OFFERING SUPPORT : INNOVATIVE HIGHWAY EMBANKMENT SYSTEM SAVES TIME AND MONEY IN IOWA, TEXAS

This article discusses the use of the Geopier soil reinforcement system in a number of projects around the country. Geopier Rammed Aggregate Piers look like underground shafts of aggregate. They reinforce surrounding soft soils, and are custom-designed to site conditions and load-bearing capacity. In Marshall County near LeGrand, Iowa, a job that would have required excavating 60,000 cubic meters and bringing back aggregate and backfill to build embankments, was done instead using Geopier soil reinforcement system to strengthen the existing soil. On part of a Houston tollway, Geopier soil reinforcement was used to support two mechanically stabilized earthwall (MSE) embankments that were built over soft soils. The article also relates how the Geopier system was applied to strengthen the existing soil, reduce settlement, and increase the safety for slope stability in a project which involved building a bridge over a railroad in Missouri City, Texas.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Scranton Gillette Communications

  380 E Northwest Highway, Suite 200
  Des Planes, IL  United States  60016-2282
• Authors:
  • Carder, C
• Publication Date: 2003-5

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 44-47
• Serial:
  • Roads & Bridges
  • Volume: 41
  • Issue Number: 5
  • Publisher: Scranton Gillette Communications
  • ISSN: 8750-9229
  • Serial URL: http://www.roadsbridges.com/rb/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Embankments; Material reinforcement; Piers (Supports); Soil compaction
• Subject Areas: Construction; Geotechnology; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00944167
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: BTRIS, TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 2 2003 12:00AM