Celebrating Anthony Walsh, Inventor of TriAx Geogrid
Inventors create new opportunities to change the world. Tensar’s founder, Dr. Frank Brian Mercer, invented the first geogrid and brought it to the United States in 1982. Mercer’s innovation positively...
View ArticlePhased Construction of Asphalt Pavements
Phased construction has become a common practice in recent years – particularly in residential developments. In order to build a roadway to gain site access as quickly as possible, contractors...
View ArticleWhat is DCP Testing?
The Dynamic Cone Penetrometer, or DCP, is one of the most efficient and effective tools available for evaluating the strength of soils on site. It is also used to monitor the condition of granular...
View ArticleAs Historic Floods Swamp the Midwest, Oklahoma Counts On TriAx Geogrids for...
In many parts of the South and Midwest, road construction projects use chemical stabilization to deal with weak, wet soils and create an acceptable subgrade. Chemical stabilization is often...
View ArticleTensar TriAx Geogrid Brings Versatility and Savings with a New Option for...
The use of Recycled Asphalt Pavement (RAP) has become routine in road construction. The asphalt pavement milled off during repaving operations is a valuable material which reduces the raw material...
View ArticleDo you consider yourself innovative?
Adopting proven, innovative technology is an easy way to raise the standards of our infrastructure while being more efficient with our budgets and time. Tensar recently wrote about the importance of...
View ArticleOlympia Retaining Wall Systems: 1 Block, Endless Patterns
Tensar’s Olympia Retaining Wall System is based around a single block that can be set horizontally and vertically in order to create endless pattern options. This allows designers to create ashlar...
View ArticleUsing Tensar TriAx Geogrids for Landfill Projects
Many times there is great risk associated with constructing over a closed landfill. The unknown composition and degradation of the underlying fill can often be a challenge to assess. Differential and...
View ArticleReliable access roads for oil and gas sites
As the demand for energy grows, oil and gas producers are drilling in more remote locations than ever before. These sites are often extremely challenging to reach since they, and the access roads...
View ArticleSierraScape for Slope Repair
When facing an emergency landslide repair, SierraScape wire-formed retaining walls from Tensar International offers cost-effective and time saving solutions that include fast design-build for tight...
View ArticleFHWA Repeals its Proprietary Product Rule, Paving the Way for Innovation
Increased construction costs and lack of funding have contributed to the poor condition of our nation’s roads. Using smart technologies that extend the life of our roads at lower costs could help...
View ArticleBuild a Better Track: Ballast and Sub-ballast Stabilization with TriAx Geogrid
The American Railway Engineering and Maintenance of Way Association (AREMA), the nation’s foremost authority on industry practices, has recognized the value of geogrid technology for trackbed...
View ArticleOvercoming Expansive Soils with Tensar’s TriAx Geogrid
Expansion: it’s a win for communities when roads reach out and connect people to business, resources and formerly rural areas. But another form of expansion – soil that expands when water is added and...
View ArticleBuilding Living Shorelines with Oysters
Living shorelines are a relatively new method to combating coastal erosion. This method uses natural materials that grow over time, ultimately slowing down erosion while enhancing wildlife habitats....
View ArticleLose the weight with the new Palisade50 Wall System
Tensar recently launched its new light-weight block system, Palisade50, at a special event hosted by Basalite Concrete Products in Colorado Springs. What makes Palisade50 so unique?Each block weighs no...
View ArticleRoad Builders: Time to prepare for cold weather construction
Extreme cold weather has the potential to wreak havoc on any construction project, but this is especially true for roads. In a perfect world, excavation, soil stabilization and pavement placement for...
View ArticleA brief history of Tensar geogrids
The 1970's marked a revolution in the construction of retaining structures and roads, with Tensar’s invention of polymeric geogrids.
View ArticleComparing Scour Protection Methods
Prior to the construction of the Manahawkin Bay Bridge project in New Jersey, scour conditions were identified during regular inspections conducted by the NJDOT. As a result, the FHWA requested that an...
View ArticleBulkheads: Bad News for Shoreline Protection?
Average water levels are on the rise around our nation's coasts and waterways which have people scrambling to find efficient methods to save our eroding shores. However, some of these erosion methods...
View ArticleConfirmed: TriAx Geogrid Improves Pavement Performance
Many early geogrid studies were performed on unpaved sections over soft soils or on paved sections with soft subgrades. However, recent research by the US Army Corps of Engineers aimed to compare...
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