RETAINING WALLS “SMART WALL”

Last August the GeoXL and Farcimar companies – Soluções em Pré-Fabricados de Betão S.A. submitted to the National Institute of Industrial Property the patent request of joint authorship System “Smart Wall” on a wall reinforced soil active in the its design and its construction depends on their behavior.

The system “Smart Wall” innovates by using linear metal reinforcements rough, high adherence and high performance coupled with monitoring devices.

Two works have been performed with such a system, and in particular the meeting Jetty Wall of Pontão deValongo for the Municipality of Águeda and the Retaining Wall Peripheral M1 in Substation Feira 400 /60kV for REN, whose behavior has exceeded expectations initials, characteristic of the initial phase of an innovative technology, and where an economy in terms of the order reinforcements of 25% was possible with respect to other current solutions earth retaining of reinforced soil.