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Venezuela – Reinforced Earth® walls for the “Cinta Costera”

2020-01-10T18:48:40+00:00December 7th, 2016|Project|

In Vargas State, Freyssinet-Geoquest is constructing Reinforced Earth® walls for the new 17-km long seafront In 2016 the Vargas State authorities launched a major project to construct a 17-km seafront in northern Venezuela, between the cities of Punta de Mulatos and Macuto. Freyssinet – Geoquest Venezuela was chosen to construct the walls of the works, using their [...]

Airport runway retaining walls

2024-07-03T04:17:02+00:00November 30th, 2016|Did you know?|

Reinforced Earth® retaining walls are an excellent solution for runway extensions Our structures used as Airport runway retaining walls are particularly suited to the constraints related to the construction of new airports including the extension or renovation and upgrade of their take-off and landing runways. Airports are usually [...]

Rio de Janeiro – Geoquest walls for the Transolimpica BRT Expressway

2020-01-10T18:48:54+00:00August 8th, 2016|Project|

On Monday, July 4, 2016, Eduardo Paes, Mayor of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), inaugurated the new express line BRT (bus rapid transit) Transolimpica. This is, for the Brazilian capital of one of the most important infrastructure in decades. Geoquest (Brazil), being responsible for the design, supply and technical [...]

First trials on the new high speed line SEA

2020-01-10T18:49:30+00:00July 27th, 2016|Project|

First trials on the new high-speed railroad South-Europe-Atlantique (SEA) high-speed line (LGV) linking the city of Tours to Bordeaux have begun and speed will increase up to 352 km/h over the next days on one of the Reinforced Earth® structures supporting a track, where commercial speed of trains [...]

MEXICO – A new website dedicated to Geoquest

2020-01-10T19:01:55+00:00June 8th, 2016|Company|

The Geoquest de México website has been launched. Visit http://www.tierraarmada.com.mx to discover all the information, techniques and projects of our Mexican teams. Follow Geoquest de México on social networks! Twitter: @tierraarmadamex Linkedin: Geoquest de México Youtube: Canal TierraArmadaMex

Did you know…that Reinforced Earth® structures also work under water?

2020-01-09T14:17:01+00:00May 30th, 2016|Did you know?|

Did you know...that Reinforced Earth® structures also work under water? Reinforced Earth® structures can be designed to be partially or even fully submerged by water. The stability of the structures is checked for all critical conditions (lowest water level, highest water level, rapid draw down). Effective stresses, pore [...]

France – 15 meters high abutments for national road 82

2020-01-09T14:19:44+00:00May 23rd, 2016|Project|

Located South of Roanne and a hundred kilometers to the West of Lyon, between the towns of Neulise and Balbigny, National Road 82 (RN82) is the last link connecting national road 7 (RN7) to highway A89. On this crucial road to the opening up of the Roanne territory, [...]

Geoquest South Africa takes part to the 1st Southern African Geotechnical Conference

2020-01-10T19:03:29+00:00April 27th, 2016|Events|

This subregional conference will provide a forum for exchanging, disseminating and discussing current geotechnical practice in Southern Africa as well as sharing information of recent projects and developments. Come and visit us on our booth n°4! The First Southern African Geotechnical Conference will be hosted by the Geotechnical Division of [...]

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