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T I TA N T I M E S | 2 0 1 8 Y E A R I N R E V I E W
Working with Stantec, Titan proposed ARMORMAX®, a product designed specifically for severe erosion challenges and proven to provide up to 75 years of design life. This advanced flexible armor consists of PYRAMAT® woven three-dimensional High- Performance Turf Reinforcement Mats (HPTRM) with X3® fiber technology, and Engineered Earth Anchors (EEAs) that work together to lock soil in place and protect against hydraulic stresses. The project involved placing gabion baskets filled with rock on the base floor of the channel and installing a total of 38,000 m2 of ARMORMAX® on the channel slopes. Being a winter installation, the extreme cold conditions made it challenging to penetrate the frozen ground with the system’s B1 Anchors and 5mm 18” spikes. Our installation crew quickly adapted and switched to 10mm- 12” pins which were within the acceptable specification range and allowed for successful installation. The channel was later hydroseeded by another contractor to ensure vegetative growth through the mats— critical to helping lock soil in place and protecting against hydraulic stresses. After nearly one year we observed outstanding vegetation and continue to monitor the site. As vegetation increases and deeper vegetative root structure forms, we are confident that the system will solidify and perform optimally.
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Vegetation growing through the high-performance turf reinforcement mats.
View of channel with vegetative growth.
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