Innovative Geogrid Retaining Wall products from Nilex are multi-purpose

Retaining walls are important structures routinely used in construction sites to keep soil or water away/ retain it. A lot of pressure is exerted by the materials just behind the wall and hence the right material and design need to be used. The retaining walls design must include information for runoffs or any such extreme event. They are mostly vertical structures and they provide support and stability throughout.

The main kinds of failure that may occur are — overturning or toppling, sliding, internal failure, and bearing capacity failure. Different types of retaining walls are built, depending on location and material, among other considerations.

Gravity Retaining Wall-

Stands on its own weight and is massive. Testing out bearing, overturning, and sliding forces is important and routinely done. Examples include retaining walls built for dams. A type of gravity retaining wall used in specialized cases is a retaining wall geogrid.

Pile Retaining Wall-

Piles are normally dug extremely deep, and this counterforce negates the top force that can push the wall over. This is used for temporary work mostly.

Anchored Retaining Wall-

High retaining walls have deep cable wires or rods driven deep and sideways into the earth, and then an ‘anchor’ of cement is filled. It is called a ‘tieback’. Normally employed in highway construction in hilly terrain especially.

Cantilever Retaining Wall-

This kind of retaining wall is made of a base slab and a thin stem and is composed of concrete. Maybe precast or can be made on-site.

Nilex offers cutting-edge and practical retaining wall design choices. They can be green, wire-faced, or hard surface retaining wall systems that incorporate geogrid technology. Many products are available for your use, and they can be used for commercial, residential, and industrial contexts respectively.

What is a geogrid?

It is any geosynthetic material that is used to reinforce soils or similar materials. Some of Nilex’s products that use geogrid technology include-

1) NilexECORock Wall- this is a very cost-effective, temporary retaining wall geogrid option that utilizes a black wire basket facing with geotextile wrap, and is stabilized by a uniaxial geogrid reinforcement backfill. This can be used in reinforcing temporary walls.

NilexECOWrap — This is an innovative wrap-faced reinforced slope system. It is made of a backfill reinforced with uniaxial geogrid and an erosion control turf mat that is stabilized with biaxial geogrid respectively. This product can be used for slope stabilization or even embankments.