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Soil Nailing and utility excavation

Soil Nailing and utility excavation

Soil Nailing and utility excavation

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Does anyone have any experience with /recommendations for excavating for utility trenches in the vicintiy of soil nails? Within what distance from the nails should excavation be resticted or prohibited?

RE: Soil Nailing and utility excavation

who know about any info of soil nailing ,

RE: Soil Nailing and utility excavation

If the soil nail wall was designed properly with the knowledge that there are buried utilities behind it, then the soil above the top row of anchors should have been modeled as cohesionless.  This is because a backfilled trench zone can not take much in the way of tension transversely.  Nevertheless, the setback for a new trench should not coincide with the potential failure surface of the minimum safety factor.  That is, the trench could be placed well beyond the ends of the anchors or close to the top of the wall.  However, I would not put the trench any closer to the wall than a distance equal to the depth of the first row of anchors.  Likewise, I would not put the trench past the halfway point of the top anchor.  If you can, install the conduit with directional drilling.  Pothole for the exact anchor depth first then simply stay above it if you can.  Comprende?

RE: Soil Nailing and utility excavation

Whomever this reads, for buildings, please encourage final or when pertains transfer of temporary nail retention systems to inner in-compression floor or members for free use of streets for services.

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