In addition, a network of regional sales managers and A key component to Tensar's solution for haul road technical support staff are available to provide local stabilization is the ability to incorporate performance assistance and on-site support. Tensar is more than just specifications. As advocated by the FHWA, performance geogrid, let us show you how. specifications allow engineers to maintain the integrity of Cost Savings vs. Subgrade CBR $180,000
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