PRS-NEOWEB™

Geocells –
The Tough Cells®

PRS-EN-TD-GM-2001 BRIEF SOLUTIONS

Ver. 16
OVERVIEW

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PRS-NEOWEB (the Tough Cells) GEOCELLS
PRS-Neoweb (Tough Cell) is the toughest geocell available for gravel roads, highways, railways,
platforms slopes, channels, retaining walls, landfills and reservoirs. This document briefly describes the
PRS-Neoweb (Tough Cell) cellular confinement system and its many types of applications.

CONTENTS
OVERVIEW ........................................................................................................................................ 3

Proven ....................................................................................................................................................... 3
Technology ................................................................................................................................................ 4
Benefits ..................................................................................................................................................... 5
Sustainability ............................................................................................................................................. 6
About PRS .................................................................................................................................................. 7

ROADS & RAILS.................................................................................................................................. 8

OVERVIEW ................................................................................................................................................. 8
UNPAVED ROADS ...................................................................................................................................... 9
RAILWAYS ................................................................................................................................................ 11
PORTS & PLATFORMS .............................................................................................................................. 11

EARTH STABILIZATION ..................................................................................................................... 13

EROSION CONTROL ................................................................................................................................. 13

DRAINAGE & CHANNELS ......................................................................................................................... 14
RETAINING WALLS ................................................................................................................................... 15
RESERVOIRS & LANDFILLS ....................................................................................................................... 16

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OVERVIEW

PROVEN
PRS-Neoweb™ (Tough-Cell®) Geocells
PRS-Neoweb (Tough Cell) is an advanced, high-strength geocell (cellular confinement system) designed
for cost-effective soil stabilization and reinforcement, manufactured and distributed by PRS.

PRS-Neoweb is a breakthrough in geocell technology made from Neoloy®, a novel polymeric alloy (NPA)
that enables a very strong stiff and durable geocell for the most demanding road & rail construction,
landscape architecture and civil engineering projects.

PRS has Implemented Thousands of Successful Projects in over 50 Countries around the Globe

PRS-Neoweb geocells are 3D honeycombs of polymeric strips infilled with soil, aggregate or recycled
material. The cellular confinement strengths infill, retains soil and compaction and enhances drainage.
This bottom line is high performance, durability and cost effectiveness in the most difficult conditions.

A proven solution for roads, rails, ports and earth stabilization of slopes and walls, PRS-Neoweb is used
by engineers and contractors for natural
resources development, construction,
transportation and infrastructure around the
globe.

Advantages:
 Best engineering performance.
 Highest durability and lifespan.
 Use marginal infill.
 Reduces pavement thickness.
 Fast and simple deployment
 Cost effective.

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TECHNOLOGY
Breakthrough Neoloy® Technology
Neoloy is the novel polymeric alloy (NPA) that makes PRS-Neoweb the “Tough Cell”. Featuring very high
durability and low creep “Neoloy inside” means better long-term confinement and soil stabilization for
the project lifespan than HDPE-based geocells.

Neoloy was Created by PRS in an Extensive R&D Program & Tested by Leading Researchers Worldwide

PRS Innovation
Neoloy® combines the ductility of HDPE with the stability and resistance of polyester. This features very
high resistance to: creep, fatigue, stress-cracking, temperature extremes, oxidation and UV light for
unmatched long-term performance.

Research proves that Neoloy-based PRS-Neoweb increases the modulus of infill material. It also creates
abeam effect (semi-rigid platform) that reduces vertical stress. These factors enable their use in heavy
duty applications such as highways, railways and working platforms. Pavement thickness can be reduced
and pavement life extended – all while using inferior materials for structural infill.

Advantages:
 Significantly stiffer and stronger for heavy
cyclical loading.
 Very high creep resistance for long
lifespan.
 High dimensionally stability for reliable
confinement in wide temperature range.
 Very high resistance to UV and oxidation
for high durability.
 Enables heavy-duty applications unlike
HDPE based geocells.

