Abstract
fully green vegetated slope finish. Fifteen hundred soil nails were employed on a 300m long section of the existing unstable coastal slope at
Stonehaven as part of landslip preventive works. Soil nail heads were designed as individual recessed concrete pads set into the slope surface,
buried beneath pre-seeded bio-degradable grow bags and erosion control matting. In this way the pre-existing fully vegetated appearance
was retained as requested by the local residents, planning authority and client. This design provided both local and global stabilisation
of a 40m high slope, sustainability in design, limited disruption to local residents, and aesthetic requirements of this conservation slope.
This paper concentrates on the innovative soil nail head design, not normally used in the UK, to both stabilise the slope and provide full
vegetation cover.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the XVI ECSMGE Geotechnical Engineering for Infrastructure and Development |
| Publisher | ICE Publishing |
| Pages | 1885-1890 |
| ISBN (Print) | ISBN 978-0-7277-6067-8 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 23 Nov 2015 |
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Keywords
- soil nails
- sustainable stabilisation
- slope stabilization
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Soil nailing the green way : sustainable stabilisation of a failing slope using innovative soil nail head design to give a fully vegetated green slope finish. / Smith, M.J.; Black, J.D.; Lindsay, F.M.; Mickovski, S.B.
Proceedings of the XVI ECSMGE Geotechnical Engineering for Infrastructure and Development. ICE Publishing, 2015. p. 1885-1890.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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PY - 2015/11/23
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N2 - Innovative recessed soil nails were used on a conservation slope in Aberdeenshire to help stabilise the slope and provide afully green vegetated slope finish. Fifteen hundred soil nails were employed on a 300m long section of the existing unstable coastal slope atStonehaven as part of landslip preventive works. Soil nail heads were designed as individual recessed concrete pads set into the slope surface,buried beneath pre-seeded bio-degradable grow bags and erosion control matting. In this way the pre-existing fully vegetated appearancewas retained as requested by the local residents, planning authority and client. This design provided both local and global stabilisationof a 40m high slope, sustainability in design, limited disruption to local residents, and aesthetic requirements of this conservation slope.This paper concentrates on the innovative soil nail head design, not normally used in the UK, to both stabilise the slope and provide fullvegetation cover.
AB - Innovative recessed soil nails were used on a conservation slope in Aberdeenshire to help stabilise the slope and provide afully green vegetated slope finish. Fifteen hundred soil nails were employed on a 300m long section of the existing unstable coastal slope atStonehaven as part of landslip preventive works. Soil nail heads were designed as individual recessed concrete pads set into the slope surface,buried beneath pre-seeded bio-degradable grow bags and erosion control matting. In this way the pre-existing fully vegetated appearancewas retained as requested by the local residents, planning authority and client. This design provided both local and global stabilisationof a 40m high slope, sustainability in design, limited disruption to local residents, and aesthetic requirements of this conservation slope.This paper concentrates on the innovative soil nail head design, not normally used in the UK, to both stabilise the slope and provide fullvegetation cover.
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KW - sustainable stabilisation
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U2 - 10.1680/ecsmge.60678.vol4.283
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