ReSSA Major Update and MSEW Update
Articles
Geotechnical Construction for a Rail Spur at a Rock Quarry
Our first article from Robert Thompson with Dan Brown and Associates. A project profile of a challenging project invoving a railroad spur for a quarry. It involved ground improvement, soil nailing, and MSE walls.
Project Related
Geosynthetic reinforced soil walls as integral bridge abutments
Republished from the ER-2010 conference, this paper by Michael R. Simac and David J. Elton describes the performance of two of the first geosynthetic reinforced soil walls for integral bridge abutment construction in North America […]
Available Resources
Design of Roadside Barrier Systems Placed on MSE Retaining Walls
TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 663: Design of Roadside Barrier Systems Placed on MSE Retaining Walls explores a design procedure for roadside barrier systems mounted on the edge of a mechanically stabilized […]