SoluForm’s preformed concrete bagwork can be used to create retaining structures close to water.

SoluForm's high-strength structural mix is designed to form a long-lasting, durable concrete block, suitable for a range of underpinning, scour protection and river walling objects.

Bagwork placed above or close to water cannot be hosed down during placement and will need to be pre soaked. This is to avoid water running directly into the watercourse.

Applications

  • Structural underpinning of abutments and training walls subject to scour

  • Formation of scour protection within watercourses

  • Creation of pipe, culvert or bridge headwalls and training walls

  • Formation of river walls, including repairs to existing walls

  • Creation of SuDS schemes, to create storage lagoons, etc

  • Earthwork retention

  • Embankment stabilisation works

Features and benefits

  • Simple to use - no specialist skills required

  • Can be carried and placed by hand

  • Highly adaptable system

  • Design mix options available

  • Allow placement of concrete in most cases without the need for dewatering or temporary works

  • Safe and environmentally acceptable

Credentials

  • EPD (Environmental Product Declaration) certified by BRE

  • Carbon Offsetting

Installation procedure

When placed above a watercourse typically the bagwork cannot be hosed down in situ and must be pre soaked.

Hydration prior to placement should be achieved by pre soaking the lined bagwork in a bath of water for approximately 15 minutes. The water soluble liner will dissolve in 5 seconds and is fully dissolved within 15 seconds.

Bagwork is to be placed flat and built up in rows. Cross bonding improves the strength and effectiveness of the finished concrete blockwork. Bagwork can be patted flat or shaped to improve appearance and reduce voids.

After second row steel rebar pins can be pushed vertically through the bagwork to tie multiple rows together. Steelwork is not always needed but is recommended for medium to longterm works.

If a temporary bath is used to soak the bags, any left over water should be disposed of in a safe and environmentally safe manner. The water will be high PH and should not be discharged into any watercourse.

Design Guidance

We have a number of standard concrete bagwork wall designs for both in-water and non river applications. These are backed up with design calculations, risk assessments and design check statements and can be supplied upon request.