Soil Nail
Soil Nail
(OP)
I don't have much experience with soil nail walls. An engineer has proposed using one along an entrance ramp embankment. The wall will exceed 10' at some points and will also be part of a storm water management pond. My biggest concerns are seepage from the pond and the structural stability of the wall.
Anyone with experience with these walls?
Anyone with experience with these walls?





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This makes me a bit nervous.
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Engineering is the art of not constructing...of doing that well with one dollar what any bungler can do well with two after a fashion.
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Begin investigating the design for soil nails - either find reference material in your office or on the web and look for the geotechnical parameters that are needed for their design. Then provide your firm's project manager with a list of parameters that a geotechnical consulting/lab would need to provide for adequate design. Then its up to your PM to write to the client (and/or the geotech) to have the geotech provide the necessary data. The ball is now out of your court - wait for "its" return and don't sweat it.