Soil Nail Launcher - Media and Events



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SNL News and Events

Fjord Drive stabilization
should be completed
 Poulsbo, WA
North Kitsap Herald
October 6, 2011

Work on permanent bridges
to begin next week
 Kingfield, Maine
The Irregular
September 14, 2011

Work starts on KY 93
landslide repair in Lyon Co
Eddyville, KY
West Kentucky Star News:
May 13, 2011

A cannon for a fix
Roads and Bridges:
March, 2011

Road repairs affecting
traffic in Lewis County
Flemingsburg, Kentucky
The Ledger Independent:
October 7, 2010

Recurring Scott landslide
no tragedy
Scott, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review:
May 21, 2010

Road signs foreshadow key races
McDowell County, West Virginia
Bluefield Daily Telegraph:
April 11, 2010

341st CES coordinates access road repair
Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana
Malmstrom Air Force Base Website: July 17, 2009

VDOT to move forward with repairs to Rockbridge Co. mudslide
Rockbridge County, Virginia
VDOT News Release: April 23, 2009

Company turns to military cannons to help repair trouble spots in earth
Grand Junction, Colorado
Grand Junction Daily Sentinel
August 18, 2008

SNLI nominated as IDOT Contractor of the Year
Springfield, Illinois
Letter from Illinois Department of Transportation: November 9, 2007

Giant nail gun is possible Bliss Road solution
La Crosse, Wisconsin
WKBT.com: October 1, 2007

Mn/DOT uses innovative approach to fix roadway slopes on Highways 14, 61 and 76: Flood-related project to be completed this year
Rochester, Minnesota
Minnesota Department of Transportation News Release:
September 25, 2007

Public Works nails erosion problem
Amador County, California
Amador Ledger Dispatch, October 11, 2006

Soil Nail Launcher saves time and money on slide repairs
Missouri Department of Transportation
Breakthrough: A Research Bulletin Prepared by Organizational Results: September 2006

Giant gun nails slipping NZ soil
New Zealand Television
New Zealand: July 29, 2006

MoDOT will use new method to repair slide: 25-foot nails will be “launched” into soil
Hannibal, Missouri
MoDOT Northeast District News Release: May 26, 2006

Nail down slipping soil
Kansas University
Kansas University Transportation Center Newsletter: Spring 2006 Transportation Center

2005 Soil Nail Launching project
Warren County, Ohio Warren County Engineer’s Office: 2005 Annual Report (page 5)

British military invention strengthens embankment
Ellico, Tennessee ConstructionEquipmentGuide.com: April 28, 2005

Summit plans to nail down troubled soil
Summit County, Ohio Beacon
Journal: June 24, 2004

2004 emergency projects successfully nailed with new technology
Lake County, Ohio Lake County
Annual Report: 2005

Swords into plowshares: British military launcher now available for civilian applications
Missouri Local Transportation Resource Center
MOinfo: Winter 2002

Successful practices: Soil Nail Launcher
American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, Washington, D.C.
AASHTO Quality Information Center website: click here

Stabilize a failing road faster than a speeding bullet
Trinity County, California
The MSA Maintainer

Launched soil nails: New method for rapid low-impact slope repairs
Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings: 1995

Defiance County Geosynthetically Reinforced Soil
Defiance County, Ohio
Defiance County Engineer’s Office Website: click here