Andrew Lees

What role can plastics and geogrids play in sustainability? Recently, President Joe Biden hosted a virtual Leaders Summit on Climate – proof, if any is required, that sustainability continues to …

Functions of a Flexible Pavement Flexible pavements serve three functions, and in order to achieve these effectively, several layers are required. The initial (visible) function is to provide a surface …

What are the types of road construction methods? One important point to note is that within our industry, what this question usually relates to is the different types of pavement …

What are the types of piles and their construction methods? Piling today is clearly one of the cornerstones of the construction industry and indeed, it has been so for centuries …

What is the shear strength of soil? This is a key question for ground engineers and is vital to any design project. The reason it’s so important is that at …

What is the bearing capacity of soil? What does “bearing capacity of soil” mean? It’s important because whenever a load is placed on the ground, such as from a building …

From the Great Wall of China, to the Dubai-Fujairah Highway, the versatility, stability and strength of reinforced soil has been used by builders and engineers to build retaining walls for …

Retaining walls come in all types, shapes and sizes – from simple gravity walls to bored pile walls for basements and reinforced soil walls using geogrids – to suit a …

Happy New Year from all of us here at Tensar! We hope that you had a enjoyable break and had the chance to have a go at Andrew Lee's Christmas …

As we wrap up the award winning Ground Coffee blog for 2020, Andrew Lees gets into the festive spirit and gives a special thanks to the construction workers who have …