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BENEFITS
Benefits of PRS-Neoweb
PRS-Neoweb soil stabilization and soil reinforcement solutions for weak soils, under heavy loading, and
in extreme environments has been proven in geotechnical, environmental, natural resource and energy
development, civil infrastructure and transportation projects in over 50 countries worldwide.

PRS-Neoweb Provides Environmental, Engineering and Economic Value to Each Project

Advantages:
 Proven in 1000’s installations, field tests and in 50+ published papers.
 Outperforms any HPDE based geocell, geogrid or other 2D geosynthetic.
 Value engineering – reduce pavement thickness and extend lifespan using inferior materials for
structural infill.
 Optimized performance vs. cost – customize according to project requirements.
 Neoloy alloy inside – engineered for heavy-duty, long-term performance.
 Sustainable – green solution lowers environmental impact and saves resources.
 Cost-effective – for both project construction and life-cycle costs.

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SUSTAINABILITY
Sustainable Construction
PRS-Neoweb saves time, transport, fuel, aggregate resources and carbon pollution. Roadways are more
sustainable and engineered landscapes more ecological and aesthetic.

A Green Construction Method that Improves the Envionrment and Saves Time, Money and Resources

Green Construction
PRS-Neoweb uses ~50% less aggregate for infill and uses local soils or recycled waste for infill to reduce
quarrying. Compacted sections make transport very easy and installation can be performed manually.
Less haul vehicles and earthworks means less pollution and site disruption.

PRS-Neoweb is the best-available solution to protect slopes and stabilize earth. PRS-Neoweb improves
site ecology by preventing erosion and enhancing drainage, and integrated with vegetation, enhances
the soil, micro-ecosystem and visual landscape.

Advantages:
 Green construction method.
 Sustainable roads and landscapes.
 Saves virgin aggregate resources – uses locally available and recycle materials.
 Reduces environmental impacts and carbon footprint.
 Extends project lifespan and reduces maintenance.

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ABOUT PRS
PRS is dedicated to one product – geocells – and as one of the most established manufacturers in the
world, we are the de facto experts in cellular confinement systems. PRS created and markets the highest
performance geocell with the lowest creep available today.

The Leader in Cellular Confinement Technology and and Research

Why PRS
PRS has extensive geotechnical and civil engineering experience, advanced R&D and technologies, and
the largest geocell manufacturing capacity in the world. PRS has been delivering value to customers
since 1996 in almost every type of soil, environment and application around the world.

Advantages
 Experience.
 Expertise.
 Technology leadership.
 Global footprint.
 Customer support.

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ROADS & RAILS

OVERVIEW
Load Support
PRS-Neoweb is a stiff and durable geocell designed for heavy duty civil engineering applications, such as
roads, rails and ports as well as earth stabilization.

Main Highway over Soft Clay Soil, Colombia

Heavy-Duty Flexible Pavements

The stiff Neoloy material in PRS-Neoweb enables its use in heavy-duty infrastructure projects such as:
highways, railways and working platforms as well as for haul roads and airports. PRS-Neoweb can also
be used for road shoulders, drainage ditches, slope protection and earth stabilization.

Advantages:
 Improve layer modulus – strengthen low quality infill.
 Reduce layer thickness – up to 50%.
 Use local, marginal and recycled infill – due to high reinforcement factor.
 Extend service life and maintenance cycles – handles more traffic and extends road-life.
 Easy and fast deployment – simple logistics and all-weather installation.
 Cost effective – save time, manpower, construction and maintenance costs.

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UNPAVED ROADS
Unpaved Gravel Roads
PRS-Neoweb is an ideal solution for the reinforcement of unpaved roads in soft soils. PRS-Neoweb
geocells stabilize subgrade, reinforce the base and reduce degradation of the surface layer.

Road over Swamp, France

Low Volume Roads

PRS-Neoweb strengthens unbound granular material over soft soils for more reliable and sustainable
transport, such as:

 Access and rural roads in remote regions where aggregate is scarce and imported.
 Haul roads for strong reinforcement of very heavy loads/vehicles without failure.
 Temporary / service roads for fast all-weather construction and sufficient strength for heavy
construction vehicles.
 Green roads for shoulders, parking lots,
emergency access, park pathways.
 Military roads for heavy transport and
armored vehicles.

