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Learn how the free, cloud-based Geoworks IQ specification platform provides engineers and specifiers with rapid, transparent, and accurate geogrid designs, delivering instant visibility of critical project savings in aggregate, cost, and carbon emissions.

We’re continuing to simplify and strengthen our geosynthetics portfolio with a series of product rebrands designed to make selection, specification and procurement clearer and more intuitive.

Reinforcement is one of the most important steps in creating stable, safe and efficient working platforms, access roads, permanent pavements and rail infrastructure. TerraGrid has been designed to make choosing the right biaxial geogrid simpler, clearer and faster.

We have simplified our biaxial geogrid range to help customers choose the right reinforcement solution quickly and with confidence. TerraGrid Core and TerraGrid Pro replace SX Grid and E’GRID, bringing clearer naming and product selection without changing the products themselves.

Green, shaded streets aren’t just a nice visual feature - they’re fast becoming an essential part of sustainable development. In the face of rising temperatures, heavier rainfall and greater demand for healthy urban environments, trees play a critical role in making new neighbourhoods more liveable.

Tree roots are easy to overlook – they’re out of sight, underground. But that’s often how and why problems start.

When heavy machinery and frequent traffic disturb the soil, it can quickly become compacted. This reduces the flow of water and oxygen to the root zone, damaging the delicate network of roots and rhizomes that trees rely on to stay healthy. Without access to essential nutrients, trees begin to struggle, and in many cases, die off entirely.

When people buy a home, they’re not just investing in bricks and mortar; they’re buying into a place, a lifestyle, and, often, a promise. That promise might be written into glossy brochures and planning statements, reflecting aims for sustainable design, respect for nature, and a green and welcoming neighbourhood.

When you walk around a new housing development, it’s often the green bits that make the biggest impression. A few established trees can soften a row of new builds, give welcome shade in the summer and make the whole place feel more settled and lived-in.

But if you’ve ever wondered whether those trees will really last, or if they’re just there to tick a planning box, you’re not alone.

Picture a summer’s day in a new-build housing estate. The sun is blazing, pavements are radiating heat, and there’s not a patch of shade in sight. Now picture the same street lined with mature trees. Dappled light filters through the leaves. The air feels cooler. It’s still hot - but it’s comfortable.

That’s the cool street effect. And it’s something we’re going to need more of.