<p>The specifications, plans, and standard sheets state the requirements of embankment construction in precise terms. This guide is intended to describe less technically and hopefully, more understandably; how to construct an embankment. The guide discusses:</p> <p><br ...

<p>There are several thousand loose fill slopes in Hong Kong. These have generally been in place for many years and usually predate the establishment of the Geotechnical Control Office in 1977. They were placed to form platforms for roads and other purposes ...

Some of the most sustainable and economical benefits of using geosynthetics are found in reinforcement applications. These applications allow the use of lower quality on-site material such as fine grained soils often referred to as ‘marginal fills’. This paper ...