References of NAUE geosynthetics installations
Geotextile sand bags protect holidays in southeast Asia
Geotextile sand bags protect holidays in southeast Asia Coastal protection and beach extension with geotextile sand bags and sand containers Secutex® Soft Rock in Pattaya, Thailand Coastal erosion processes often threaten buildings, infrastructure elements, and the viability of shoreline recreation areas. Countermeasures, using geosynthetics, are utilized to protect these spaces and structures. [...]
Embankments at Port Hedland – Australia
The Utah Point Berth Project (UPBP) at Port Hedland in northern Western Australia in-volved the development and operation of a common user bulk export facility, primarily to serve the mining industry in the Pilbara region. Utah Point works with a number of emerging commodities producers of Western Australia and provides a new [...]
Bali’s First Modern Landfill Design
Bangli Regional Landfill in Indonesia’s Bali province is located about 60km outside of Denpasar, the provincial capital and home to more than 500,000 residents. The region hosts Ngurah Rai International Airport - the main entry point into Bali - and numerous tourist destinations along Bali’s popular white sands beaches. When the Indonesian [...]
Building Pacific Highway with Combigrid®
Australia’s Pacific Highway connects the major metropolitan areas of Sydney and Brisbane. A major construction phase along the route has involved the Stewarts River Bridge project, which is part of the Coopernook to Herons Creek upgrade. But like many projects along this vital highway, the subgrade conditions (soft clay) complicated the work. [...]
Double take: Bentofix® GCL and the Miyagi earthquake
The Shibusawa agricultural pond in Yamamoto Town, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, has the unique distinction of having been built twice with geo-synthetic clay liners (GCLs), both times to the client’s satisfaction, and without having experienced any failure in engineering or product performance. The pond, which is located with-in a golf course, serves as [...]
Dynamic Duo Down Under: Carbofol® and Bentofix®
When one of Australia’s largest landfills sought to expand, engineers were concerned about the potential impact on groundwater, as well as the overall site’s integrity. The new cell would need to be asymmetrical and utilize a steep-slope footprint, which presented challenges for designing in a secure barrier system and proper drainage management. [...]
Extraordinary sites: from quarry to landfill
One of Australia’s largest landfills occupies a former quarry. The site, known as the Boral Western Landfill, has an available airspace totaling more than 15,000,000m3. Since 1999, the facility has offered municipal and commercial waste management services to metropolitan Melbourne. Today, more than 20 percent of Melbourne’s waste is managed there. Of [...]
Greener Dreams Come to Life: Gardens by the Bay
Singapore is one of the most densely populated places in the world. Green space on this tightly developed island comes at a premium, but it has become the mission of this Asian city-state to transform itself into a truly green, world city. The impressive Gardens by the Bay installation is [...]
Success vs. Sinking in Brunei
Geosynthetic separation and reinforcement materials are engineered for ground modification and improvement applications. One of the most common applications is base course stabilization in roads. As traffic loads pass over the roadway, the ten-sile forces can cause cracking and rutting as the pumping action induced beneath the surface causes fines and [...]
Harvey Norman Site in Maroochydore – Australia
Thin Combigrid® Platforms Carry Heavy Loads In the construction of heavily trafficked areas such as working platforms, a stable subgrade with sufficient bearing capacity is required. Economical and environmental advantages of construction methods with geosynthetics, especially on soft soils are already well known. Soil masses that need to be excavated, transported [...]
XIAMEN UNIVERSITY MALAYSIAN CAMPUS
LINING OF LAKE USING BENTOFIX® NSP 4000 GEOSYHTHETIC CLAY LINER XIA MEN University is the first renowned Chinese university to expand outside China. It is in line with the Malaysian Government vision and augurs well with the Malaysian Government’s aspiration to establish itself as the regional hub for higher education in [...]
SUBANG SKYPARK RAIL PROJECT – SELANGOR
RIVER EMBANKMENT PROTECTION USING SECUTEX SOFT ROCK Electrified Double Tracking Project Between Subang Jaya and Terminal Skypark was funded by the Government through Ministry of Transport to provide rail based public transport especially to connect the Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah (SAAS) Airport Terminal and the vicinity area with the existing railway [...]
SLOPE PROTECTION AT PEDAS EXPRESSWAY
SLOPE PROTECTION USING SECUGRID® & SECUMAT® PLUS Expressway Sdn Bhd is the biggest highway concessionaire in Malaysia where the North-South Expressway, being one of the major highways ever constructed, traversers through the northern and the southern part of peninsular Malaysia. Opus Sdn Bhd is the main organization carrying out the maintenance [...]
PKNS SERI SELANGOR GOLF CLUB – SELANGOR
RIVER EMBANKMENT PROTECTION USING SECUTEX SOFT ROCK The Seri Selangor Golf Club, an 18-hole golf course, wholly owned by the Selangor State Development Corporation (PKNS), is a regular golfing avenue for avid golfers given its strategic location within its vicinity in the Klang Valley. A natural stream traverses along its range, [...]
MANJUNG POWER PLANT PROJECT
TREATMENT OF MUD SLURRY USING COMBIGRID® 80/80 Q1 The Manjung coal-fired power plant, sponsored by Tenaga Janamanjung, is located on a man-made island off the coast of Perak in Malaysia. It generates 2,100MW from its three 700MW units. The plant is located 4.5m above sea level, making coal imports easier. For the [...]