GEOSYNTHETICS FOR GROUND IMPROVEMENT

Long ago, when difficult sites for construction purposes were to be dealt, the conventional practice was limited to either the replacement of unsuitable soils or adopting suitable foundation which sometimes increases the cost of foundations. Innovative soil modification approaches are evolved to solve soil related problems. One among them is the usage of geo-synthetics. When used to enhance the soil strength they have following advantages.

·         They are space savings,

·         Better material quality control,

·         Better construction quality control,

·         Cost savings,

·         Technical superiority,

·         Construction time saving,

·         Material deployment,

·         Material availability,

·         Environmental sensitivity.

DIFFERENT TYPES OF GEOSYNTHETICS

10 different types of geosynthetics are given below.

1. GEOTEXTILES