Page 99 - CO April 2017 Full Issue

SPECIAL FOCUS: GREEN BUILDINGS & SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION case study Laying of StrataWeb ® Compaction Stage Completed Project Reconstruction of Kedarnath roads with StrataWeb ® Kedarnath shrine, at a height of 3,583 mts. PROJECT FACTSHEET is one of the major and holiest shrines of Location: Kedarnath Temple, Uttarakhand lord Shiva. Client: Nehru Institute of Mountaineering It is located on the Garhwal Himalayan range near the Mandakini river in Project Size: 1,310 sqm Uttarakhand. Application: Load Support (emergency solution) What makes this place more unique is System Offered: StrataWeb geocells ® that it sufers extreme weather conditions, Date of Project Completion: May 2015 making the temple accessible only during the months of April to November. The Strata’s Innovative Solution: in the Sub base and inflled with locally temple is not easily accessible by road but Keeping in mind the need for timely available granular material (GSB). can be reached afer a 14km uphill trek. completion and the need for providing the Application of StrataWeb® geocell for load The Kedarnath Valley due to weather quality solution notwithstanding the low support eliminated the requirement of conditions has always been afected by soil CBR and poor quality soil, StrataWeb® heavy boulders. erosion. However, the valley was adversely Geocells were recommended. Cushion Layer Granular Sub-base Granular Sub-base Cushion layer reinforced with afected due to unprecedented fash foods StrataWeb® geocell panels were transported Dressed Subgrade reinforced with StrataWeb® StrataWeb ® Dressed Subgrade in June 2013. Landslides and mudslides to the nearest base and were airlifed to caused by a devastating cloudburst ravaged Kedarnath. About Strata: the area. Strata India ofers a comprehensive range of Te Shrine was closed to pilgrims for at Construction: high-quality geosynthetic and geotechnical least a year to clear the debris and to re- StrataWeb® SW 356-150 geocells were solution to India’s civil engineering and establishing the area before allowing the used for constructing the access road from construction industry. pilgrims through. helipad to the temple. Te geocells were Strata India, established in 2004 as a Te Government had challenging task to inflled with locally available. Access road joint venture with Strata Systems Inc. establish the area within a very short time pavement with StrataWeb® geocells inflled USA. began manufacturing in its ISO with the help of innovative and proven with locally infll material (GSB) was a more certifed facility in Daman. From design solutions. practical and long-term solution under such to execution, Strata India provides turnkey Tere was a dire need for a walking trail/ circumstances. StrataWeb® are an efective solutions like reinforced soil walls, slope access road from the helipad to the t emple. way to reduce the ruts along the road and protection and stabilisation, erosion control, Te Nehru Institute of Mountaineering was provide smooth conduct of trafc even with foundation improvement for structures and responsible for providing this emergency adverse weather conditions. embankments, steep slope embankments, solution. Te deadline of achieving the same strengthening of paved and unpaved roads, was non-negotiable owing to the limited Value Addition to Customers storage yards and industrial fooring for season. • Rapid installation. various sectors like roads and bridges, power, • Cost efective port, canal, solid wastage management etc. Te Orthodox Approach: • No need of any skilled person. Strata has built a track record for ensuring The traditional approach would be to • Proven emergency solution for timely and infallible installation and prides in construct a road with a soling of cobbles and challenging terrains. delivering a matchless customer experience. good quality aggregates, which would have • Aesthetically pleasing been a very tedious task. Te subsoil was of For more details contact: very low CBR which would require cobble Technical Drawing: Email: info@strataindia.com soling for the road. StrataWeb® geocell SW 356-150 is placed Website: www.strataindia.com u APRIL 2017 |construction opportunities 101