Reinforced Macadam Mats are a composite product, combining geotextiles with green mesh, offering the benefits of both. The geotextile is made of polypropylene, and the green mesh steel wire typically uses 10% aluminum-zinc alloy wire with good corrosion resistance. They are widely used in ecological natural restoration, municipal landscape projects, riverbank protection, and road and railway subgrade slope stabilization projects.
Characteristics of reinforced macadam mats:
a. Structural gaps facilitate natural soil deposition, promoting natural grass growth.
b. Possesses some extensibility, adapting to fundamental changes.
c. Simple installation, manual laying, cost-effective.
d. Wire used, long service life.
Self-permeable: The voids of the reinforced macadam mat facilitate the drainage of pore water in the backfill, reducing the pore water pressure within the soil mass, ensuring the shear strength of the soil, and promoting the overall stability of the structure; simultaneously, it saves the related costs for the drainage facilities required by traditional retaining structures, thereby reducing the overall construction cost.
Permeability: The reinforced Macadam mat creates conditions for water flow, enabling a natural exchange between water and soil mass. This makes the natural growth of vegetation a reality, and over time, the structure truly achieves harmony with nature.
Long lifespan: Reinforced Macadam mat raw material is 10% aluminum-zinc alloy steel wire. Excellent process foundation ensures uniform coating thickness, enhanced corrosion resistance, and guarantees its lifespan (details in technical documents).
Economic: Reinforced Macadam Padding Protection Engineering is composed of a wire mesh box filled with material. Generally, the cost is lower than concrete and either lower or close to the cost of masonry. Particularly in areas with poor soil and foundation, constructing protection works can significantly reduce the expenses for ground treatment, further highlighting its cost-effectiveness.
Construction convenience: Reinforced Mac pad can be factory-produced as semi-finished products according to design intent, and assembled and shaped on-site according to the design drawings. The operation is simple, minimally affected by weather conditions, and suitable for mechanized operations, ensuring both construction quality and speeding up project progress.
Application Scope:
Road embankment, subgrade, roadside cut, bridge abutment
Landslide and mudflow control project
Inland port terminals, coastal protection, retaining structures in urban construction, river channel improvement projects