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FIBERTEX EDITORIAL

ECO-FRIENDLY GEOSYNTHETICS

FOR COASTAL REHABILITATION

IN MOZAMBIQUE

The Fibertex Nonwovens team designs environmentally friendly solutions to protect
shoreline areas and safeguard buildings and infrastructure from the devastating
effects of climate change.

“W ell-engineered, durable
eco-friendly
and
coastal
protection structures, that
are designed to prevent damage on our
shorelines, are becoming increasingly
critical as we witness a drastic change
in conventional weather patterns,”
states Ryan Langer, sales engineer at
Fibertex Nonwovens SA, specialists in the
manufacture and supply of nonwovens and
performance-based materials. In addition
to coastal rehabilitation, authorities need
to look at ways to reinforce rivers and
avoid catastrophic flooding of populated
areas. It is also critical that engineers
do everything possible to preserve the
integrity of valuable infrastructure that is
affected by salt water, high temperatures
and increased CO² levels; sustainable
solutions that gently prevent soil erosion
must be considered.

In a recent project, the Fibertex Nonwovens
team - with decades of experience in
coastal protection – collaborated with
consultants Santuario and Elias Nota
Construction in the rehabilitation of
the coastal beach line at Vilanculos in
Mozambique.

FiberRock 250VX geosynthetic sand
containers (GSCs) have been developed FiberRock 250VX geosynthetic sand containers have been developed to withstand the effects of harsh wave
to withstand the effects of harsh wave action, allowing beaches to retain their natural beauty. They were used in this project to overcome the
action and are the perfect protection challenging construction environment.
solution that allows beaches to retain
their natural beauty; they were used in
this project to overcome the challenging term solution that met all the project for safe public interaction and with time,
construction environment. The in-situ requirements. The FiberRock coastal these sand containers will blend into the
design application allowed contractors to protection system embraces all the background, as natural vegetation grows
fill bags with a slurry made up of beach mechanical properties of traditional hard over the bags.
sand and sea water, with the use of a slurry structures, yet protects and enhances the
pump. There was no need for heavy duty natural environment. FiberRock 250VX is Fibertex materials are suitable for use
equipment and foreign building materials manufactured from robust fibre geotextile in all infrastructure projects, including
that would normally be required, such layers sewn together with a UV stable roads and railways, earth structures,
as concrete, steel and bricks. Due to the polyester overlocked yarn. tailings dams and landfills. Fibertex
unique and dynamic installation required geosynthetics are also used for drainage
for the FiberRock 250VX, Santuario was Fibertex Nonwovens, in conjunction and filtration systems, hydraulic works and
able to employ a small site team consisting with Santuario, has provided a coastal in demanding construction projects.
of local labour. protection design that meets challenging
site conditions. The coastline of the island For further information contact Ryan Langer on
In spite of the challenges of this unique is now protected by a natural solution that 31 736 7100 or 083 339 1245
installation, Fibertex offered Santuario is aesthetically pleasing. The soft exterior Email: RYLA@fibertex.com
a cost effective, eco-friendly and long- of the geosynthetic sand containers allows www.fibertex.com n

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