Expert knowledge - available anytime and anywhere: A selection of Geobrugg webinars is now available on geobrugg.com/webinars.
As of 15 June, we appear with a new logo and in blue color on our website. Geobrugg is a BRUGG company from its beginnings in 1951. This year, the BRUGG Group will standardize the appearance of all its divisions. Safety is our nature - BRUGG is our family News of 13 January, 2023
In mid-2021, we carried out certification tests for a new rockfall protection barrier. After two obligatory and successfully held tests (service energy level 1 +2), the program is complete - all the standards required here. But the tested barrier still looked too good. The engineers wondered: How many times can we drop the test block into the barrier before giving up? More in the video.
The practical guide for debris flow and hillslope debris flow protection nets is now available in English, published by Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL.
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Geobrugg sigue ampliando sus actividades comerciales en América Latina y crea Geobrugg Andina Perú. Rolando Romero se convierte en el nuevo Gerente General , quien ha estado por parte de Geobrugg en el Perú durante los últimos 7 años.
We've posted on it before: Protection works around Kaikoura / New Zealand. Besides the self-cleaning rockfallcanopy a whole range of Geobrugg systems has been installed.
And the winner is... the GeobruggGUARD! We received the LEADER Digital Award 2021 in the category "business" for the development of our RemoteMonitoring device: The GUARD makes structures for the protection against NaturalHazards smart in a few minutes and enables permanent digital status monitoring of these facilities. Above all, this is a win for more safety and economies in the maintenance of such structures!
A perfect day for on-site training: The Geobrugg staff ist getting updates at the Geobrugg test site in Walenstadt. Aron Vogel attaches the a remote status monitoring device - the Geobrugg GUARD - to a rockfall barrier. 5 minutes and 3 things and are needed from installation up to the start-up: the GUARD device, a torque wrench and a smartphone.
Climate change does not have its effect only on land, but also the coastlines are suffering damage and erosion due to higher quantity and quality of storms. Geobrugg has started to implement a new product for coastal erosion protection:TECCO® CELL.
A milestone for rockfall protection: India's first 10,000 kJ rockfall barrier - the strongest in the world, has been installed in Malchej Ghat. The ring net barrier protects a vital highway. The area is famous among tourists and unfortunately notorious for frequent rockfalls. Watch the video
This attenuator protects the railway in Stanwell Park in NSW, Australia. Find the technical details in our project database.
Here comes the updated version with new chapters on CE-marking, large field tests, and our dimensioning tool RUVOLUM®. Available as a PDF on geobrugg.com/downloads
We are offering webinars: Geobrugg experts from all over the world present basic and advanced topics on geohazard, mining and motorsport protection.
Brugg Kabel AG, one of the 5 divisions of the BRUGG Group to date, has been incorporated into the Italian Terna Group as of 1 March 2020. BRUGG GROUP media release
Geobrugg's TECCO® system has once again received approval from the German Federal Railway Authority. The system fulfills the rigorous requirements since 2009 and is allowed to be used for slope stabilization on the federal railways. Approval in German (28 pages)
112 meters of a flexible ring net barrier with a capacity of over 10,000 kJ! Installed in Mölltal, Austria, protecting a residential area and the main traffic route. See a videoclip of the prehistory and the installation itself here.
The Geobrugg SPIDER® avalanche prevention system protects the main road on the island Sørøya / Norway from avalanches and rockfalls during the snow-free period.
See footage of the installation in the fantastic landscape.
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This rockfall occurred on October 17, at the Brünigpass (Switzerland). The most massive blocks were estimated at 3.5 cubic meters. No people were injured. The barriers - their height is six meters - will be repaired in November.
Detailed information on the project
October 22, 2019: A four-ton block had come loose above the village of Valwig at the River Moselle. Fortunately, the rock was stopped by a catch fence. This rockfall barrier model GBE-1000A was built in 2013. With some minor repairs, it will remain fully functional.
At the State Road 99, near Campogrosso (Veneto, Northern Italy): Blocks detached from the rock face were caught by a GBE-1000A rockfall barrier. The barrier had been installed after numerous rockfall impacts in spring 2019.
This report by Rai, one major Italian TV station, shows from minute 2:30 how Geobrugg tests rockfall barriers. It explains in a exemplary way why our high-tensile nets are so important for natural hazards mitigation and how the installation of rockfall barriers (mostly Tecco® slope stabilization) in Italy is being carried out. For those who don't speak Italian - the pictures are self-explanatory: video.
Tyrol/Austria, July 10th: Geobrugg carries out the final acceptance at 9 a.m. Five hours later: A 7.5-ton rock comes down towards a hiking trail and a country road. And is easily stopped by the RXE-500-LA barrier. This system provides easy installation, low anchor forces; and absolute reliability.
Midnattssolsloppet - the Midnight Sun Race will take place in Skellefteå, Sweden, on 14-15 June. Our Debris Fences, Pit Wall Fences/Gates and Marshal Posts protect the northernmost race in the world. Get the details
Flexible debris flow nets were developed within a three-year Ph.D. thesis by Wendeler in 2008. Since then, they have been used all over the world for debris flow protection or slope/riverbed stabilization. Some have already been filled a couple of times. Today, we present the first research on a serviceability method for scour and erosion issues on flexible debris flow nets. Design and calculation will be more economically and safely, maintenance costs will be minimized and a longer lifetime of the entire barrier system, including anchors as the most cost-intensive parts, can be provided. Impressions of the small field tests.
