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Cerro Armazones - European Southern Observatory

Rockfall Protection - Cerro Armazones - European Southern Observatory 2016

GBE-100A-R rockfall barrier in Cerro Armazones protecting the road to European Southern Observatory

Rockfall Protection - Cerro Armazones - European Southern Observatory 2016

Another perspective of GBE-100A-R rockfall barrier in Cerro Armazones protecting the road to European Southern Observatory

Rockfall Protection - Cerro Armazones - European Southern Observatory 2016

GBE-100A-R barrier is extremely lightweight and easy to install what makes it really unobtrusive to the landscape

 

Systems

 

System length

- 150 m

 

Year of installation

2016

Initial situation

The access road to the ESO (European Southern Observatory) in Cerro Armazones, was regularly effected by rockfalls after a seismic event with a magnitude of 6.4 Mw in the region of Antofagas.

Description

The observatory needed a safe transit road. Geobrugg was contacted to propose a solution. Geobrugg's Team from Chile visited the site to deliver a probabilistic hazard analysis to the customer.  Geobrugg suggested a GBE-100A-R rockfall barrier (without retaining ropes) be installed.

Customer

ELT- ESO (European Southern Observatory)

Protected object

Road

Corrosion protection

Galvanized, GEOBRUGG SUPERCOATING

Engineering

Geobrugg Andina SpA.

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