Noise walls and precast concrete fascia panels
Post-and-panel and other precast concrete noise wall and barrier solutions provide effective protection and sound barriers for residential, commercial and industrial areas. Precast concrete noise walls are designed for quick installation and minimal maintenance, while providing for aesthetically appealing creative and architectural finishes, all combining to enhance living and working environments.
FanWall™ free standing sound barrier
Reinforced Earth’s FanWall™ barriers are a modular precast concrete wall solution designed for noise reduction, as well as providing security and privacy fencing. FanWall™ is a free-standing sound barrier consisting of full-height or stacked concrete panels, joined by simple stainless steel wire rope connections. The wall’s stability is obtained with the proper combination of height, panel thickness and offset depth. The offset depth results in a trapezoidal pattern, giving the wall it’s fan-like appearance and resistance to overturning.
The free-standing sound barrier’s design avoids the need for deep foundations, rigid posts or structural footings that are common to other alternatives. The slim panels are also easily customisable with creative and architectural finishes and the structures can be easily dismantled or relocated.
Innovation in precast concrete barriers
The unique FanWall™ layout consists of either full-height or stacked panels that are joined at engineered angles, which makes the wall free-standing with maximum vertical stiffness to prevent overturning and resist wind loads and vibrations.
Panels are designed with rotatable, ball-and-socket interlocking joints. The joints provide the necessary residual angular rotation and vertical movement to resist the effects of expansion, contraction and frost heave. The panel joint is designed as close-fitting for both sight and sound.
The design specifics of the Fanwall™ panel joints are especially innovative. During installation, the precast concrete barrier panels are fastened together with aircraft-grade stainless steel cables, which are tensioned to close and tighten the joint. This unique connection system allows the Fanwall™ to be easily dismantled or relocated with 100% salvageability.
Installation
Our engineers and project managers coordinate design, manufacturing, delivery, and onsite technical guidance for the most efficient installation. Minimal site preparation is required, as panels are set directly on compacted granular materials. Installation is simple and follows a predictable, sequential plan. Typical production rates of achieving one panel placement including tensioning every ten minutes can be predicted.
Applications
Fanwall™ panels are ideally suited for architectural finishes, and in many cases have been built with sound absorptive cladding. Laboratory testing by the US military verified Fanwall durability against ballistics and forced entry.
Since 1975, the Fanwall™ solution has been built in nearly every construction sector, including transportation, urban and residential, energy, military including:
- Road, rail and airport transit noise barriers
- Residential privacy barriers
- Industrial noise barriers
- Wind drift barriers
- Forced entry and ballistic barriers
- Radio frequency interference shields
- Radiation shields
Read more about how Fanwall is an effective acoustic barrier and noise wall at the National Precast Association.
For more information about noise walls, precast concrete barriers and Fanwall™ from Reinforced Earth contact us.
Benefits
Sustainability
Sustainability
The Fanwall® solution can be easily dismantled, relocated, stored or salvaged with little or no disruption to the nearby environment.
Low-impact construction
Low-impact construction
The Fanwall® solution minimizes the needs for site preparation through installation taking place directly on the native foundation.
Aesthetics
Aesthetics
Facing elements are available in a wide range of architectural treatments.
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