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The first use of retaining walls constructed using geogrid soil reinforcement. |
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The first use of steepened reinforced slopes, again using geogrid soil reinforcement, for the creation of additional buildable land. |
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The first use of grids to reinforce asphalt overlays in roadway improvement applications. |
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The first use of geogrids to support paved roadways over soft soils, thereby greatly reducing the cost and/or improving the performance in resisting heavy truck wheel loads. |
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The first use of geogrids within the aggregate base course of a paved roadway to significantly reduce the rutting of the pavement and greatly lower the life cycle cost of the road. |
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The first use of "vertical expansion" or "piggybacking" of landfills to create additional storage capacity within the footprint of the site, thereby precluding the need to site a new facility. |
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The use of landform contour regrading to transform marginal properties into prime real estate. Marquee applications include the Spanish Hills Golf and Country Club in Camarillo, California. |
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The first use of geogrid in the ballast of railroad applications, thereby reducing the frequency of maintenance and significantly improving the road's life cycle cost. |
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The use of polymeric grid in the roof and rib support in underground coal mines. |
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The use of geogrid to create load transfer platforms for the reliable and economical construction of buildings and embankments over soft soils. |
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The first retaining wall with a positive mechanical connection, the Mesa® Retaining Wall System, for greatly improved reliability. |
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The first use of grids to create a marine mattress to provide scour protection caused by moving water, such as at the end of the runway at the Logan Airport in Boston, Massachusetts. |
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The first and only precast concrete panel retaining wall system, the ARES® Retaining Wall System, reviewed by the Highway Innovative Technology Evaluation Center and approved for use in highway applications across the United States. |
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The first use of a geogrid reinforced "pressure relief" wall system to relieve earth pressure from building foundation walls, thereby greatly reducing the cost of the structure, such as at the new John Paul Jones Arena at the University of Virginia. |
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The first and only wire-formed retaining wall system with a positive mechanical connection, the SierraScape® System. |
