ViaCon concrete mattresses deliver time savings and technical efficiency in providing safer and more efficient access to the harbour.
The Challenge
Bigger vessels needed to access the harbor and to be able to do so without tugboat support. It was also critical not to limit the sailing space with whatever solution was employed.
The Solution
ViaCon Poland proposed the use of concrete mattresses as a solution.
Concrete mattresses generally provide a cost-effective and easily deployable engineering solution for seabed and coast protection as well erosion control for slopes and ditches.
Concrete mattresses are woven geotextiles, which are sewn and filled with concrete on the jobsite underwater with support from divers.
The project saves the client time compared to a traditional solution with crushed stones layer, gabion mattress, sandbags, precast concrete elements, and so on. The mattress is not as thick compared to traditional solutions.
The concrete mattress 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 and installation supervision.
The ViaCon Advantage
The concrete mattress solution offers:
The complete solution helped the customer improve their efficiency – working with a single solution provider and contributed:
With this concrete mattress project, ViaCon Poland continues to partner with customers to offer more economically and environmentally sustainable civil-engineering projects.