SoilWeb® Channel Protection
SoilWeb® geocells can be used to stabilize and protect surface waters. In combination with different filling materials, even the highest flow velocities can be withstood.
Protection by vegetation
Replaces costly, higher maintenance rockfill-material with lower maintenance, lower cost stabilization by vegetation. Effective for channels with low flow velocities and intermittent water levels. With additional GREENFIX erosion control matting, the ecological SoilWeb® system can withstand flow velocities of up to 9 m/s. Ideal for drainage ditches, swales and retention basins.
Protection by crushed filling material
The SoilWeb® structure ensures good interlocking with broken fill materials. Therefore, instead of coarse, unwieldy rockfill material, less expensive, smaller sized fill material can be used for a variety flow rates.
Protection through concrete reinforcement
Concrete-filled SoilWeb® geocells are ideal for surface waters that are exposed to high hydraulic loads. Concrete is poured into the cells on site, creating a system that easy-to-install, flexible and resilient, that is less expensive than using pre-formed concrete elements.
Protection through supporting structures
Channels with layered, planted SoilWeb® geocells create natural living retaining walls that can withstand high flow velocities for short periods of time. They compensate for differential settlement rates in the substrate without losing structural integrity and are faster and easier to install than typical block systems.
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