Soil nailing is a widely adopted ground reinforcement technique that involves the insertion of slender elements into unstable soil masses to enhance slope stability and support retaining structures.

IIT Roorkee associate professor Dr Satyendra Mittal’s technique of stitching loose soil has made the new Supreme Court complex safer from the banks of the Yamuna. Called ‘soil nailing’, this technique ...

Steve Kulchin helped bring the soil nailing process to the United States and along the way got patents for the method and for soil nails made of fiberglass. He was president of Kulchin Foundation ...

The State Highways Department has announced that the slope stabilisation techniques being implemented in the Nilgiris, through “soil nailing” and “hydroseeding” are expected to prove to be a ...

Thiruvananthapuram: When lumps of soil started falling off from the embankment along Kazhakoottam-Karode national highway near UP school, Kuzhivila, there was panic among motorists and local people.

: Are the builders keen on taking advantage of realty boom giving a go-by to the standard procedures of soil strengthening? In the backdrop of the tragic incident in which seven young lives have been ...

COIMBATORE: After successfully implementing soil nailing technology to prevent landslides in Kodappamund, the Coimbatore State Highways Department officials have extended the procedure from ...