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    Road construction on old landfill

    Keep in mind the value obtained for the money you spend on a project. This is a job that you could dump a pile of cash and not receive the expected result. I can assure you that short of removing the old dumpsite in the area of your roadway, the road will eventually move. I believe pigdog has...
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    embankment fill on slope

    Depending on soil conditions, purpose of fill, structural integrity, etc., the most common maximum fill slope is built at 2:1. Steeper slopes can be engineered with the help of your soils engineer, if required. Many times a combination of geo-grids, retaining walls and earthen fills will be...
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    Dust control on gravel roads

    USC Marine Studies Center at Catalina Island is now using an environmentally friendly, non hazardous product for dust control and road stabilization called T-NAPS. The best non-toxic solution of all is plain water applied with a water truck or delivered through a piped system. Repeated, long...

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