Neoloy® Tough-Cells Provide Reliable Platform Reinforcement and Drainage
Neoloy geocell technology offer faster heavy-duty solutions at a lower price than reinforced concrete-steel solutions and stabilized cement layers.
The Challenge
Constructed on soft, saturated and compressible soils, pavements and container yards in marine ports are subject to heavy loads from cranes, stackers, containers, trucks and rail traffic. Solutions must have high load bearing capacity, durability and low maintenance.
Why Neoloy Tough-Cells
In port quays, container yards, hydrocarbon storage terminals or working platforms, PRS Neoloy Tough-Cell geocell technology is used the world over for resilient port stabilization and reinforcement.
Neoloy’s validated high dynamic modulus, tensile strength and low permanent deformation make them an ideal soil stabilization solution for marine ports stabilization. Due to its high improvement factors (subgrade 7.6x and modulus 5x), Neoloy geocell-reinforced layers act as a slab (“beam effect”). This improves subgrade bearing capacity, distributes loads widely and limits differential settlement even under heavy-duty loads associated with port operations. In load transfer platforms (LTP) Neoloy platform stabilization enables optimized designs that reduce the number of pile columns.
Neoloy Tough-Cells verified reinforcement factors also enable a thinner pavement layer, even while using locally dredged sand for structural fill. Compared to reinforced concrete-steel solutions, stabilized cement layers and other geosynthetics solutions, Neoloy Tough-Cells reinforced port pavements are proven faster to build – and at lower cost. This is achieved at an equivalent or longer service life with less maintenance (and downtime) over the project lifespan.
Benefits
- Geotechnical – ideal for soft, compressible marine soils
- Engineering – optimizes design, stabilization reduces piles in Load Transfer Platforms (LTP)
- Environmental – sustainable solution uses local sand, recycled materials for infill
- Economics – cost effective, reduces construction costs, pavement structures, extends lifespan, low maintenance and less downtime
Case Studies
Neoloy Tough-Cells is a proven geocell technology to stabilize the most challenging soils under the heaviest loading conditions using locally available infill materials in ports, yards and platforms around the world.
Stabilized LTPs for Port Infrastructure, Mexico
Neoloy Tough Cells were used to stabilize Load Transfer Platforms (LTPs) of port quays and platforms as well for foundation layer of hydrocarbon storage terminals on very weak, saturated silty soils.
- Neoloy high reinforcement factors reduced the number of required piles by the LTP solution.
- Reduction of piles saved millions of dollars for each platform.
- Stabilized soft subgrade, reinforced pavement, limited subgrade extraction, thinner subbase and concrete layers.
Port Rehabilitation and New Construction, Israel
Two ports selected Neoloy Tough-Cells for pavement rehabilitation and new construction due to reliable, long-term design strength and cost-effectiveness. Both solutions included the use of local dredged sand for structural infill.
- Low construction costs are due to reduced soil replacement, use of marginal infill and decreased structural pavement thickness.
- Reinforced pavement meets heavy-duty shipyard requirements, with low deformation, minimizes repairs and maintenance.