Reno Mattress Plus
Cost-effective riverbank hydraulic protection
Traditional riverbank protections, like rip-rap, require significant material due to imprecise placement and lack of confinement. Maccaferri’s mattress solutions—Reno Mattress Plus and RenoMac Plus—offer superior performance, reducing material use, costs, and environmental impact while ensuring durable and effective hydraulic protection.
Sustainable Engineering
Reno Mattress Plus and RenoMac Plus combine sustainability and performance. The PoliMac coating ensures exceptional durability, even in the most aggressive conditions, reducing maintenance and extending the product’s life cycle. Rigorously tested, it does not release harmful substances into water. By using natural stone, these solutions integrate seamlessly into aquatic environments, enhancing biodiversity. With over 70% less material usage compared to rip-rap, they deliver the same performance with a lower environmental footprint.
Reno Mattress Plus
Invented in the 1960s, Reno Mattress Plus has been continuously improved through decades of research and testing. In collaboration with Colorado State University, we have perfected its performance to deliver unmatched hydraulic protection. By minimizing material consumption, it cuts emissions by over 80% compared to rip-rap, making it an ideal solution for sustainable riverbank protection.
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RenoMac Plus
Building on the success of Reno Mattress Plus, RenoMac Plus delivers the same sustainability and performance benefits in a pre-filled solution. Designed for challenging underwater installations, it is ideal for quay protection and bridge foundations. Tested in partnership with Deltares Water Institute, it is the first and only solution validated specifically for quay protection applications.
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Gabion Defense - Cajuca East Corridor
Given the events following the El Niño phenomenon in 1998, the Nazca Valley has been affected by river overflow and ravines. The high vulnerability to overflowing on the right bank of the natural drain in the Cajuca area of the Nazca district poses a latent danger to the entire population of the populated centers Cajuca I, II, and Buena Fe.
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GOLDEN ERA PRODUCTIONS FLOOD DEMAGE REPAIRS
United States
The Gold Base is the International Headquarters of the Church of Scientology, located at the base of the San Jacinto Mountains, near the city of San Jacinto, Riverside County, Southern California. The geography of the area is characterized mountains and hills conforming numerous canyons. The geology is mainly granitic rocks, often fragmented and mixed with fine soils. The San Jacinto Mountains, like the neighboring San Bernardino Mountains, are a humid island above the surrounding desert and semi-desert. Due to the dry conditions and to the highly erosive soils of the area, precipitations were causing erosion in the drainage channel adjacent to the property, exposing one of the access roads at risk and generating obstructions issues at culverts.
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MSE STRUCTURE SUPPORTS HIGHWAY
United States
The Cerro Grande fire of 2000 destroyed vegetation which resulted in dramatic increases in stormwater run-off in the canyons surrounding Los Alamos; only 2% of the watershed area was not burned. The increased flows through Pueblo Canyon were carried by an 86” diameter storm drain which transported the flow beneath Diamond Drive. Hydraulic modeling indicated that under these increased flows, a 1 in 100 year storm would overtop Diamond Drive, which stands some 140’ above the invert of the storm drain. It was calculated that a 12’ diameter tunnel would be required to accommodate these flows. In addition, debris basins, silt traps, culverts, and channelling works would be necessary to control the flows. Mechanically Stabilized Earth (MSE) and retaining structures would be constructed to retain and reinstate highways washed out during storm events.
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