GEOGRID STABILIZED LOG STORAGE YARD ON UNCONSOLIDATED SAWMILL DEBRIS, QUESNEL, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA

This case history describes the upgrade of a log storage yard at Quesnel, BC, Canada, using geogrids. The most important factors in the design of the log yard surface were: (1) the need to support heavy logging trucks and runner-tyred stackers with high wheel loads; (2) the fact that the subgrade material consisted of unconsolidated random fill with a high organic content. A semi-empirical design procedure was developed, based on JP Giroud's (1981) method. The log yard surface was prepared, using: (1) a 150mm thick layer of river sand; (2) a layer of Tensar geogrid SS1; (3) 750mm of gravel with a sand content of order 50% and stones of sizes up to 75mm. The surface was found to have had satisfactory performance for the first five years of its life at least. For the covering abstract see IRRD 865821.

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  BiTech Publishers, Limited

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• Authors:
  • GRAHAM, R E
  • MCDOUGALL, D J
• Publication Date: 1993

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 184-5
• Serial:
  • GEOSYNTHETICS CASE HISTORIES
  • Publisher: BiTech Publishers, Limited

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Geotextiles; Material reinforcement; Pavements; Reinforcing materials
• ITRD Terms: 4568: Geotextile; 2955: Pavement; 3471: Reinforcement (in mater)
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Pavements;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00668208
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 0-9696924-0-4
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Nov 2 1994 12:00AM