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Tough Cell

Read our Tough Cell experts article on how to build today sustainable & innovative roads

Our next level access solution. Developed from a military concept, Tough Cell, uses a patented novel polymer alloy that is superior to all other cellular confinement (geocell) products, prolonging the life of your road surface over extended periods.  A major advantage of 3D cellular confinement system like Tough Cell is their ability to use fine granular materials and poorly graded aggregate, including native soil, sand, and recycled materials for heavy load support applications, such as heavy traffic pavements and railway substructures.

Tough Cell is the perfect example of an innovative technology that improves road construction, makes roads more sustainable, and reduces costs particularly in problematic soils, difficult locations and where aggregate resources are limited.

Typical applications of Tough Cell include load support for all types of roads (paved/unpaved, remote roads and pads), railroads, pipeline protection, slope and channel erosion protection, earth stabilization and retention, and landfills and reservoirs.

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Tough Cell & Municipal Governments

Municipal governments are facing increasingly difficult financial decisions. They are being asked to resolve greater challenges with limited capital budgets that are not stretching as far as they need to. Transportation infrastructure seems to need constant expansion, expensive upgrades, and never-ending maintenance.

Paradox Access Solutions can help alleviate the demands on local governments’ capital and operating budgets. As Canada’s exclusive supplier of the world’s leading geocell, Tough Cell, Paradox Access Solutions can help municipalities build longer lasting, low maintenance roads with less aggregate.

Our team of engineering and construction specialists can design, certify, and build unpaved and paved roads quicker and more cost-effectively than those using conventional methods. Just take a look at one of our genuine before/after examples below.

Before Tough Cell

Before PRS-Neoweb

After Tough Cell

After PRS-Neoweb

LESS AGGREGATE

  • Reduces construction costs
  • Use locally available infill materials
  • Reduces trucking costs
  • Quicker construction time

LONGER LIFESPAN

  • Roads last up to FOUR times longer than conventional roads
  • Apply future capital and operating budgets where they are needed

LESS MAINTENANCE

  • Unpaved roads require very infrequent grading
  • Extends the effective life of paving
  • Reduces operating costs
  • Maintenance equipment can be used elsewhere
  • Road users suffer less wear & tear on their vehicles
  • Aggregate loss is greatly reduced

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Technical Overview

Learn more about Tough Cell technical aspects and gain a better understanding of how it can be applied to most civil engineering projects to provide a more cost-effective long-term solution with greater stability.

Tough Cell vs The Others

Would you like to see how Tough Cell compares against HDPE-based geocells and geogrid? You will discover it is far superior to both.

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Peace River Ford Dealership Building - Peace River, AB

Client name: Corpex Construction
Schedule: February – March 2015
Project Value: $80,000

Scope:

Apply Tough Cell (PRS-Neoweb) indoors at Peace River Ford dealership. Carry out site grading and sub-grade preparation. Project completed by Paradox Access Solutions and Paradox’s engineering partners, Stratum Logics.

 

Construction Section:

Woven geotextiles
Area: 2000 m2
150 mm Tough Cell (PRS-Neoweb) complete with gravel in-fill
Gravel base course section between and over top Tough Cell (PRS-Neoweb)

MD of Provost Municipal Road - Provost, AB

 

Client name: MD of Provost
Schedule: Summer 2014
Project Value: $125,000

Scope:
MD of Provost needed 2 heavy haul roads built over existing road to handle an average daily traffic of 30 trucks. Tough Cell (PRS-Neoweb) supply and installation, sand in-fill, and gravel surfacing. Project completed by Paradox Access Solutions and Paradox’s engineering partners, Stratum Logics.

Construction Section:

  • Non-woven geotextiles
  • Road 1: 250 m by 8 m wide
  • Road 2: 400m by 8m wide
  • 150 mm Tough Cell (PRS-Neoweb) complete with in-fill
  • 40 mm gravel wearing course
  • In the past two years the MD of Provost has used PRS-Neoweb in two separate projects within the MD.

    The projects were to rehabilitation two existing road structures 250 m and 400 m respectively. These sections have now been in place for 2 years and are performing as required. Pot holes and rutting have been kept to a minimum, and the MD is very pleased with the project and the money invested.

    The sections of road that have been rebuilt have typically been prone to rutting and pot holes due to the high water table, soft subgrade and proximity to muskeg in the region.

    I have been pleased with the performance of both projects and recommend Paradox and the PRS-Neoweb product for consideration on future projects.

    Wayne MacLean
    Director of Public Works, MD of Provost No 52

Canfor Log Yard, Phases 1-3 - Fort St. John, BC

Client name: Canadian Forest Productions Ltd.

PHASE 1 PHASE 2 PHASE 3
Schedule April 2013 November 2013 June to September 2014
Project Value $900,000 $1.8M $6M

Scope:

  • Site grading
  • Subgrade preparation
  • Tough Cell (PRS-Neoweb) supply and installation
  • Gravel base course section between and over top Tough Cell (PRS-Neoweb)

Tough Cell (PRS-Neoweb) Installation process

Construction Section

PHASE 1: 14,700 m2 –600 mm depth total section

  • Woven and non-woven geotextiles
  • Two layers of Tough Cell (PRS-Neoweb)
  • 40 mm granular cover

PHASE 2: 27,900 m2 –550 mm depth total section

  • Woven and non-woven geotextiles
  • Two layers of Tough Cell (PRS-Neoweb)
  • 75 mm granular cover

PHASE 3: 57,900 m2 –600 mm depth total section

  • Woven and non-woven geotextiles
  • Two layers of Tough Cell (PRS-Neoweb)
  • 40 mm granular cover
  • For many years the Canfor’s Fort St. John mill battled extreme muddy and contaminated soil conditions. As a result, 988 Cat mobile loaders were unable to transfer logs to the mill during spring and fall seasons resulting in disruptions to lumber production.

    Paradox Access Solutions engineered, supplied, and installed a turn-key reinforcement solution for our log yard storage and transfer areas.

    The multi-million dollar project eliminated all downtime related to log supply soil conditions while improving mill production, employee morale, safety and reducing mobile equipment operating costs.

    Initial cost savings estimated (yr):

    • Fuel savings $50k
    • Loader maintenance $125k
    • Tires and wearable parts $75k
    • Avoided production loss $750k
    Mel Jones
    Plant Manager, Canfor FSJ

MEG Energy Christina Lake - North of Conklin, AB

Client name: MEG Energy
Location: MEG Energy Facility, Christina Lake, north of Conklin, Alberta
Schedule: July & August, 2012
Project Value: $4M

Construction Section: Total section varied between 325 mm to 695 mm depending on ground conditions.

  • Woven and non-woven geotextiles
  • Single and double layers of Touch Cell (PRS-Neoweb) with in-situ sand infill
  • 40 mm gravel wearing course

 

Highlights:

  • 250,000 ESAL loading
  • CL-800 trucks
  • 777 Rock truck – 74,000 kg
  • 1,200 Track hoe – 111,000 kg
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Scope:
Construct 3.20 km X 8.0 m wide access road within 14 m ROW over top through existing muskeg and poor soil conditions with no disturbance of existing ground. The existing ground conditions had CBR (California Bearing Ratio) values of <1.

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