Fast, flexible embankment protection for both temporary and permanent applications.
Wire Walls are ideal for fast and economical installation using cost-saving wire components and native backfill materials whenever possible in permanent or temporary applications.
Adapt well to curves, angles and steps.
Wire Walls easily accommodate curves, angles or steps, and the facing and soil reinforcing mats may be adapted to allow for the installation of culverts, bridge piles or other site requirements.
Benefits
- Economical system for retaining walls, steepened slopes and erosion control
- Heavy-duty, black or galvanized steel wire interlocking wall and mat construction
- Can handle extreme surcharge loads
- Available finishes: natural, vegetated, shotcrete, precast, cast-in-place
- Permanent or temporary applications
- Wall heights can exceed 30 m (100')
- Height increments are 610 mm (2')
- Adapts to curves, angles and steps
Applications
- Retaining Walls
- Headwalls and Wingwalls
- Bridge Abutments
- Grade Separations
- Crusher Ramps/Walls
Wire Wall Finish Options
Wire Walls can be left ‘natural’, with exposed wire and select rock face or they can be designed to accept a variety of finishes, such as grass, vegetation, shotcrete, or precast concrete panels in a two-stage design. Temporary Wire Walls with black steel and filter fabric at the face are also available.
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Natural Stone | | Shotcrete | | Shotcrete Detail |
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Temporary | | Vegetated: Before | | Vegetated: After |
Installation
Wire Walls are ideal for fast and economical installation using cost-saving wire components and select engineered backfill materials.
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Wire mats on below grade base. | | Backing mat, fabric, drainage, first lift. |
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Next lift, second wire mat series. | | Select stone fill added to face section. |
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Repeat previous steps for other lifts. | | Cap mats hook into last face panels. |
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Mats can be adapted to integrate structures. | | Backfill, guiderail and paving added. |