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GEOWEBs Grid Confinement System <br />BOAT RAMP CONSTRUCTION CASE STUDY <br />I r <br />r;/4^ <br />tr* <br />: <br />1.' i <br />I; <br />Objective:Improve the existing natur.ii sarc bcut launch <br />area. <br />Client:Oneida County Forestry Department. K*ck <br />Rollman, County Forest Administrator. <br />Installer: <br />Site: <br />Wisconsin Conservation Corps <br />Boat ramp at the Highway O crossing of the <br />Wisconsin River in Oneida County, Wisconsin <br />September 20, 1984 <br />Specified Product: CEOWEB 8-8 Grid Confinement System <br />With increased usage and fluctuating water levels a natural sand boat launch wav no <br />longer adequate. Due to frequent use, vehicles often got stuck m the sand <br />The CEOWEB 8*8 Grid Confinement System was specified to coniine a road <br />fill The Rfavel by itself would lend to wash out with wave action, but when conime <br />dlmJn'L.) «n> o( ,h. CEOWEB, would p-ov,du . d.onR. suUe .,n,p <br />with d niiiuriil jppMf3nc6. <br />Developed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Waterways Experiment ' <br />wstem^s umSue in that strength or stabilization by confinement <br />series of three dimensional cells, which when expanded into position h.ive the <br />appearance of a large honeycomb, one of natures most eii 'lent structures. <br />With one front end loader operator and 4 men, 5 sections of U' x 20' <br />^aced and filled. The 40' long 20' wde boat ramp was completed m 3 hours This <br />boat ramp is used over 2000 times per year. <br />rl:I /. . . L r,«' <br />-'I•-I <br />' ^ > <br />a', 'n ... .•...., <br />For undorwotor Inamotlnni. tho patontod QEOWEB <br />•Irolchor framo la uaad to accuraiafy position the <br />q £OWEB and ballast it to tn# rivar bottom. The <br />GEOWEB ia stratchad ovar the frame to the lull 8' x <br />20' X 0” size. <br />The 114 pound GEOWEB and 37 pound frame <br />earned down the ramp