World-record bund test confirms Terre Armée’s capacity to innovate, leadership in soil-structure interaction
Reinforced Earth® rockfall bund withstands impact of 5000 KJ Three years of research subjected to a few seconds of truth The excitement was palpable at the Montagnole rockfall test site near Lyon, France on June 16. Three years of collaborative research combining the expertise of Terre Armée [...]
TerraLink®solution to stabilize slope and widen road
In the last quarter of 2018, cyclone Titli took a toll on Odisha state, located on the east coast of India. It caused severe damages including landslides in various locations on National Highway 59. Near Daringbadi - a tourist destination about 200 km away from the state capital [...]
Reinforced Earth® Headwalls for Wildlife Crossing
A new wildlife crossing bridge and six-lane roadway opened last week in Edmonton, Canada. Connecting the city’s ring road, the Anthony Henday Drive, with the northeast energy and industrial area, the Aurum Energy Park-Aurum Road Wildlife/Creek Crossing will reduce the daily commute for about 10,000 workers by about [...]
Reinforced Earth® walls for Jorf Lasfar Power Station
In Morocco, the Jorf Lasfar thermal power station features high-performing installations. Guaranteeing an availability rate of over 90%, it is one of the best performing power stations in the world. The facility enjoys a strategic geographic location thanks to its proximity to the Jorf Lasfar Port. An estimated [...]
Uganda: Extension of the Kampala Northern Bypass
In Kampala, at the Northern edge of Lake Victoria, Reinforced Earth South Africa (RESA) supplied Reinforced Earth® walls for the extension of the Northern Bypass. Designed in a semicircle and built between 2004 and 2009 across the northern suburbs of the city, the bypass aims to relieve traffic congestion in the city centre. In May 2014, the [...]
Transmission Gully Project
TechSpan arches and Reinforced Earth walls for New Zealand road project When completed, in May 2020, the Transmission Gully Project (TGP) will provide a new, 27 km long, four-lane motorway north of Wellington, New Zealand. This modern and safe main highway will bypass the coastal communities and space-limited [...]
Canada: Regina Bypass to open to traffic
23000 m2 of Reinforced Earth walls for largest transportation infrastructure project in Saskatchewan’s history The highway bypass of the City of Regina, capital of the Province of Saskatchewan in Canada, will open to traffic on October 29, 2019. The Regina Bypass is the largest transportation infrastructure project in [...]
Tierra Armada Chile S.p.A. helps rebuild Valparaiso
Precast walls and wave barriers to reconstruct and protect Chile's most important port damaged by earthquakes in 2015 The Port of Valparaíso is Chile’s most important container and passenger port. About 11 million tons of cargo, one million shipping containers, and more than 50,000 passengers pass through it [...]
Freyssinet Mexico and Tierra Armada Mexico join forces to rehabilitate Amecameca Bridge after devastating earthquake in Mexico City
Advantages of precast systems clear in the rehabilitation of vital infrastructure which had to reopen to traffic in only nine months A powerful earthquake hitting 7.1 on the Richter scale rocked Mexico City and the surrounding area on September 19th, 2017. The devastation was spread throughout Mexico’s capital. [...]
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Reinforced Earth (Pty) Ltd South Africa build on history of Cogmanskloof Pass
Reinforced Earth system with TerraTrel grid facing for historic pass In 1877, using a combination of gunpowder and dynamite, a resourceful pass builder named Thomas Bain blasted the oldest solid rock road tunnel in South Africa and built the Cogmanskloof (or Kogmanskloof) Pass. Between 2016 and 2019, a [...]
Morocco: Sidi Maârouf Bridge is standing tall
Terre Armée and Freyssinet have been involved in the construction of Casablanca’s major new structure, the Sidi Maârouf Bridge. Started in 2015, the cable-stayed bridge is being built as part of the redevelopment of the Sidi Maârouf junction initiated by the city of Casablanca. Funded by the municipality [...]
Canada – new access ramp for the Gardiner Expressway
In Toronto, RECO Canada designed and supplied precast panels for the new gardiner expressway ramp to lower Simcoe Street. Located in the City of Toronto, the York-Bay-Yonge off-ramp to Lower Simcoe street reconstruction project is part of a large push to modernize the waterfront area and accommodate high [...]
Tierra Armada Chile supplies close to 4000m2 of Reinforced Earth® walls for copper mine in Chile
The Spence Growth Option (SGO) project aims to extend the operation of the Spence Mine to more than 50 years, increasing production by approximately 185 ktpa of copper and 4ktpa of molybdenum in the first 10 years of operation. Works include a new 30-metre-high primary crusher, where CAT [...]
TechWall to build iconic walkway at new urban development in Lyon
LYON: Puisoz-Grand Parilly is a new residential, commercial, and business district in one of the regions with the highest urban development by Lyon, France. When completed in 2025, the new neighbourhood will provide 1000 apartments, 23000m2 of office space, and six hectares of public areas. Two thousand people [...]
Canada: RECo participates in Highway 407 East extension
RECo Canada part of one of the largest highway construction projects ever in the province of Ontario.
Nicaragua: Freyssinet – Tierra Armada Panamá at the heart of Managua’s road work
Freyssinet - Tierra Armada Panamá is pursuing its involvement in the road work of the Nicaraguan capital with the building of 3 access ramps. Freyssinet - Tierra Armada Panamá began the second Reinforced Earth® wall project in Nicaragua with the construction of the 7 Sur interchange. Launched in 2017 by national authorities, this [...]
MAGAZINE – Our latest edition is now available!
Do not wait any longer and have a look at the magazine n°231 to keep up with our latest news and projects! You will discover how Terre Armée is contributing to put back in service the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway Toy after a massive landslide by building a 100 [...]
First true abutment in Philippines, a Freyssinet-Terre Armée collaboration
In Philippines, Freyssinet and Terre Armée joined forces to the construction of the Mactan-Cebu Airport Terminal 2 Located 800 km south of the capital of the Philippines, in the city of Cebu, a growing tourist destination, Terminal 2 was achieved and inaugurated in July 2018. Launched in 2015, [...]
Chile: making the 43 highway safer
In central Chile, Tierra Armada has constructed 4 Reinforced Earth walls as part of the extension of Highway 43 that will provide a safe link between the communities of Coquimbo and Ovalle. And consequently bringing to an end the infamous “Road of Death”. This was the Chilean Ministry [...]
Australia: RECo takes part in the massive NorthLink WA project
In Perth, RECo Australia designs and supplies 31,000 m² of TerraTilt® and TerraPlus® facing as part of the NorthLink West Australia road project. In 2016, the city of Perth embarked on highway construction works intended to meet the needs of a rapidly growing population. This large-scale project entitled NorthLink WA will provide the [...]
Canada: Reinforced Earth walls on the Victor Road interchange
In Saskatoon, RECo Canada built 1,080 m² of retaining walls for the new interchange of the city. The company Dream Asset Management and the city of Saskatoon launched an overpass cross highway building project. This interchange that connects Victor Road in the southeast are