Plate Piles Show Promise in Stabilizing California Slopes
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Publication Date: 07-NOV-05
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Article Description| Engineers in Danville, Calif., are testing a low-cost method to keep Mother Nature–and the mud she annually throws down the hillsides at million-dollar homes in the exclusive Blackhawk enclave–in her place. The proprietary Plate Pile system inserts plates affixed to steel poles or piles into stable strata underlying loose soil, transmitting the slide forces downward to the stiffer ... |
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