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Reduce your construction costs and time while achieving significant carbon savings with Geoworks biaxial geogrids.

Geogrids provide ground reinforcement, preventing soils from pulling apart under tension by allowing the force to be transferred to a larger area. They are ideally suited for use on haul roads, permanent roads, piling platforms, compounds and much more.

Geogrid being installed on building site

Creating a safe working environment in construction projects is of vital importance - but those initial site compounds and haul roads can have a big impact on resources for contractors, both at the project planning stage and when on site.

That’s where geogrids can prove their value as a cost effective, durable and easy-to-install method of reinforcement in groundworks, allowing force to be distributed over a larger area, reducing settlement and movement. They can reduce the thickness of haul roads and piling platforms, resulting in cost and time savings while supporting and protecting the local environment.

Our geogrids are used to reinforce soft, unstable soils and similar materials in subsoils below road structures, sub-bases and earth-retaining walls.

When granular fill is compacted over the grids, they partially penetrate and project through the apertures to create a strong and positive interlock. The load dispersal effect from the interlocking mechanism increases shearing resistance within the fill material, improving compaction and allowing the sub-base thickness to be decreased, ultimately reducing construction time and costs and increasing longevity.

Two geogrids separating layers of aggregate to reinforce
Calculate your aggregate savings when using a Geoworks biaxial geogrid

Find out how much money and carbon you can save

When constructing a temporary road you can save money and decrease your carbon footprint. By using a Geoworks biaxial geogrid you could dramatically reduce the amount of aggregate required on your project.

Our easy-to-use calculator can give you an estimation of cost and carbon savings.

Network Rail track maintenance

Network Rail approval for E'GRID

E’GRID 3030L is approved by Network Rail with Certificate of Full Acceptance number PA05/05826.

Network Rail logo

To achieve this E’GRID underwent a vigorous auditing process, including having to provide justification for the product by demonstrating its monetary, safety and performance benefits to Network Rail.

E’GRID 3030L polypropylene biaxial geogrid features a large aperture, suited to reinforcing the railway ballast layer. This reduces ballast settlement and extends the time between subsequent maintenance work following ballast renewal. The reinforcing element is a Specific Condition of Network Rail acceptance, which requires CE Marking in accordance with BS EN 13250 for reinforcement materials used in contact with ballast.

The high tensile strength design of E’GRID is widely recognised as an effective method of stabilising ballast or soil through reinforcement. The high-strength polymer grid interlocks with the ballast or stone, confining the material to improve load dispersal and limit lateral movement under load.

MultiTrack rolls being installed
See how much you could save

Overlaps calculator

Explore the exciting possibilities with our extensive range of roll sizes, designed to help you save money, time, and reduce carbon emissions during material transport. Our calculator can help you to determine the ideal roll width and length for your next project, allowing you to achieve exceptional results.

Geogrids being installed at Norwich North Recycling Centre
Continuing Professional Development

Ground engineering solutions

This CPD will help you to understand the background of our range of products on offer, where they’re used, what makes them different, and what to look out for when specifying.

  • Learn about the different geogrid forms and what makes them different.
  • Understand the different manufacturing processes and their impacts
  • Understand how geogrids work to provide reinforcement properties
  • Learn how geogrids can add value to a project through value engineering
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A supportive team

We have developed a strong reputation in the civil engineering sector thanks to our wealth of experience and ease of use. We offer the best technical expertise with exceptional customer support. Our team works with asset owners, developers, main contractors, ground workers and local authorities throughout a construction scheme’s lifecycle.

Design support

By utilising our design support services, you can maximise your savings and save yourself time. Our handy design support forms will speed up the specification process.

Design support forms

Product specification

We provide fully open and transparent product data to all, simply browse our product specification data online.

Product specification data

Savings calculators

Cost savings and materials calculators to help you form informed choices when designing and specifying Geoworks solutions.

Savings calculators

Training, advice and site meetings

Book yourself on to a CPD course to gain valuable insight into Geoworks product solutions. We're also always on hand to provide advice and willing to attend site meetings.

CPDs

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