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Steinschlagschutz - Craster Quarry Car Park 2019

First small rock fall stopped only days after completion.

Steinschlagschutz - Craster Quarry Car Park 2019

The imposing west wall, showing recent rock fall.

Steinschlagschutz - Craster Quarry Car Park 2019

Posts in place ready for pulling of ring net panels. Note the rope separation for a direction change from the west wall to the back wall of the quarry.

Steinschlagschutz - Craster Quarry Car Park 2019

Change of direction after completion of the barrier.

Steinschlagschutz - Craster Quarry Car Park 2019

Attaching of the secondary mesh.

 

Systeme

 

Systemlänge

167 m

 

Installationsjahr

2019

Ausgangslage

The client planned to extend the current car park. It was identified that the new areas of the car park could be at risk of falling rocks from the quarry walls. The designer calculated that the energy of the falling blocks would require a 2 metres high 500 kJ rockfall barrier.

Massnahme

We were approached by the client asking for advice on which would be the best barrier to use for this project.  After being presented the options he went for the RXE-500. This gave a good balance between cost, performance, and ease of installation in the expected ground conditions.

Colin Jones (Rock Engineering) were selected to install the barrier, on arriving at site it was rapidly ascertained that the ground conditions were not rock at surface as expected, but a several metres thick layer of made up ground.  Both the client and contractor were impressed with the speed we were able to mobilise to site. Within a few hours, we had a new plan in place for post bases and anchors using Geobrugg standard details enabling a rapid approval by the design engineer.

The barrier was built two weeks ahead of the schedule programmed by the contractor. They attributed this to the ease of installation combined with the clarity of the manuals along with the ease of support via telephone or site visits from Geobrugg engineers.

Kunde

Northumberland County Council

Planer

Daeargeo

Ausführende Firma

Colin Jones (Rock Engineering) Ltd.

Geschützte Objekte

Steinbruch / Bergbau, Touristische Infrastruktur

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Kevin H. Coyle
 

Kevin H. Coyle

Regional Manager Northeast

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Uferschutz/Wasserbau
Geobrugg North America, LLC,3 Beaudet Terr,Columbia CT 06237 / USA Regional Manager Northeast

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Saleh Feidi
 

Saleh Feidi

Regional Manager California

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Uferschutz/Wasserbau
Geobrugg North America, LLC,8921 Emperor Ave.,San Gabriel, California 91775 / USA Regional Manager California

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John Kalejta
 

John Kalejta

Regional Manager Central US

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Uferschutz/Wasserbau
Geobrugg North America, LLC,3215 67th Avenue Pl,Greeley CO 80634 / USA Regional Manager Central US

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Bob Lyne
 

Bob Lyne

Regional Manager Southeast

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Uferschutz/Wasserbau
Geobrugg North America, LLC,8004 Windspray Drive,Summerfield NC 27358 / USA Regional Manager Southeast

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Pierce Runnels, Civil Engineer
   

Pierce Runnels

General Manager Geobrugg North America

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Geobrugg North America, LLC,22 Centro Algodones,NM 87001 Algodones / USA , Civil Engineer General Manager Geobrugg North America

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Tim Shevlin
 

Tim Shevlin

Sales Director

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Geobrugg North America, LLC,Salem OR 97302 / USA Sales Director

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