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Winner - Environmental Sustainability – Natural Environment Category < back to awards

company details:
  • Contact Name:
    Jack Walsh
  • Company:
    Gavin & Doherty Geosolutions
  • Address:
    Unit A2 Nutgrove Office Park, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14 D14 X627
categories/ group:
  • Project Category:
    Environmental Sustainability – Natural Environment Category
  • Project Group:
project details:
  • Name of the project:
    N56 Kilkenny to Letterilly – Reinforced soil slope
  • Location:
    N56 Kilkenny to Letterilly
  • Commencement date:
    August 2018
  • Completion Date:
    April 2020
  • Client:
    Donegal County Council
project description:

The N56 Kilkenny to Letterilly reinforced soil slope project by Gavin & Doherty Geosolutions delivers excellent sustainability benefits, including using 40% less embodied carbon than a concrete specimen. The design of a reinforced slope, by means of optimised slope geometry, is an exemplary case of minimising the environmental impact of new infrastructure. Further challenges successfully addressed by the project team included steep slopes above and below the existing N56, along with constraints on the road’s horizontal alignment.