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

M.J. Smith; J.D. Black; F.M. Lindsay; S.B. Mickovski

doi:10.1680/ecsmge.60678.vol4.283

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

M.J. Smith, J.D. Black, F.M. Lindsay, S.B. Mickovski

Civil Engineering and Environmental Management

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Abstract

Innovative recessed soil nails were used on a conservation slope in Aberdeenshire to help stabilise the slope and provide a
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
Editors	Mike G. Winter, Peter J.L. Eldred, Peter J.L. Eldred, Mike G. Winter, David G. Toll, Derek M. Smith
Publisher	ICE Publishing
Pages	1885-1890
ISBN (Electronic)	9780727760678
ISBN (Print)	ISBN 978-0-7277-6067-8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1680/ecsmge.60678.vol4.283
Publication status	Published - 23 Nov 2015
Event	XVI ECSMGE Geotechnical Engineering for Infrastructure and Development - Edinburgh, United Kingdom Duration: 14 Sept 2015 → 18 Sept 2015

Conference

Conference	XVI ECSMGE Geotechnical Engineering for Infrastructure and Development
Abbreviated title	XVI ECSMGE
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Edinburgh
Period	14/09/15 → 18/09/15

Keywords

soil nails
sustainable stabilisation
slope stabilization

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Bervie Braes at 10 years: critical review of the effectiveness of slope stabilisation measures
Mickovski, S. B., 17 Sept 2024, Geotechnical Engineering Challenges to Meet Current and Emerging Needs of Society: Proceedings of the XVIII European Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering 2024. Guerra, N., Fernandes, M. M., Ferreira, C., Correia, A. G., Pinto, A. & Sêco e Pinto, P. (eds.). CRC Press, p. 3141-3144 4 p.
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A novel integrated design methodology for nature based solutions and soil and water bioengineering interventions: the Tardio and Mickovski methodology
Tardio Cerillo, G. & Mickovski, S. B., Feb 2023, In: Sustainability. 15, 4, 3044.
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Production rate of self-drilling soil nails in a coastal slope stabilisation project in Scotland
Mickovski, S. B., 1 May 2022, Proceedings of 20th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering . Rahman, M. M. & Jaksa, M. (eds.). ISSMGE, p. 4273-4278 7 p.
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Smith, M. J., Black, J. D., Lindsay, F. M., & Mickovski, S. B. (2015). 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. In M. G. Winter, P. J. L. Eldred, P. J. L. Eldred, M. G. Winter, D. G. Toll, & D. M. Smith (Eds.), Proceedings of the XVI ECSMGE Geotechnical Engineering for Infrastructure and Development (pp. 1885-1890). ICE Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1680/ecsmge.60678.vol4.283

Smith, M.J. ; Black, J.D. ; Lindsay, F.M. et al. / 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. Proceedings of the XVI ECSMGE Geotechnical Engineering for Infrastructure and Development. editor / Mike G. Winter ; Peter J.L. Eldred ; Peter J.L. Eldred ; Mike G. Winter ; David G. Toll ; Derek M. Smith. ICE Publishing, 2015. pp. 1885-1890

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Smith, MJ, Black, JD, Lindsay, FM & Mickovski, SB 2015, 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. in MG Winter, PJL Eldred, PJL Eldred, MG Winter, DG Toll & DM Smith (eds), Proceedings of the XVI ECSMGE Geotechnical Engineering for Infrastructure and Development. ICE Publishing, pp. 1885-1890, XVI ECSMGE Geotechnical Engineering for Infrastructure and Development, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 14/09/15. https://doi.org/10.1680/ecsmge.60678.vol4.283

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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

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Bervie Braes at 10 years: critical review of the effectiveness of slope stabilisation measures

A novel integrated design methodology for nature based solutions and soil and water bioengineering interventions: the Tardio and Mickovski methodology

Production rate of self-drilling soil nails in a coastal slope stabilisation project in Scotland

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