Advantages:
 Improve bearing capacity.
 Improve durability.
 Use local soil for infill.
 Reduce layer thickness.
 Reduce settlement.
 Lower project costs.

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PAVED ROADS
Paved Highways and Motorways
The development of Neoloy for PRS-Neoweb geocells and their enhanced reinforcement mechanisms
enable their deployment in heavily trafficked highway infrastructure. They increase performance while
decrease costs.

A-118 Ring Road, St. Petersburg, Russia

Flexible Pavements
Research and field tests have proven that PRS-Neoweb geocells create a beam effect – a semi-rigid
platform formed from the confinement of unbound granular material – while significantly reducing
vertical stress to lower layers. This enables their use in structural pavements below the asphalt layer.
PRS-Neoweb extends motorway pavement life and reduces layer thickness, while utilizing lower cost
infill materials.

Advantages:
 Reduce asphalt layer thickness.
 Utilize low strength infill for base layer.
 Easy and fast installation.
 Extend design life and maintenance cycles.
 Save time, money, resources.

Applications:
 Highway engineering.
 Road rehabilitation.
 Roadway widening and shoulder
improvement.
 Embankments.
 Trench and road drainage.
 Permeable pavements.

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RAILWAYS
Reinforce Railway Track
PRS-Neoweb offers cost-effective ground reinforcement solution for subballast and ballast layers, rail
embankments, turnouts and train yards that extends maintenance cycles.

Subballast Layer Reinforcement over Soft Clay , Israel

Reinforce Railway Infrastructure

PRS-Neoweb lowers the rate of track surface geometry degradation (both surface and cross-level). Since
the cost of maintaining track infrastructure over time is so critical reinforcement with PRS-Neoweb,
particularly in problematic locations, is of great value for new line construction as well as maintenance
of existing lines.

Advantages:
 Reduce vertical and lateral displacement.
 Reduce aggregate attrition.
 Improve train loads and speeds.
 Reduce track maintenance cycles by up to 3.
 Low total cost of ownership.

Applications:
 Ballast and subballast confinement for
new track.
 Track repair and rehabilitation.
 Railway embankments and overpasses.
 Train station facilities and parking.

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PORTS & PLATFORMS
Heavy-duty Working Platforms
PRS-Neoweb based on the high strength Neoloy® novel polymeric alloy provides very heavy duty load
support for all types of working platforms – even using inferior granular material, such as sand, for
structural infill.

Working Platform, Geothermal Plant, Slovakia

All Types of Platforms

PRS-Neoweb creates a beam-effect (semi-rigid mattress) that increases bearing capacity, improves load
distribution and reduces settlement. PRS-Neoweb is particularly suitable to port and container yard
projects in which bearing capacity, aggregates, durability and costs are critical as well as drilling well
pads in remote locations.

Advantages:
 Use locally available infill.
 Supports very heavy loading.
 Reduces pavement layer thickness.
 Enables use of paving blocks instead of concrete/steel.
 Excellent drainage.
 Prevents pavement failure.
 Fast installation.

Applications:
 Intermodal port facilities.
 Airport aprons, parking, storage terminals.
 Parking lots.
 Pipeline/storage tank protection.
 Container platforms, terminals, depots and storage
yards.

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EARTH STABILIZATION

EROSION CONTROL
Slope Protection
PRS-Neoweb confinement provides long-term protection against soil erosion and stabilizes slopes typical
in civil engineering, landscape and construction projects.

Vegetated Slope for Quarry Rehabilitation, Malta

Erosion Control on Slopes

PRS-Neoweb protects soil with natural vegetation or hard armor if exposed to more erosive forces. The
confinement protects soil from erosion, raindrops, run-off and rills, while the system enhances drainage.
Perforations enable plant-root interlock, stabilize the soil mass and the cells make landscape planting
and rehabilitation more effective.

Advantages:
 Easy installation.
 Cost-effective.
 Durable – resistant to water, UV, oxidation.
 Self-draining.
 Enhances landscape.

