Seaton Carew
Following a Coastal Strategy Study by Hartlepool Borough Council, a section of sea defence wall was required to be replaced and strengthened to afford protection against coastal erosion to homes and businesses along the seafront. The works would also allow the existing promenade to be widened and create a new access point to the beach. Reinforced
Earth Co. Ltd. (RECo) designed a solution which resisted wave impact on the structure and took into account the differential water level across the structure using local tidal conditions. The wall was constructed so that the majority of the wall was buried beneath the beach level - this would allow for predicted future reduced beach levels to occur and not cause
the undermining of the structure. The concrete facing panels were manufactured by RECo using glass fibre reinforcing bars to eliminate the risk of corrosion damage to the concrete, and to reduce the thickness of the panels. Both the soil reinforcement and the connection to the concrete panels were fully synthetic.
Mersey Gateway
over 4,000 m² of large TerraQuad square panels. Some of the most notable structures were the North and South approach ramp retaining walls to the bridge. The panels provided a feature finish pattern and were also battered to a 1:10 slope that provided a unique system for the client and required a specially designed cradle system to be made to simplify installation.
One of the most iconic bridges to be built in the UK, the 6 lane cable stayed toll bridge, Mersey Gateway was built to replace the much over used and dated steel Silver Jubilee bridge running from Runcorn to Widnes. In its first 5 years it has seen over 105 million journeys. Reinforced Earth Co. Ltd. provided many structures either side of the Gateway bridge for the new access routes and supplied
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