10 POLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GABION»
Discover the use of
gabion in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
gabion and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in Polish literature.
1
Landscape Construction - Strona 257
Usually confined to large road and grading projects, the gabion is also ideal for addressing large-scale wall projects. With their wide base and heavy weight, gabions are quite stable and can be stacked three or four units high. The open nature ...
2
Deep Excavations: A Practical Manual - Strona 92
The steel gabion cage itself can be protected either by galvanizing or plastic coating. Typical, economical gabion wall heights range from 5 to 10m depending on soil conditions. As an aid to stability it is usual to tilt the face of the wall at a batter ...
3
Countermeasures to Protect Bridge Piers from Scour - Strona 28
Gabions Gabion systems, which include box gabions, gabion mattresses, and sack gabions, are containers constructed of wire mesh or other material and filled with loose stones or other similar material (Figure 2.11). The stones used to fill the ...
Peter Frederick Lagasse,
2007
4
Port Engineering: Planning, Construction, Maintenance, and ...
For easy handling and shipping, gabions are supplied folded flat. They are readily assembled simply by unfolding and wiring the edges together and the diaphragms to the side. Then the adjacent gabions are filled to a depth of about 25 to 30 ...
5
Performance of Reinforced Soil Structures: Proceedings of ...
S. C. LO and S. Q. LI, Department of Civil and Maritime Engineering, University College, University of New South Wales This paper presents the research and development in the use of Gabion-mattress in stabilising embankment on soft clay.
Alan McGown, Khen Yeo, K. Z. Andrawes,
1991
6
Hydrology and Soil Conservation Engineering: Including ... - Strona 426
Gabions have the advantage that they can be constructed in various heights, sizes and shapes. The design procedure for gabion walls is similar to that for gravity walls. During their design, as a rule of thumb (Datta, 1986), the bottom width of a ...
7
Stone: Building Stone, Rock Fill and Armourstone in ... - Strona 262
to allow the rock in the gabion to be placed to fill the gabion well. As gabions should be filled by hand to prevent damage to the gabion mesh, handling of the material is also a consideration. 1n environmentally sensitive areas, the rock fill in ...
8
Biotechnical and Soil Bioengineering Slope Stabilization: ... - Strona 289
Soil may be drifted into the gabion revetment after installation of the cuttings. A sandy soil with good drainage characteristics that fills the spaces between the rocks works best. This soil helps the establishment of the cuttings, accelerates the ...
Donald H. Gray, Robbin B. Sotir,
1996
9
Gardening with Succulents - Strona 68
This striking clump ofthe scrambling Aloe ciliaris (right) has been inserted in a gabion wall where it is perfectly at home. A freshly constructed gabion wall, ready to be planted with succulents. Even without plants, a gabion wall can be a feature ...
10
Recreational Fisheries: Management, Theory, and Application
Klassen and Northcote (1988) report on the use of tandem V-shaped gabion wiers to improve spawning habitat for Pacific salmon. Gabion dams are extremely useful in protecting stream banks and bottoms below culverts where there may be ...
William F. Sigler, John W. Sigler,
1990
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GABION»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
gabion is used in the context of the following news items.
Observation House by I/O Architects features viewing deck
The stone-filled cages, known as gabions, give the building hardy exterior. A glass pavilion-liked structure with a wide-brimmed roof rests on top, surrounded by ... «Dezeen, Oct 15»
Lakes Bay neighbors hope gabion project will cut flooding
The project, covered by a Federal Emergency Management Agency grant, includes the installation of gabions along Bay Drive's shoreline from Cordova to ... «Press of Atlantic City, Oct 15»
Gap Branch work nears completion
Photo courtesy of John Adams Workers are nearing completion of the Gap Branch project. Gabion baskets are being installed along a 100-foot area which ... «The Harlan Daily Enterprise, Oct 15»
A31 architecture wraps relux hotel with gabion walls on greek island
based on a 3,900sqm piece of land on ios island, greece, the greek practice A31 architecture have completed a transformation of hotel relux. overlooking ... «Designboom, Jul 15»
Volunteers unite in hyphenated town
... volunteers had already laid concrete, erected columns, made significant progress on a gabion wall and were beginning to install a mosaic by Friday morning. «East Oregonian, Jul 15»
Gabions for new Northumberland wildlife centre
The arrival of June now sees an army of Trust volunteers constructing, and filling, more than 150 gabion baskets. More commonly spotted stabilising riverbanks, ... «Northumberland Gazette, Jun 15»
Gabions solve two problems for landscapers
Using gabions helped these residential landscapers fix two problems - building ... The pair chose to build a boundary wall using gabion baskets, filling them with ... «Horticulture Week, May 15»
West Atlantic City gabion project underway
Workers install gabions along the water's edge at Lakes Bay in the West Atlantic ... The project to install gabions along Bay Drive in the West Atlantic City section ... «Shore News Today, May 15»
Cebu Province urged to build dams, gabions
CEBU, Philippines - El Niño season or not, water advocates want the Cebu provincial government to prepare for the dry season by building dams and gabions. «Philippine Star, May 15»
Les gabions bullois suscitent l'ire et la moquerie
Les quartiers entre la rue de Vevey et la Trême sont passés en zone 30 km/h. Pour contraindre les automobilistes à ralentir, des gabions ont été installés, qui ne ... «lagruyere.ch, Apr 15»