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June 2015

Terre Armee at the 25th ICOLD congress from june 13rd to 20th

2020-01-14T10:42:28+00:00June 10th, 2015|Events|

The 25th Congress of the International Commission on Large Dams will take place in Norway and represents an opportunity for Terre Armee to showcase its expertise in dams and hydraulic structures. Stop by our booth #35 at Stavanger Forum! For more information, browse our brochure Dams and Reservoirs. [...]

March 2015

Las Tórtolas tailing dam

2020-01-10T18:57:01+00:00March 2nd, 2015|Croatia, Project|

Background In October 2007 Anglo American approved an investment of US$2.4 billion to expand its Los Bronces open cut copper and molybdenum mine, high in the Andes Mountains of Chile. The expansion includes new grinding facilities in the Confluencia sector, a flotation plant at Las Tórtolas (Colina) and [...]

December 2014

World Premiere: Reinforced Earth® equips the high-speed railway lines

2020-01-10T18:57:25+00:00December 4th, 2014|France, Project|

The construction of Reinforced Earth® walls for the South-Europe-Atlantique (SEA) high-speed line (LGV) linking Tours to Bordeaux was completed in September 2014. Eleven structures totalling 20 walls were built, mainly to support the railway tracks on both sides of flyovers. The highest structure is 12.70 m high. For two of [...]

November 2014

October 2014

Nigeria – Third interchange project for Geoquest

2020-01-10T18:57:35+00:00October 28th, 2014|Nigeria, Project|

Bayelsa is a state of southern Nigeria in the core Niger Delta region. It has one of the largest crude oil and natural gas deposits in Nigeria. As part of the massive infrastructure modernization in Yenagoa, the capital of Bayelsa, 2 new interchanges will be created at each end of [...]

When Geoquest delivers Geoquest walls for the Winter Olympics

2020-01-10T18:58:04+00:00October 22nd, 2014|Project, Russia|

In the course of numerous infrastructure projects for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi (Russia), a new 48 km long transport link between the city of Adler on the Black Sea and Krasnaya Polyana in the Caucasus was built. This transport connection consists of a highway & a railway line. [...]

Chile – Bridge abutments in Geoquest on a crossroad

2020-01-10T18:58:16+00:00October 21st, 2014|Chile, Project|

In Chile Geoquest teams have achieved the construction of 2 Reinforced Earth® bridge abutments on a exchanger being constructed on the Route 160. These walls consist of 2,836 m² TerraClass® walls with galvanized steel strip reinforcements. More about: Roads & Motorways Download [...]

August 2014

Thailand – Widening Highway 11

2020-01-10T18:59:33+00:00August 21st, 2014|Project, Thailand|

To manage increased traffic flow on Highway 11 connecting the cities of Uttaradit and Denchai in the North of the country, the Department of Highways decided to widen this route passing through mountainous country from two to four lanes. To avoid the need for large volumes of backfill [...]

July 2014

Croatia – Sveta Trojica wall

2020-01-10T18:59:54+00:00July 28th, 2014|Croatia, Project|

1 km West of the village of Križišće stands the imposing Geoquest® structure of Sveta Trojica: A three-tiered wall with max. height 34 m and 375 m long. The total surface area is 11,170 m². Geoquest designed the structure and supplied the GeoStrap® reinforcements, and connections. More about: Roads & Motorways [...]

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