Applications:
 Erosion Control – bio-engineered slopes.
 Transportation – roadside slopes and
abutments.
 Embankments – roadways and railways.
 Energy – storage tank berms.
 Environmental - green roofs.
 Mines – site rehabilitation.
 Geomembrane Protection.

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DRAINAGE & CHANNELS
Solutions for Water Structures
PRS-Neoweb provides cost effective, long-term protection with vegetated soil, hard armor or poured
concrete fill for channels, drainage ditches, river banks and stormwater management.

Vír I Dam Spillway Protection, Czech Republic

Drainage, Channels and Water Management

The PRS-Neoweb composite structure dissipates energy from flood, current and wave action. Vegetative
and/or gravel infill is used when there is periodic high water or flooding (depending on geometry and
hydraulic stresses), while concrete infill is used for non-erodible channels.

Advantages:
 Self-draining – prevents hydrostatic pressures.
 Flexibility prevents cracking or degradation.
 More cost effective – than concrete, rip-rap, gabions.
 Non-degradable – resistant to water, UV, temperatures.
 Ideal for bioswales and other stormwater management practices.

Applications:
 Water treatment, transport systems.
 Stormwater management, drainage
ditches, bioswales.
 Channel, stream, river banks.
 Levees, dikes, revetments.
 Dam and pond spillways.
 Hydraulic, bridge foundations, shoreline
structures.
 Silt and sediment control /diversions during
construction activities.

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RETAINING WALLS
Earth Retention Walls
Retention walls from PRS-Neoweb geocells are strong, durable and attractive green solutions to retain
soil on steep and unstable slopes, to maximize site development and for abrupt grade separation.

Bridge Abutment Green Retaining Wall, Israel

Earth Retention Walls

PRS-Neoweb made of Neoloy is ideal for earth retention. Neoloy has the long-term strength,
dimensional stability under thermal cycling and environmental durability to guarantees reliable
performance retaining walls. There are three main types of PRS-Neoweb earth walls:

 Gravity walls – self-standing retaining wall with earth mass infill for stability.
 Reinforced wall - mechanically stabilized earth with horizontal geogrid reinforcement for high
and strong retaining walls.
 Integrated earth stabilization – Integrated slope protection and gravity retaining wall.

Advantages:
 Stable even in unstable foundation subgrades.
 Permeable and self-draining.
 High strength and durability, due to the proprietary Neoloy composition.
 Very fast installation and construction – each layer structurally stable.
 Green wall / green solution.
 Flexible system yields to earth movement (high seismic resistance).
 More cost-effective than poured concrete, segmental retaining walls (SRW) and gabion walls.

Applications:
 Transportation network – embankments, bridge abutments, barriers, multi-grade changes.
 Rehabilitation – mine site and quarry restoration.
 Environmental – green walls, noise barriers.
 Channels and Coastlines – storm water structures, cliff preservation.
 Site grading – expanding fields and yards, grading site to boundaries.

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RESERVOIRS & LANDFILLS
Geomembrane Protection
PRS-Neoweb protects geo-liners and containment membranes, while the stabilizing slopes and berms of
reservoirs and landfills. It holds infill material in place and prevents mass movements by providing
tensile reinforcement.

Balancing Ponds, Sustainable Drainage Systems (SUDS), England

Containment of Water and Waste

PRS-Neoweb cellular confinement provides durable, non-slip, long-term protection of water, liquids and
waste from damage to water reservoir and landfill geomembranes. PRS-Neoweb is non-degradable,
resistant to salinity, corrosion, acidity, sewage as well to UV, oxidation and temperature extremes.

Advantages:
 Geocells function as ready-made concrete forms, reduce amount of concrete.
 Concrete casting is fast, efficient, and controlled – finish is uniform thickness.
 Flexible concrete slab accommodates earth movement and prevents cracking.
 Enables steeper slopes and higher liners.
 Cost-effective solution that reduces logistics, materials and labor.

Applications:
 Water reservoirs, cooling ponds.
 Sludge, slurry, liquid containment
ponds.
 Waste containment and treatment.
 Municipal solid waste landfills.
 Waste site rehabilitation.

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