Rockfall shoring

• Client: Municipality of Embd
• Construction Manager / Reference Person: IBR Ingenieurbüro GmbH
• Construction Foreman: Celine Ludi
• Machinist: Demiri Besir
• Construction time: May 2023 - September 2023
• Construction costs: 0.75 million 

Technical specifications:

• 155m construction routes
• Dam center north:
• 930m³ excavation
• 2'700t block throw    
• 580 m³ fill material
• North dam:
• 3'140m³ excavation
• 2'560 m³ fill material
• 1'000m² TerraMur facing surfaces
• 12'000m² transverse and longitudinal reinforcement geosynthetics embankment
• 5'400m² application of embankment

Object description:

The project comprises the raising and optimization of two existing earth dams near the village of Kalpetran. The middle north dam was raised with a block throw and the north dam was raised with TerraMur.

Special requirements:

• Access roads to the north dam with a tracked dumper Slope of the construction road up to 30% gradient