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A 5 page paper discussing the practice of reinforcing soil with narrow steel bands, a technique that provides immense benefit in soil stabilization for construction projects and can reduce costs as much as 50 percent. This method of reinforcing soil for construction purposes has been found to be useful in a variety of settings and for a wide range of purchases. It is useful in virtually any setting in which there will be static or dynamic stresses on supporting soil, such as bridge abutments or roadways running along the top of sloping terrain. It is also useful in areas in which earthquake activity is common. Includes 2 figures. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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File: CC6_KSengSoilSteel.rtf
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and retention are continuing needs of many types of construction projects. Until 1972, in situ soil in projects designed to ensure that existing soil remained in place during and
after construction projects was an entity that needed to be controlled and contained by other, more artificial means. After the development of "soil nailing" in France in 1972, however,
the very soil that needs to be contained now can take an active role in providing solution to the problems it in itself creates.
Soil nailing is a construction method "that uses a closely spaced pattern of steel rods horizontally inserted into a cut and grouted in place. Wire mesh and shotcrete provide
a bearing surface, tie the nail ends together, and protect the cut face against caving" (Construction problem solved with soil nailing, 1998; p. 58). Though the visible finished surface
may or may not carry the appearance of traditional concrete walls or support structures, it is the network of reinforced steel bands running through the soil behind those finishing surfaces
that contributes the bulk of the support to the structure. Construction methods using "soil nailing" typically are much safer for workers, and they consistently are much more economical.
The cost of using reinforced soil steel instead of excavation and concrete generally reduces construction costs between 25 and 50 percent (Construction problem solved with soil nailing, 1998). Truman Drive,
Grandview, Missouri The city of Grandview, a suburb of Kansas City, Missouri, needed to add lanes to an existing road, Truman Drive.
Topography as well as established use left construction engineers no room for expansion of the road; one side of the road was bordered by a hill. Construction crews excavated
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