Surface Strengthening and Support
2022
ALONG NH-58, CHAMOLI DISTRICT - UTTARAKHAND - India
NATIONAL HIGHWAYS & INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION LTD.(NHIDCL)
ROCKFALL MITIGATION MEASURES ON HILLSIDE – GULABKOTI, UTTARAKHAND
Problem
Gulabkoti village is located in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand state, India. It is 18-km away from Joshimath town. Due to presence of highly jointed and fractured rock, the hill-slopes are prone to rock-fall. The site studied is along NH-58 on the banks…
Solution
The selection of system had to be resilient to critical joints, road widening requirement, subsurface water, high seismic forces, and steep topography. In order to counter the steepness of valley slope for widening of road, the feasible option was partly…
Used Products
Rockfall Barriers
Maccaferri Rockfall Barriers (or Catche Fences) are designed to catch falling rocks and boulders before they fall onto infrastructure, mine haViewstar
MacArmour & SteelGrid
MacArmour MacArmour is a 2-in-1 product that combines a homogeneous structure of bi-directional steel wire ropes with double twViewstar
