Bastan riverbank strengthening works

Project
Location
Barèges – France
Type
Structural upgrading
Subsidiary
GUINTOLI
NGE FONDATIONS

Following a period of exceptional flooding, NGE stepped in to secure the banks of the River Bastan at Barèges in the Hautes-Pyrénées region of France with earthworks and the wall construction. These are very special walls created by combining traditional soil nailed walls with AD/OC® (Self-Draining/Carbon Optimised) walls created using prefabricated concrete slabs instead of the traditional shotcrete.

The key figures
of the project

50 000
tonnes of rockfill
16 000 m3
of concrete
Challenges

ChalleNGE : A project more than eagerly awaited by local residents to make the surrounding towns safer.

 

 

Listen to the podcast !

Egis Eau Branch Manager David Billaudeau explains the nature of the work on NGE LA RADIO.