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FEATURES & BENEFITS • Provides permanent erosion protection for up to 75 years • Withstands both hydraulic and non-hydraulic stresses • Ease of installation reduces time and labor costs • Highly UV stabilized for applications with little or no vegetation • Available in green or tan to complement the natural surroundings • Outlasts other channel reinforcement methods yielding significant cost savings • Deters burrowing PROJECT SUMMARY The Ritz-Carlton selected the town of Paradise Valley to make its entrance into Arizona. Set on 20 acres overlooking Camelback Mountain, the development offers a luxury experience inspired by its surroundings. During construction a flood control channel needed to be relocated from the west side of the campus to the perimeter of the development. The design team was charged with engineering a robust drainage channel that would provide erosion protection and complement the natural habitat. Because aesthetics were critical to the project’s design, hard armoring techniques like rip-rap and concrete were not acceptable. PYRAMAT ® 75 combined with sod, concrete curbing/walls and gabion drop structures were selected to armor the drainage channel. PYRAMAT 75 is a high performance turf reinforcement mat (HPTRM) that reinforces vegetation, easily connects to hardscape areas, and gabion drop structures. Because PYRAMAT requires less area for drainage roughness coefficients than rip-rap, the overall footprint of the drainage channel was reduced, allowing for more development. A walking path and landscaping were also incorporated around the drainage channel to provide residents a space to enjoy views of the surrounding mountains. CASE STUDY THE RESIDENCES AT THE RITZ CARLTON PARADISE VALLEY, AZ FLOOD CONTROL CHANNEL STABILIZATION YEAR CONSTRUCTED: 2019 APPROVING AGENCIES: MARICOPA COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT VISIT OUR WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION, PRODUCT SAMPLES OR OTHER INQUIRIES OR CALL CUSTOMER SERVICE AT 1.800.621.1273 P.O. Box 19269 4019 Industry Dr. Chattanooga, TN 37416 USA PH: 800 621 1273 FAX: 423 899 5005 www.propexglobal.com PGS-1620E-001 (08/2019) PROBLEM SOLUTION PERFORMANCE PYRAMAT ® 75 was selected because it offers a reinforced vegetated solution that requires less space than hard armorimg alternatives PYRAMAT 75 provided a reinforced vegetated drainage channel that complemented the natural surroundings and provided robust erosion protection The Ritz Carlton needed to relocate a large drainage channel during construction of its residential development EROSION CONTROL

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Page 1: CASE STUDY - propexglobal.compropexglobal.com/Portals/0/Product PDFs/Erosion... · case study the residences at the ritz carlton paradise valley, az flood control channel stabilization

FEATURES & BENEFITS• Provides permanent erosion protection for up to 75 years• Withstands both hydraulic and non-hydraulic stresses• Ease of installation reduces time and labor costs• Highly UV stabilized for applications with little or no

vegetation

• Available in green or tan to complement the natural surroundings

• Outlasts other channel reinforcement methods yielding significant cost savings

• Deters burrowing

PROJECT SUMMARYThe Ritz-Carlton selected the town of Paradise Valley to make its entrance into Arizona. Set on 20 acres overlooking Camelback Mountain, the development offers a luxury experience inspired by its surroundings. During construction a flood control channel needed to be relocated from the west side of the campus to the perimeter of the development. The design team was charged with engineering a robust drainage channel that would provide erosion protection and complement the natural habitat. Because aesthetics were critical to the project’s design, hard armoring techniques like rip-rap and concrete were not acceptable. PYRAMAT® 75 combined with sod, concrete curbing/walls and gabion drop structures were selected to armor the drainage channel. PYRAMAT 75 is a high performance turf reinforcement mat (HPTRM) that reinforces vegetation, easily connects to hardscape areas, and gabion drop structures. Because PYRAMAT requires less area for drainage roughness coefficients than rip-rap, the overall footprint of the drainage channel was reduced, allowing for more development. A walking path and landscaping were also incorporated around the drainage channel to provide residents a space to enjoy views of the surrounding mountains.

CASE STUDYTHE RESIDENCES AT THE RITZ CARLTON PARADISE VALLEY, AZFLOOD CONTROL CHANNEL STABILIZATIONYEAR CONSTRUCTED: 2019APPROVING AGENCIES: MARICOPA COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT

VISIT OUR WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION, PRODUCT SAMPLES OR OTHER INQUIRIES OR CALL CUSTOMER SERVICE AT 1.800.621.1273

P.O. Box 192694019 Industry Dr.Chattanooga, TN 37416 USAPH: 800 621 1273FAX: 423 899 5005www.propexglobal.com

PGS-1620E-001 (08/2019)

PROBLEM SOLUTION

PERFORMANCE

PYRAMAT® 75 was selected because it offers a reinforced vegetated solution that requires less space than hard armorimg alternatives

PYRAMAT 75 provided a reinforced vegetated drainage channel that complemented the natural surroundings and provided robust erosion protection

The Ritz Carlton needed to relocate a large drainage channel during construction of its residential development

EROSION CONTROL