Tire-shread embankment

Old bridge replaced with tire-shread-sand embankment

Plan view of embankment

Tire shreads used in tire-shread-sand mixture

Sand used in tire-shread-sand mixture

Mixing of materials in the field

Mixed materials

Mixed materials

Embankment cross section

 

Installation of bottom horizontal inclinometer casing

Inserting cable into casing

Pulling out of the cable on the other side of the embankment

DAT system

Geotextile layers

Placement of geotextile layers in the field

Installation of settlement plates to monitor vertical settlement

Placement of tire-shread-sand mixture

Installation of top horizontal inclinometer casing

 Embankment construction complete