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Tensar Basal Reinforcement Brochure
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BASAL REINFORCEMENT basetex high-strength geotextiles

Tensar® Technology – proven, practical solutions and the know-how to get them designed and built. Tensar Technology is widely adopted for Pavement Optimisation and Subgrade Stabilisation to improve the structural performance of paved roads and unbound roads and platforms. Tensar Technology is also adopted for Earth Retaining Systems for cost effectiveness and versatility over other traditional methods. By delivering real savings in cost and time, Tensar Technology can help you improve the bottom line on your project as well as preserving the invested capital. Reinforcing Embankment...

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Basetex installation at Oran airport in Algeria providing permanent stability to a load bearing surface with rapid and cost saving installation. The special weft insertion method of manufacture ensures that Basetex fibres remain straight and undistorted allowing for immediate pick up of load without initial deformation. Soft ground Basetex is usually placed as low as possible within the embankment foundation to maximise stability.

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Spanning of Voids with Tensar Basetex Tensar Basetex can be installed in single or multi-layers to suit embankment design and construction. The high design strengths of Basetex fabrics allow the product to span subterranean voids in areas prone to subsidence. This ensures long-term void spanning and the control of weak ground, which has the potential to collapse with catastrophic effects. Potential voids Basetex can provide safe, early warning of the development of voids below earthworks. Garrion Bridge, Scotland where Basetex avoided the need for expensive grouting of mineworkings below...

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Load Transfer Platforms When minimal settlement can be tolerated, embankment foundations are often piled to provide a firm support. Basetex can be designed to reinforce fill and create a Load Transfer Platform to span and distribute embankment loads onto the piles or vibro concrete columns which bear on firmer strata below. This avoids the cost of a concrete raft or ground beams. Tensar Basetex in a Tensioned Membrane Load Transfer Platform supporting an embankment for high speed railway. 5 The standard roll size of Basetex is 4.4m wide x 100m long which allows very rapid installation.

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Contact Tensar or your local distributor to receive further literature covering Tensar products and applications. Also available on request are product specifications, installation guides and specification notes. The complete range of Tensar literature consists of: Your local distributor is: • Tensar® Geosynthetics in Civil Engineering A guide to products, systems and services • Subgrade Stabilisation Stabilising unbound layers in roads and trafficked areas with a Tensar MSL • Spectra® Pavement Optimisation System Improving the structural performance of whole pavements with a Tensar MSL •...

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