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.
Le Guide pratique pour les filets de protection contre les laves torrentielles et les coulées de boue (Institut fédéral de recherches sur la forêt, la neige et le paysage WSL) est maintenant disponible en français.
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Geobrugg continues to expand its commercial activities in Latin America and creates Geobrugg Andina Peru. Rolando Romero becomes the new General Manager, who has been with Geobrugg in Peru for the last 7 years.
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.
Et le gagnant est... le Geobrugg GUARD ! Nous avons reçu le LEADER Digital Award 2021 dans la catégorie "business" pour le développement de notre dispositif de télésurveillance : Le GUARD rend les structures de protection contre les risques naturels intelligentes en quelques minutes et permet une surveillance numérique permanente de l'état de ces installations. C'est avant tout une victoire pour plus de sécurité et des économies dans la maintenance de ces 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