When the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Needed to Strengthen Its Rapid Repair Levee Breach Facility in Vicksburg,
It turned to ProPex’s ArmormAx®
BEFORE
AFTER
In the fall of 2011, the U.S. Army
a thorough investigation and consideration of which of its products could provide
Corps of Engineers (USACE) found
the strongest and longest lasting remedy, it was determined that ArmorMax®
itself in an unusual predicament. Its
would provide the greatest protection against further erosion. ArmorMax® was
400-acre, Engineer Research and
known both inside and outside the USACE as a superior soft levee armoring
Development Center (ERDC) was
technology that is traditionally used to prevent catastrophic failures and levee
designed to determine practical and
breaches during hurricane type conditions or during high water events.
scientifically accurate engineering
methods for the most challenging
two days without disturbance to the facility. Today, ArmorMax® is still holding its
applications of flood protection
ground, preventing erosion and maintaining its integrity despite regular mowing
More than 5,000 square yards of ArmorMax® was installed at the ERDC in just
materials. In September, engineers discovered that the multi-million dollar
and upkeep and being subjected to significantly more rainfall in the spring of
laboratory, called the Rapid Repair Levee Breach (RRLB) facility, was suffering
2012 than what caused the initial erosion.
from severe erosion. Without an effective solution, the facility would be unusable.
This was unacceptable because of the importance of the RRLB site to the raised
see for yourself how levee armoring has become the laboratory and field test for
You can take a visit to view the powerful ArmorMax® protection system and
national awareness of and concern over the importance of levee repairs and
the most critical of erosive forces. Just as it had performed behind the Pen Levee
maintenance after Hurricane Katrina.
in Louisiana as it was overtopped during Hurricane Ike in 2008, ArmorMax®
has provided the USACE with another example of a top quality and dependable
To help solve its problem, the USACE turned to industry experts in levee
armoring at Propex to provide a solution for the erosion control challenge. After
solution for protecting lives and property surrounding critical areas.
To learn more about ArmorMax® and other Propex products, please contact Melissa Grace at 770-530-1074 or Melissa.Grace@propexglobal.com.