ViaCon supports achieving sustainability goals – faster and more cost effectively than concrete alternatives.
The Challenge
In Hungary, a ViaCon customer sought a more cost-efficient and faster-to-implement design solution for replacing a reinforced concrete retaining wall.
With the rising costs of steel in the current economic climate, the customer needed a solution that required less steel, but they also required a more sustainable alternative to concrete in constructing a new retaining wall.
The Solution
ViaCon Hungary has tackled this challenge by proposing a two-part, mechanically stabilised earth (MSE) wall and gabion solution. The two methods included: first, the front face of the MSE wall made of small blocks, extruded geogrid and backfill material (crushed stone from a local mine), and second of gabion and geogrids. This approach met the customer’s cost and design – as well as sustainability – requirements.
To make the project possible, ViaCon provided a full, end-to-end solution, from design to technical advice to delivery.
The ViaCon Advantage
The two-part solution is more eco-friendly than reinforced concrete retaining walls because:
The complete solution helped the customer improve their efficiency – working with a single solution provider and contributed:
With this MSE wall project, ViaCon Hungary continues to partner with customers to offer more economically and environmentally sustainable civil-engineering projects.
