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An array of sweeping, free standing Gabion walls was incorporated in the design of the new Kidderminster Crematorium


In Worcestershire, Architects, Howl Associates incorporated an array of sweeping, free- standing Gabion walls in the design of the recently opened Kidderminster Crematorium for Client, Dignity Funerals Plc.


Here, the building is set in an open, semi rural landscape. Its curved geometry is defined by ‘thick’ rendered walls beneath large over-sailing roofs that provide covered areas for visitors to the chapel. To direct people around the building a series of ‘external rooms’ was created using 2700mm high, free standing Gabion walls. These help to define views both into and from the building and soften the visual impact on the surrounding landscape.


The carefully selected infill stone addressed ‘end of life’ sustainability criteria for this BREEAM rated building, as it could readily be re-used.


CLIFF-FACE SCREENING FOR BBC WALES


At BBC Wales’ new Roath Lock studios in Cardiff, a much larger free-standing Gabion wall - thought to be the biggest in the UK - has been built to screen the site and provide an acoustic barrier around external filming areas.


Both architect and client were keen to use Gabions as the structural medium to create a ‘cliff face’ appearance using locally sourced sand- stone paving off-cuts as the infill material.


Vertical features in the wall were created using structural steel columns clad with timber and different colours of stone were placed in the Gabion baskets to form distinctive horizontal bandings and enhance the natural aesthetic.


CIVIL ENGINEERING PERSPECTIVE


Gabions were used in a more traditional civil engineering application in the construction of the UK motorway network’s first car-share lane at the M606/M62 junction near Bradford, West Yorkshire.


The soil nails were installed and grouted after the wall was completed by drilling through pre-formed apertures in the Gabion Baskets. This process allowed back-filling behind the wall as construc- tion of the Gabions progressed.


WIDER RANGE


Although Maccaferri will continue to manufacture PVC coated products for use in less demanding applications, the new PA6 coating is available on its entire range of double twist wire based products including Reno® erosion protection mattresses, Terramesh® and Green Terramesh® soil reinforcement systems as well as the Company’s range of rock-fall protection meshes.


For further information, go to www.maccaferri.co.uk where you can download technical documents on PA6, register for a CPD presentation or request design software.


Here, Gabions create a 450m long road-side retaining wall to support existing grassed slopes which had to be cut back to create space for the new car-share lane.


In the rail sector a soil nailed, Gabion retaining wall was used to help boost capacity of the busy London to Oxford Rail Line where it passes through an historic bottleneck near northolt.


Engineers were able to increase line capacity by widening an existing, 3.0m high embankment to allow the installation of an additional track. All within what was an already narrow, rail corridor.


A conventional battered slope was not viable due to space restrictions, so Consulting Engineers, Atkins devised a near vertical, 3.0m high retaining wall comprising stone-filled, woven Mesh Gabions in combination with an array of integral, 14.0m long soil nails.


Maccaferri Gabions were used to create space for the UK motorway network’s first car-share lane at junction 26, M62/M606


Soil nails were drilled through pre-formed apertures in stone filled Gabions to add stability to this retaining wall at Northolt on the London Oxford to Chiltern Line.


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