Reinforced Soil Walls and Slope Reinforcement
2023
TAKAKA - GOLDEN BAY - New Zealand
LANDSLIPS WITH MINERAL TERRAMESH AT EUREKA BEND
Problem
In November 2006, a major slip formed along State Highway 60 (SH60) on the western side of Takaka Hill, a mountain pass at an elevation of 791m above sea level, located at the south eastern end of Golden Bay in New Zealand’s South Island. It is the onl…
Solution
Geofabrics New Zealand (GNZ) partner of Maccaferri worked with consulting engineer GHD to design the Mineral Terramesh® system. The Mineral Terramesh® was supplied as a modular unit with triangular brackets set at 70 degrees angle whose front face is r…
