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The flexible, extremely resilient geogrid with a proven record of success in soil reinforcement.

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Basic info

Fortrac® geogrids are manufactured from high-modulus, low-creep synthetic yarns and have a protective polymer coating. Fortrac® can be supplied in various mesh widths and standard strengths of between 20 kN/m and 400 kN/m. Strengths over 1000 kN/m can be supplied for special applications. Fortrac® geogrids are normally supplied in widths of 3.70 and 5.00 m and roll lengths of 100-300 m so that overlapping can be reduced to a minimum. Special sizes can also be supplied at short notice.

Fortrac® exhibits considerably less deformation under permanent loading than many grids of equivalent nominal strength from other manufacturers. Fortrac® geogrids are manufactured from the new generation of polymers (aramide, polyvinyl alcohol) and open new perspectives for project-specific reinforcement. The versatility of Fortrac® products results from the experience gained in all our projects carried out to date. Projects are planned, designed and constructed as a result of close cooperation between our engineers and scientists, consulting engineers. construction firms, project promotors and operators. Fortrac® geogrids have proved time and time again to be the best.

Fortrac® 3D, a slope stabilization solution, is a further development of the renowned Fortrac® geogrid.

Typical applications:

Structural layers supporting loads in road, railway and airport construction
Site access roads and transport routes
Retaining walls and extra-steep earthworks slopes
Slope stabilization
Noise reduction barriers
Rehabilitation of waste ground
Earth embankments over piles
Landfill
Bridging of underground voids and sinkholes

Fortrac® is a registered trademark of HUESKER Synthetic GmbH.

Properties

Transmits high tensile forces with low elongation
High ultimate tensile strength
Excellent long-term behavior due to low creep effects
High resistance to soil micro-organisms and chemicals, UV radiation and mechanical damage
Good grid/soil interaction through optimum sizing of the geogrid mesh to suit the maximum coarse particle size of the soil
Ease of installation through low weight per unit area and flexible, adaptable structure
Very wide range of available strengths, uniaxial and biaxial structures

Gallery

Reinforcement of a retaining structure using Fortrac®, Muralex system

Slope reinforcement using Fortrac® geogrids, wrap-around

Geogrid reinforcement over areas prone to subsidence, installation of geogrid

Geogrid reinforcement over areas prone to subsidence, measuring unit

Slope reinforcement using Fortrac® geogrids, road widening, sketch

Slope reinforcement of an embankment widening over geotextile-encased sand columns, cross-section

Slope reinforcement using Fortrac® geogrids

Geogrid reinforcement over areas prone to subsidence, unrolling device

Anti-sliding reinforcement using Fortrac® geogrids

Base reinforcement with Fortrac® geogrids

Geogrids for earthworks and foundations, interlocking

Reinforcement of a noise-barrier, green wall face

Reinforcement of a retaining wall in alpine terrain, construction phase

Reinforcement of a block wall using Fortrac® geogrids

Slope reinforcement using Fortrac® geogrids, wrap-around method, construction phase

Geogrid reinforcement over areas prone to subsidence, in subsoil hidden sinkhole

Reinforcement of a retaining structure using Fortrac® geogrids

Geogrid reinforcement over areas prone to subsidence, unrolling and tensioning device

Slope reinforcement using Fortrac® geogrids, green facing

Construction of a retaining wall reinforced with Fortrac® geogrids

Slope stabilization using Fortrac® geogrids, green slope

Reinforcement of a directly trafficked ballast layer, base reinforcement

Slope reinforcement of a railway embankment with Fortrac® geogrids

Geogrids in earthworks and foundations, principle of interlocking

Slope reinforcement of a road embankment using Fortrac® geogrids, green slope

Base reinforcement using Fortrac® geogrids

Geogrids for earthworks and foundations, principle of interlocking

Geogrid reinforcement over pilled embankments, eroded embankment

Slope reinforcement using Fortrac® geogrids, different vegetation phases

Geogrid-reinforced retaining structure, 90° angle

Reinforcement of the slope of a road embankment in alpine terrain

Reinforcement of a retaining structure using Fortrac® geogrids, aerial photography

Reinforcement over areas prone to subsidence, aerial photography

Reinforcing the slope of a road embankment in alpine terrain

Germany’s first, permanent bridge abutment using Fortrac® geogrids

Reinforcement of a retaining wall in alpine terrain, aerial photography

Slope stabilization using Fortrac® geogrids, aerial photography

Slope reinforcement using geogrids with a wrap-around system, climbing system

Base reinforcement with Fortrac® geogrids in railway applications

Horizontal geogrid reinforcement over piles, plus slope reinforcement in railway applications

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Brochures

PDF	HUESKER - Fortrac
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PDF	HUESKER - Landfill Construction
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Job Reports

