{"id":114521,"date":"2025-11-14T12:55:33","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T11:55:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maccaferri.com\/uk\/success-stories\/west-benhar-wind-farm\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T10:42:02","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T09:42:02","slug":"west-benhar-wind-farm","status":"publish","type":"stories","link":"https:\/\/www.maccaferri.com\/uk\/success-stories\/west-benhar-wind-farm\/","title":{"rendered":"West Benhar Wind Farm"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container-fluid carousel-image-gallery\">\n        <div class=\"row\">\n            <div id=\"carouselImageblock_63ae097fdffd7\" class=\"carousel slide carouselImageGallery\" data-bs-ride=\"carousel\">\n                <!-- \/\/ Indicators -->\n                <ol class=\"carousel-indicators\">\n                                            <li data-bs-target=\"#carouselImageblock_63ae097fdffd7\" data-bs-slide-to=\"0\" class=\"active\" aria-current=\"true\" aria-label=\"Slide\"><\/li>\n                                            <li data-bs-target=\"#carouselImageblock_63ae097fdffd7\" data-bs-slide-to=\"1\" class=\"\" aria-current=\"true\" aria-label=\"Slide\"><\/li>\n                                    <\/ol>\n\n                <div class=\"carousel-inner container\" role=\"listbox\">\n                                            <div class=\"carousel-item active\">\n                        <div class=\"col-12 col-lg-4 col-xl-4 col-xxl-4 space-mobile\">\n                            <div class=\"grid-item-wrapper\">\n                                <div class=\"img-responsive-wrapper\">\n                                    <div class=\"img-responsive\">\n                                        <div class=\"img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.maccaferri.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/3352_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                <\/div>\n                                <div class=\"griditem-text-wrapper text-center\">\n                                    <p class=\"griditem-text text-center\">ParaLink fully Layed out<\/p>\n                   \n                                <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                                            <div class=\"carousel-item \">\n                        <div class=\"col-12 col-lg-4 col-xl-4 col-xxl-4 space-mobile\">\n                            <div class=\"grid-item-wrapper\">\n                                <div class=\"img-responsive-wrapper\">\n                                    <div class=\"img-responsive\">\n                                        <div class=\"img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.maccaferri.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/3352_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                <\/div>\n                                <div class=\"griditem-text-wrapper text-center\">\n                                    <p class=\"griditem-text text-center\">ParaLink Installation for work platform<\/p>\n                   \n                                <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                                    <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div><div class=\"container-full text-bocolor-block-white\">\n        <div class=\"row\">\n        <div class=\"col-12\">\n            <div class=\"container box-container\">\n                <div class=\"row\">\n                    <div class=\"col-12\">\n                        <h3>Challenge<\/h3>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>    \n    <\/div>\n        <div class=\"row\">\n        <div class=\"col-12\">\n            <div class=\"container box-container\">\n                <div class=\"row\">\n                    <div class=\"col-12 content\">\n                        <p>West Benhar Wind Farm is a 30.1 MW, seven-turbine project capable of powering up 18,000 homes. To gain access to construct the turbines, a spinal road and access platforms were required to transport cranes and low-loader turbine delivery.&nbsp; Challenging site conditions came in the form of Fibrous Peat, which was to remain undisturbed throughout the construction works. Peat depths ranged from 0.5m to 6.5m in key areas. A Peat management plan alongside a Waste and Habitat management plan was put in place. Spinal roads had to span these problem areas to enable any progress on site.&nbsp;<\/p><\/p>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"container-full text-bocolor-block-green\">\n        <div class=\"row\">\n        <div class=\"col-12\">\n            <div class=\"container box-container\">\n                <div class=\"row\">\n                    <div class=\"col-12\">\n                        <h3>Solution<\/h3>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>    \n    <\/div>\n        <div class=\"row\">\n        <div class=\"col-12\">\n            <div class=\"container box-container\">\n                <div class=\"row\">\n                    <div class=\"col-12 content\">\n                        <p>Maccaferri was approached by Tony Gee and Partners in February 2021 to propose suitable high-strength geogrids for use as basal reinforcement for the hard-standing platform areas as well as a reinforcement for the spinal roads.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>For the working platforms at the turbine locations, the area was typically piled and capped. By using our Maccaferri MacBars software program, we calculated the required strength of geogrid as per the requirements of BS8006-1:2010+A1:2016. Paralink was used to link the caps to keep constant support and strength throughout the platform. Paralink reinforcement is designed to suspend the ground above the geosynthetic reinforcement should the ground below collapse or compress. The theory here was to bridge the space between pile caps so that the surface behaved uniformly and limited the depth of any depression occurring at the ground surface. This was a huge cost saving to the Client as the alternative would be a concrete slab.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Our road design assumed 12 tonnes for general traffic and 22 tonnes for axle loads for cranes. At wind farms, the roads receive the biggest punishment during road construction. It was assumed that each turbine base, together with turbine component deliveries and construction of the basal mattress system was no more than 10,000 equivalent standard axle loads. Imported aggregate was spread to achieve a road thickness consistent with the required trafficking. This was made up of well-graded, hard angular fill such as 6F2 or type 1 and formed a floating road.&nbsp;<\/p><\/p>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <\/div><div class=\"wp-block-mac-container-block box-container\"><div class=\"container\"><h2>Used Products<\/h2><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-12 col-sm-12 col-md-12 col-lg-3 col-xl-3 col-xxl-3\"><div class=\"wp-block-mac-card-new-block block-latest-news-container\"><div class=\"card\"><div class=\"content-images\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"box-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.maccaferri.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Biaxial-Geogrids_header.jpg\" alt=\"Biaxial Geogrids\" title=\"Biaxial Geogrids\" \/><\/div><div class=\"card-body\"><h6>Biaxial Geogrids<\/h6><span class=\"abstract\">MacGrid WG-SHigh tenacity PET knitted-weaved coated geogrids are also available and used in these types of<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.maccaferri.com\/uk\/products\/biaxial-geogrids\/\" class=\"cta\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Biaxial Geogrids\">View\n                           <span class=\"text\" value=\"\" \/>\n                           <\/a><div data-post-id=\"113687\" class=\"star \" title=\"Add to wishlist\"><span class=\"material-symbols-rounded starrate\">star<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><!--usedproducts-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maccaferri was approached by Tony Gee and Partners in February 2021 to propose suitable high-strength geogrids for use as basal reinforcement for the <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":12703,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","stories-category":[],"stories-tag":[],"class_list":["post-114521","stories","type-stories","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":{"products":[113687],"applications":[106330,106330],"solutions":null,"sectors":[106246]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.0 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>West Benhar Wind Farm - Maccaferri UK &amp; Ireland<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Explore our Success Stories: West Benhar Wind Farm. 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