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News Release from: Acheson & Glover | Subject: Anchor Vertica segmental retaining wall
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 26 January 2007
Anchor solution saves trees at
university campus
Dozens of mature trees have been preserved by near vertical Anchor Vertica segmental retaining wall designed by Acheson and Glover's engineering partner, Maccaferri.
Dozens of mature trees have been preserved at a major new building project at the University of Ulster's Magee College campus in Londonderry, thanks to County Tyrone-based Acheson and Glover's innovative Anchor retaining wall system The near vertical Anchor Vertica segmental retaining wall was designed by Acheson and Glover's engineering partner, Maccaferri , as a mass gravity structure to maximise land gain behind it and land loss in front of it
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 17 May 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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Because of its minimal footprint by contrast to conventional retaining walls, the roots of existing trees and shrubs were relatively undisturbed enabling all of them to be retained.
The 125-metre structure - which is six metres at its tallest point - was built by Acheson and Glover preferred installer, Joe Kerlin Site Services on behalf of main contractor, McLaughlin and Harvey.
Welcoming completion of the project, Liam Clarke, McLaughlin and Harvey's contracts manager for the site said: "In addition to the trees, another major concern was that the retaining wall would be supporting a busy access road through the university campus".
"Closing the road was not an option so the solution had to be flexible and fast to construct".
"Anchor gave us that solution.".
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