USA
USA

myGeobrugg

Ochrona przed obrywami skalnymi - San Salvatore 2016

View of the railway line and the rockfall barriers on the right

Ochrona przed obrywami skalnymi - San Salvatore 2016

Concrete underpinning to support dangerous rock piles; higher up, a cantilever platform for carrying out the work

Ochrona przed obrywami skalnymi - San Salvatore 2016

Underpinning foundation for the plinth of rockfall barriers

Ochrona przed obrywami skalnymi - San Salvatore 2016

View from above of the work site and the road artery below

Ochrona przed obrywami skalnymi - San Salvatore 2016

Rockfall barrier RXE-3000

Ochrona przed obrywami skalnymi - San Salvatore 2016

Detail of the foundation plate for the RXE-3000 barrier

Ochrona przed obrywami skalnymi - San Salvatore 2016

Blocking fence made in this specific case from the ROCCO® ring net and the selective wire netting DELTAX®

Ochrona przed obrywami skalnymi - San Salvatore 2016

View from below of the rockfall barrier RXE-3000 (7.5m high) and in the foreground the top anchors against the wind of the downstream barrier

Ochrona przed obrywami skalnymi - San Salvatore 2016

View from the mountain facing south; in the background the town of the Bissone and more to the left the Campione d'Italia

Ochrona przed obrywami skalnymi - San Salvatore 2016

Panoramic view from the west facing Porlezza (Como) and Valtellina; in the foreground, Monte Bré, which, with San Salvatore, characterises the gulf of Lake Lugano

Ochrona przed obrywami skalnymi - San Salvatore 2016

In the foreground, an additional downslope anchor, located at a curve of the barrier

Ochrona przed obrywami skalnymi - San Salvatore 2016

In yellow, the Sentinell sensor system which monitors for the the rockfall barriers for the Swiss Federal Railways

Ochrona przed obrywami skalnymi - San Salvatore 2016

Cleaned and revegetated work site area

 
 

Rok Instalacji / Montazu

2016

Sytuacja początkowa

The special nature of the southern slopes of Monte San Salvatore, which divide the city of Lugano (Switzerland) and the southernmost part of the canton of Ticino, has necessitated the installation of various types of last-generation rockfall barriers (model RXE-) used by Geobrugg.

Geologists refer to the southern face of Monte San Salvatore as a very jagged and unstable limestone crag. Two communication arteries of national importance run at its base, on the southern slopes.

The Gotthard line of the Swiss Federal Railway runs along the lower section, by the lake, and, just above leads the state highway from the town of Melide to the southern entrance of the city of Lugano. The need to ensure a high standard of safety for these fundamental communication routes required urgent intervention to restore the barriers that had been destabilised during an event in the autumn of 2015, as well as additional protective measures.

Opis zastosowanego rozwiazania

The range of the rockfall barriers extends from RXE-1000 (6 meters high) to the RXE-3000 (7.5 m high). Determining the height of the retention system was an important part of the studies due to the vast height of the face (approx. 1000 meters), where unfortunately rocks fall regularly from the summit. These rocks pick up great speed on the way down and generate an extremely powerful rebounding effect which, if not stopped in time, could pose serious risks to the users of the two arteries at the bottom and the infrastructures themselves.

The action taken, part of a much wider project for securing the whole area, has demanded the exemplary coordination of the players involved and a study of the terrain for variants and guiding lines that are not evident due to the particularly complicated geomorphological situation in the area.

The intervention, coordinated between the client (Swiss Federal Railways), the engineering company (Bonalumi Ferrari Partener SA), the installation company (Ennio Ferrari SA and Geotechnics SA) and the manufacturer (Geobrugg AG) has guaranteed the maximum safety once more in a reasonably short period of time and to the full satisfaction of the client.

(Foto: Mario Curti)

Inwestor

FFS - Ferrovie Federali Svizzere, Berna

Wykonawca

Ennio Ferrari SA Lodrino

Chroniony Objekt

Road, Railway

Ochrona przeciwerozyjna

Galvanized, GEOBRUGG SUPERCOATING, GEOBRUGG ULTRACOATING

Projektant

Studio Bonalumi Ferrari Partener SA, via Campagna 2, Giubiasco

Inne zainstalowane aplikacje

Stabilizacja skarp

Osoba kontaktowa na miejscu

Kevin H. Coyle
 

Kevin H. Coyle

Regional Manager Northeast

Zagrożeniami naturalnymi
Nżynieria hydrauliczna
Geobrugg North America, LLC,3 Beaudet Terr,Columbia CT 06237 / USA Regional Manager Northeast

Formularz kontaktowy

Saleh Feidi
 

Saleh Feidi

Regional Manager California

Zagrożeniami naturalnymi
Nżynieria hydrauliczna
Geobrugg North America, LLC,8921 Emperor Ave.,San Gabriel, California 91775 / USA Regional Manager California

Formularz kontaktowy

John Kalejta
 

John Kalejta

Regional Manager Central US

Zagrożeniami naturalnymi
Nżynieria hydrauliczna
Geobrugg North America, LLC,3215 67th Avenue Pl,Greeley CO 80634 / USA Regional Manager Central US

Formularz kontaktowy

Bob Lyne
 

Bob Lyne

Regional Manager Southeast

Zagrożeniami naturalnymi
Nżynieria hydrauliczna
Geobrugg North America, LLC,8004 Windspray Drive,Summerfield NC 27358 / USA Regional Manager Southeast

Formularz kontaktowy

Pierce Runnels, Civil Engineer
   

Pierce Runnels

General Manager Geobrugg North America

Zagrożeniami naturalnymi
Geobrugg North America, LLC,22 Centro Algodones , Civil Engineer General Manager Geobrugg North America

Formularz kontaktowy

Tim Shevlin
 

Tim Shevlin

Sales Director

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

Formularz kontaktowy