{"id":122976,"date":"2026-04-15T16:02:37","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T14:02:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maccaferri.com\/uk\/success-stories\/sadlers-farm-junction-improvement-works\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T16:02:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T14:02:37","slug":"sadlers-farm-junction-improvement-works","status":"publish","type":"stories","link":"https:\/\/www.maccaferri.com\/uk\/success-stories\/sadlers-farm-junction-improvement-works\/","title":{"rendered":"Sadler’s Farm Junction Improvement Works"},"content":{"rendered":"
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    The Sadlers Farm Junction near Basildon is a notorious congestion black spot with over 8000 vehicles per hour negotiating the gyratory system between the A13 from London and the A130 route into north Essex.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

    To relieve congestion and improve traffic flow, Essex County Council commissioned a \u00a363m interchange to bypass the busy \u201cmagic roundabout\u201d as it had become known. The scheme included upgrades from dual two-lane to dual-four-lane carriageways the creation of four new composite bridges and the extension of two existing subways.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

    Mouchel devised a scheme comprising vertical, concrete panel-reinforced soil retaining walls for bridge wing walls and abutments. Contiguous piled walls were installed where space for more cost-effective solutions was not available. The contiguous walls were blockwork-faced, and Essex County Council also required that a blockwork-style finish be incorporated into the concrete panel walls.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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    Main contractor Birse Civils brought in Maccaferri who proposed the use of its MacRes\u00ae concrete panel-based reinforced soil system, which they were able to supply with a bespoke blockwork face design to provide a cost-effective engineering solution to meet the client\u2019s aesthetic requirements.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

    MacRes\u00ae is only available through entering into a Design and Construction contract with Maccaferri\u2019s specialist sister company, Maccaferri Construction. Birse Civils was particularly keen to enter into such a contract to reduce the risk and cost of managing separate suppliers and contractors. MacRes\u00ae incorporates the use of Linear Composites BBA Certified ParaWeb\u00ae geosynthetic to reinforce the retained soil, creating vertical retaining walls with a 120-year design life. The MacRes\u00ae\/ParaWeb\u00ae solution has been used extensively outside the UK with over 500,000 sqm of walls completed worldwide but was used for the first time in over 30 years in this country, at Sadlers Farm.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

    The strength of the ParaWeb\u00ae reinforcement is adjusted to suit the required design loads. This makes the system simple to construct as the standard concrete panels all have the same number of connection points. <\/p><\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>

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