Soil nailing, the variable static system of the future

Abstract

Every time we build new constructions, changes occur in the natural environment around the project area. The importance of geotechnics in the design and realisation of several protection measures has increased. Many new construction techniques have been developed to realise big projects in and with the construction material named soil. The development of stone columns, the manufacture of big retaining walls and dams of reinforced soil or the so-called Mixed-in-place method can be cited as examples.