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News Release from: Milbury Systems | Subject: Karapace
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 13 April 2006
Milbury completes first Karapace
contract
Concrete specialist, Milbury Systems, has completed the first contract for Karapace, a unique precast concrete retaining system.
Concrete specialist, Milbury Systems, has completed the first contract for Karapace, a unique precast concrete retaining system launched at NCE's Civils 2005 show last November The company supplied Karapace to forestry and landscape company, Tilhill Forestry , for a 40m long x 1.2m high retaining wall to stabilise a slate waste scree over a lorry park at Tredegar Business Park, Landover in South Wales
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 12 Dec 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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At the end of April Karapace will be supplied to form a 48m long x 2.4m high retaining wall which will be planted with trees at in a business park in Henley in Arden, Warwickshire.
And Karapace will also feature in a 52m long x 2.4 m high retaining wall at an industrial estate in Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent, with delivery scheduled for the end of May.
Karapace offers a wide variety of structural applications in all types of environments.
Derived from the word "carapace", the thick protective shell that covers crustaceans, it is an easily transported retaining system manufactured from reinforced precast concrete.
Comprising two differently shaped units which fit together to form a strong and effective retaining construction, Karapace is an ideal solution for applications where strength and durability are critical factors such as in sea defences, soil retention, canal lining, marinas, highways, docks and railways.
Karapace is manufactured by Milbury at its precast concrete production plant in Lydney, Gloucestershire.
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