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Terraforce recently won two awards at the 2024 Concrete Manufacturers Association’s (CMA) Digital Awards. Open to all CMA members, this year’s competition attracted 34 entries including two international projects. Such was the overall quality of the submissions that each of the competition’s 15 entry categories attracted a winner.
The competition is judged based on product and application excellence in two groups: Aesthetic Excellence and Engineering Excellence; there are seven categories in the former and eight in the latter. Awards certificates are presented to all category winners, and the four best category winners are awarded a much-coveted CMA Awards for Excellence trophy.
Kempegowda International Airport, India
Approximately 1.2km of the road has been lined with Terraforce retaining walls on both sides covering a total surface area of 9,000m².
After considering various retaining wall options, the Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL) project team comprising of Prasenjit Biswas, general manager, landside planning; Monnappa BC, general manager, projects; and Prasannamurti Desai, vice president, landscape; chose the Terraforce retaining wall system for several reasons, aesthetics having been a major consideration.
The blocks also allowed the planting of flowers and other vegetation, and the inclusion of Hume pipes facilitated the planting of trees. In addition, the Terraforce option required less soil excavation and was more cost-effective than either reinforced concrete or reinforced earthen walls would have been.
Once the Metro is established in the center of the two access lanes, this project will shine in full, with the plants fully established and the trees fully matured, providing a visually lush and green entry point to Kempegowda International Airport.
Read more: https://www.terraforce.com/7-2023-terraforce-supplies-large-scale-retaining-wall-project-in-india/
Dubai Silicon Oasis, UAE, Dubai
These long, up to six-meter high Terraforce L16 rock face retaining walls were skillfully installed by Al Aamal Construction. The retaining walls were necessary due to the substantial differences in levels on site, and to provide access to a leisure area on ground level, with 4×4 Step block access stairs and ramps leading to the residences at the top level.
Says Sinan Awad, Al Aamal Construction: “The site consists of set-back and vertical walls, as well as 90-degree corners that were achieved by carefully cutting the Terraforce L16 rock face blocks. For additional stability the blocks were concrete filled, reinforced with rebar and we used double block rows with the rock face finish facing outwards on either side for some of the vertical walls adjoining the two grand staircases and ramps. Where the walls joined other structures, dowels were used to secure the connections. In total, 41100 Terraforce L16 and 2000 Terraforce 4×4 Step blocks were installed on site.”
Read more: https://www.terraforce.com/best-terraforce-project-of-the-year/
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