Earthworks and foundations

Earthworks and foundations

PDF	Steep reinforced soil slopes using Fortrac Geogrids
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PDF	A 421 Bedford to M1 Junction 13 Piled Embankment using Fortrac M®
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PDF	Green walls reinforced with Fortrac geogrids to reduce the environmental impact on a stretch of the Cadagua motorway, Spain
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PDF	Fortrac geogrids allow road construction in impassable terrain, Austria
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PDF	Bridging system with high-modulus Fortrac for protection of railway platform against sinkholes, Spain
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PDF	Soil Reinforced Bridge Abutments reinforced with Fortrac® Geogrids manufactured by HUESKER Synthetic GmbH - Germany
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PDF	Fortrac® geogrids: Houses on the Hill Recycling, Sustainability and Regeneration provides Nuneaton with a monster embankment
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PDF	Design and Construction of Geotextile Encased Sand Columns Supportin Geogrid Reinforced Landscape Embankments, Houten, The Netherlands
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PDF	Sandbag formwork favoured over traditional shutter system for the construction of a curved road embankment
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PDF	HUESKER's low strain geogrid, Fortrac® M, provides reinforcement for an unconventional steep slope design
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PDF	HUESKER geosynthetics ensure firm foundation for valuable storage space at Hamburg's Rodewisch Harbour
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PDF	Fortrac® aramid geogrids protects A143 motorway western relief road at Halle against sinkholes
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PDF	Basal Reinforcement of Road Embankments in Dagenham, Essex, UK with Fortrac® R-Geogrids
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PDF	Green Walls, reinforced with Fortrac(r) Geogrid, for the National Highway in Spain
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PDF	ICE rail link Hamburg-Berlin, Germany; Paulinenaue section Reinforcement of rail embankment constructed on piles using Fortrac® geogrids
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PDF	Germany's first permanent reinforced soil bridge abutment constructed at Ilsenburg, using Fortrac®-geogrid
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PDF	Rockwood Block Segmental Retaining Wall with Fortrac® Geogrids
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PDF	Allan Block Segmental Retaining Wall with Fortrac® Geogrids
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PDF	A unique construction solution: the Gröbers high speed railway junction, located on an area with potential sinkholes
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PDF	L 193 - Widening of Faschinastraße, Damüls, Vorarlberg - Austria - using Fortrac®- geogrids
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PDF	Fortrac® - Slope structure supporting the construction of the McDonald's drive-in restaurant at Agadir
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PDF	Fortrac® - Geogrid-Reinforced Gravel Layer Bridges over Sink-Hole Federal Highway B 180 near Eisleben, Germany
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PDF	Fortrac® geogrids make it possible: 21 m high mechanically stabilized earth wall at the Nürburgring/Germany
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PDF	Fortrac® geogrids make it possible: 25 m high mechanically stabilized earth wall in Iserlohn/Germany
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PDF	Base Course Reinforcement with Fortrac® T - Geogrid "Herrenberg" Recycling Center
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PDF	German Railways, Extension Line 51, Uelzen-Stendal, Reinforced with Fortrac® geogrids
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PDF	Modern Subbase reinforcement with Fortrac® Geogrid successfully replaces old brushwood embankment Rostock New Market: Rostock Tramway
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PDF	Abutments with Fortrac® - Road Bridge at Ullerslev/Fünen
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PDF	CASE HISTORY - Design and Construction of Geotextile Encased Columns
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PDF	CASE HISTORY - Fortrac® Reinforced Soil Walls
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PDF	CASE HISTORY - Soil Reinforced Bridge Abutments with Fortrac®
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PDF	CASE HISTORY - Muralex® Reinforces Soil Walls
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Press review

Foundation of a Coal/Coke Stockyard on Soft Soil with Geotextile Encased Columns and Horizontal Reinforcement

PDF	Geotechniek 10/2009
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New Kid on the Block - Chepstow gets the first UK use of a system for a large reinforced soil wall

PDF	Ground Engineering July 2008
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Link to the past - Two reinforced earth structures are allowing developers to maximise space to reevelop an old colliery

PDF	Ground Engineering July 2007
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Finding the missing link - A complex geotechnical system is helping bridge the England-Scotland motorway gap

PDF	Ground Engineering May 2007
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Planes on a snake - With 3 planes and sweeping curves, the geometry of an embankment for Bodmin's A30 bypass required close attention to detail on site

PDF	Ground Engineering September 2006
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Back from the brink - A huge stabilised slope is being built in northern Italy to prevent an "inland tsunami"

PDF	Ground Engineering September 2005
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Welcome sight - The approach roundabout for Heathrow's Terminal 5 is an unusually sophisticated use of reinforced soil

PDF	Ground Engineering August 2004
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Downloads

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Job Reports

Earthworks and foundations

Press review