Anchoring & Netting Rock Slope, Middle Road, Crosshaven, Co. Cork

Anchoring & Netting Rock Slope, Middle Road, Crosshaven, Co. Cork

Anchoring & Netting

Works consisted of drilling a grid of boreholes into a steeply sloped rock embankment and the installation of 38 No. “Ischebeck” ground anchors up to 5.5m in length. Ageogrid netting was placed over the face of the embankment and held in position with the ground anchors. The geo-grid netting was ‘seeded’ to encourage plant growth. This site had limited access and a steep terrain and a bespoke scaffolding arrangement had to be erected to access all areas of the slope. Within 2 meters of the slope there was the rear wall of a private dwelling that was in continuous occupation and had to be protected at all times.