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Rockfall Protection - Unterpinswang 2017

The RXE-500-LA rockfall barrier was installed above the buildings of the Tirolean Company Weisshaus-Shop

Rockfall Protection - Unterpinswang 2017

The buildings are on a main road. The embankment behind the buildings was stabilized and the rockfall barrier constructed above it.

Rockfall Protection - Unterpinswang 2017

Originally it was planned only to protect the car park. An RXE-500 barrier was constructed for this purpose.

Rockfall Protection - Unterpinswang 2017

The two barriers: in front the RXE-500-LA and behind the RXE-500 (less deflection due to the transmission ropes

Rockfall Protection - Unterpinswang 2017

The simply constructed and lightweight RXE-500-LA barrier in an area with a dense infrastructure.

Rockfall Protection - Unterpinswang 2017

The barrier runs along a hiking trail, which is why the upslope anchor rope is additionally protected (in yellow).

Rockfall Protection - Unterpinswang 2017

The barrier is clearly necessary: stopped rocks some weeks after the installation

Rockfall Protection - Unterpinswang 2017

The risk of rockfall above the buildings is obvious

Rockfall Protection - Unterpinswang 2017

Another view of the fully installed RXE-500-LA barrier

 

System length

- 70 m

 

Year of installation

2017

Initial situation

During construction of a warehouse close to Reutte in Tirol there was a need to protect the workmen, the excavation pit and the resulting warehouse.

Description

The client decided on the RXE-500-LA barrier, which was new at the time of installation. The decisive factors were: the short installation time and the attractive price.

Country/Region

Austria

Customer

HTB Baugesellschaft m.b.H.

Engineering

Baumeister DI Jürgen Ewerz, Büro für Bauingenieurwesen

Contractor

HTB Baugesellschaft m.b.H.

Protected object

Road, Infrastructure

Corrosion protection

Galvanized, GEOBRUGG SUPERCOATING

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René Müller
   

René Müller

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Olivia Sartorius

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Matthias Denk, Msc. Env. Eng.
 

Matthias Denk

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Isacco Toffoletto
   

Isacco Toffoletto

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