Si desea saber lo importante que puede ser la protección contra los peligros naturales en la minería, realice una visita virtual a la mina australiana – en este vídeo – o lea el informe sobre el proyecto. Esto exige una intensiva gestión de protección contra el desprendimiento de rocas, que incluye, además de las clásicas barreras, también una estabilización activa de los taludes o el uso de soluciones ATTENUATOR o de cortinas contra el desprendimiento de rocas.
Professional training on debris flow for Geobrugg internals. After a first theoretical module, our colleagues from all over the world stake out a debris flow barrier. At the end of the academy, they will present their calculations and their barriers. Watch the video
FIA (Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile) governing body of the motorsport introduced a new standard with performance criteria. The first homologated products according to this standard are the Geobrugg motorsport fences. Their Debris Fence and their Mobile Debris Fence meet the requirements of FIA Standard 3502-2018 debris fence. Read more
A year after the sad debris flow incidents at Montecito, California, the community has organized future protection: ring nets from Geobrugg. Pat McElroy and Les Firestein talk about their project at The Ellen Show.
En Vercorin/Suiza, el sistema CANOPY protege, conectada entre varios túneles, la única calle que conecta el pueblo superando los 120 metros. Ya que durante su instalación apenas se necesita espacio, la carretera no se tuvo que cortar durante las obras. Tanto los visitantes como los propios habitantes llegan mucho más seguros al pueblo disfrutando además de unas impresionantes vistas a la región montañosa.
Geobrugg North America is now present in the Eastern Provinces of Canada: Kamal Khodja, who has a Master's Degree in Environmental Engineering Technology of the Université de Montréal, has been working in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. He is experienced in geohazard solutions like rockfall mitigation, slope stabilization, and erosion control. Contact Kamal
The RXE-500-LA rockfall barrier is installed to protect parts of the village from repeated rockfalls. Just a few weeks after the installation, it became clear how important this decision was....
¿Trabaja con nuestras herramientas de dimensionado en línea RUVOLUM®, DEBFLOW, SHALLSLIDE o SPIDER®? Hemos mejorado su uso y añadido nuevas funciones. Continue leyendo o entre en myGeobrugg y écheles un vistazo.
En Perú (Lima/Chosica) se instalaron 22 barreras de protección contra corrientes de detritos en 2015/2016. En marzo de 2017, El Niño Costero, una de las peores tormentas de los últimos 30 años, causó fuertes lluvias, inundaciones y deslizamientos de tierra. Las barreras protegieron con éxito la zona. Se llenaron dos barreras al 95%, es decir, un volumen de 10.000 m³. Hoy, en 2018, los elementos afectados han sido reparados. Para más información consulte nuestros proyectos.
Our fences in a temporary operation in Germany mean more safety for workers and drivers. The concrete part of our mobile barriers is a product of our partner NORDBETON. Find more pictures in the gallery of this news.
This is Jessica Taylor from Tangiers Mountain Construction Ltd. She and her team were at Britannia Creek to install the tallest and widest clear span debris flow barrier in North America. More about Britannia Creek
Dinámica y peligrosidad de las corrientes de derrubios: Aplicación en el barranco de erill, pirineo catalán: La tesis de nuestro colega Carles Raïmat se encuentra en el download center de Geobrugg.
Ahora respondemos a todas estas preguntas también en nuestra página de eventos.
Find us at the GEC Geotechnik Congress 2017 in Offenburg from October 25 to 26.
En nuestro proyecto, describimos cómo una barrera de varios niveles contra las corrientes de detritos protege ahora esta zona.
Find us at the FIA Sport MotorEx 2017 conference in Geneva from June 20 to 22.
Hace un año se instalaron 22 barreras contra flujos de derrubios (huaicos) en Chosica. En estos días “El Niño Costero” está golpeado de nuevo, con las peores tormentas de los últimos 30 años en la zona norte del Perú, acarreando: intensas lluvias, inundaciones y deslizamientos, que han provocado numerosas pérdidas humanas.
¿Le podemos presentar myGeobrugg ? Proporciona un nuevo acceso extendido a nuestro sitio web. No es sólo información exclusiva y descargas, sino también acceso a nuestras aplicaciones de dimensionamiento. Regístrese y descubra, lo que myGeobrugg le ofrece.
Blindaje ante desprendimiento de rocas: Tecnología suiza dará seguridad a sendero de Monserrate: El Nuevo Siglo
Watch the clip on keyt-tv, Santa Barbara, or check the project on our website.
Our business partner and manufacturer of the barriers, NORDBETON wants to contribute to the safety of the Berliners with voluntary activities.
Los dos últimos productos son los puestos de comisario y el pit wall Geobrugg.
The Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL) has translated the doctoral dissertation of Geobrugg’s CTO Corinna Wendeler.
Heavy rainfalls in Switzerland: Swiss television SRF shows one of our debris flow barriers (stop at 3 minutes).
We provided the mobile Geobrugg FIA debris fence to protect the spectators along the city circuit for the ePrix Berlin 2016 event.