TECCO Slope Stabilization System used in Iloilo first district

Photo shows the installation of the TECCO Slope Stabilization System for slope protection works along Guimbal-Igbaras-Tubungan-Leon Road in Barangay Iswan, Tubungan, Iloilo. DPWH

ILOILO City – The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), Iloilo 1st District Engineering Office applied the TECCO Slope Stabilization System in the implementation of the construction of slope protection structure along Guimbal-Igbaras-Tubungan-Leon Road in Tubungan, Iloilo.

The said project in Tubungan, Iloilo, in the amount of P67.660 million, involves construction of 800-square meter slope protection, to protect the 78-meter road along Guimbal-Igbaras-Tubungan-Leon Road, in Barangay Iswan, Tubungan, said area was prone to landslide especially when heavy rains occur.

District Engineer Nonie A. Viyar said this is the first time TECCO system is utilized in slope protection projects implemented by the District, wherein high-tensile steel wire safety nets and mesh will be used for stabilizing steep slopes, sediment slopes and rock slopes.

β€œThe slope protection structure will provide the locales as well as tourists with a safer transportation access as they live and explore different places in southern Iloilo,” Viyar said.

TECCO Slope Stabilization System was developed by Geobrugg, a Swiss company and a global leader in the supply of high-tensile steel wire safety nets and meshes. The system secures unstable slopes, replacing or strengthening shotcrete construction, retaining structures and other conventional slope protection system.

In TECCO system, netting and meshes are anchored with rock nails and spike plates nailed up to 6 meters deep to actively secure surfaces. The mesh is nearly invisible and facilitates the sustainable vegetation. The high-tensile steel wire mesh protects people and infrastructure against rock fall and slope instability.

Meantime, Viyar said they will consider to use TECCO system in all other slope protection projects in the District, particularly in areas prone to landslide and rock fall or falling debris./PN

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