Retaining Walls In Sobha Bela Encosta Project - Case StudyTUEN MUN - CHEK LAP KOK LINK SOUTHERN CONNECTION VIADUCT SECTIONSuccessful alternative design for a Reinforced Earth® Wall to replace an alternative solution which entailed building a bored pile wall.

Successful alternative design for a Reinforced Earth® Wall to replace an alternative solution which entailed building a bored pile wall at Ting Kok Road.

Project Details

SYSTEM

Geoquest

OWNER

CEDD

CONTRACTOR

China Road and Bridge Corporation

CONSTRUCTION YEAR

2004

DESIGNER + CONSULTANT

Geoquest Pacific Plc (Hong Kong)

Project

Geoquest Pacific Plc, the company, has now furnished a successful alternative design for a Reinforced Earth® Wall to replace an alternative solution which entailed building a bored pile wall.

Advantages

Compared to the bored pile wall design, the Reinforced Earth® alternative provided a rapid construction procedure and better quality control of materials and workmanship, as all the Reinforced Earth® components, inclusive of the steel reinforcement elements, precast concrete facing panels and accessories are prefabricated in a supervised factory environment.