Precast concrete - Ter-voile
The Ter-Voile is a patented product used mainly as a soil retaining structure and as a structure for shore stabilization and restoration.
It has numerous applications:
- retaining walls;
- bridge abutments;
- quay walls;
- shore consolidation and protection;
- environment;
- storage of liquids;
- basins and reservoirs;
- soil erosion;
- landslides;
- road works and landscaping.
Simple and effective
The Ter-Voile process is simple to apply and makes use of a cellular geostructure that ensures soil stability through a close interaction between the mass to be retained and the structural elements. The whole structure forms a monolithic supporting mass also known as a cellular gravity wall.
Way of the future
Experimental studies have conclusively shown that Ter-voile structures, which have been in use now for over 20 years in Europe and America, are superior to other existing processes used for similar applications.
Already approved by Transport Québec and used in numerous major projects, Ter-Voile is an up-and-coming process that is unrivalled.
Advantages of the Ter-Voile process
Using the Ter-Voile process in construction projects has many advantages, including the following:
- quick and easy installation;
- reduced excavation and backfill volumes;
- high daily production rates;
- facilitates grade works;
- regularity of component geometry;
- no component retention structure is required during wall erection;
- the Ter-Voile supplier is on-site.
The Ter-Voile technology stands out by its great versatility:
- possibility of creating varied facings on the façades of concrete modules;
- structures can be installed in above-ground or submerged environments;
- vegetation is easily integrated into the process;
- wide variety of facing materials (concrete, wood, steel, mesh, stone);
- choice of openwork or solid structure;
- can be used for very high retaining walls;
- structure reinforced for the combined effects of friction and passive earth pressure;
- parapet easily adaptable to the crown.