myGeobrugg
Systems
Year of installation
2013
Initial situation
In 2012 following a period of havy rainfall a landslide blocked the road tunnel portal (also known as Horn Hill Tunnel), killing two people.
Geology
Sands.
Description
Parson Brinckerhoff used the knowledge of Geobrugg to design a soil nailed solution. In total 4700 m² of TECCO® G65/3 and 800 system spike plates were used to complete the project. TECCO® Sistem was selected as it provided the option of optimisation of nail spacing which on a projecrt of this scale allowed for significant cost and time savings.
Customer
Dorset County Council
Contractor
Raymond Brown Construction Ltd.
Protected object
Road
Corrosion protection
GEOBRUGG SUPERCOATING
Engineering
Parsons Brinckerhoff
Other participating companies
CAN Geotechnical Ltd.
Your local contact
Roger Moor
Country Manager Ost- und Zentralschweiz, Liechtenstein
Natural Hazards
Hydraulic Engineering
Mining / Tunnels
Geobrugg AG,Aachstrasse 11,8590 Romanshorn / Switzerland
Country Manager Ost- und Zentralschweiz, Liechtenstein
Geobrugg AG,Industriestrasse 21,5200 Brugg / Switzerland
Country Manager Kantone AG BE BL BS FR GE JU NE SO VD VS
Geobrugg AG,Aachstrasse 11,8590 Romanshorn / Switzerland
Project Manager Inspection Services
Geobrugg AG Ticino,Stabile Cometal, via Pizzante 7,6595 Riazzino / Switzerland
Ticino Country Manager