Launched nails install far faster than drilled nails, at a rate of up to roughly 250 twenty-foot nails per day, so a typical Fort Worth wall installs in days rather than the weeks a conventional drilled system requires.
Soil nailing reinforces an excavation or slope from the top down, installing near-horizontal grouted steel bars in a grid pattern as the cut proceeds, then facing the surface with shotcrete. The reinforced soil mass itself becomes the retaining structure, rather than relying on a separate wall to hold the ground back.
GSI installs soil nails in Fort Worth with our patented Soil Nail Launcher™, which fires a launched nail into the slope at up to 250 miles per hour instead of drilling a conventional borehole. That matters on a site with Fort Worth's mix of surface clay and buried debris, because the soil compacts onto the launched nail rather than relaxing into an open hole, and the launcher works in ground where a drill rig would need to stop and case off. GSI's Fort Worth soil nail projects typically involve:
Launched nails install far faster than drilled nails, at a rate of up to roughly 250 twenty-foot nails per day, so a typical Fort Worth wall installs in days rather than the weeks a conventional drilled system requires.
A soil nail wall typically costs 25 to 50 percent less than an equivalent-height soldier pile wall, and becomes a permanent structure rather than a temporary one. We provide a fixed-cost proposal after reviewing site conditions.
Yes. Every design is stamped by a licensed Professional Engineer and meets IBC and Texas Building Code requirements for permanent earth retention structures.
Yes. GSI offers 24/7 emergency response, and the Soil Nail Launcher is particularly suited to actively moving ground, since it doesn't require a stable open borehole to install into.
A conventional drilled nail relies on a stable open borehole, which can collapse in loose or debris-filled soil. A launched SuperNail™ is fired into the ground at up to 250 mph, so the surrounding soil compacts around it instead of relaxing into a hole, giving pullout capacities up to 10 times that of a driven or vibrated rod.
We evaluate the site's soil strength, existing movement, and groundwater conditions before finalizing nail length and spacing, and the launched installation method itself increases soil density in the nailed zone rather than disturbing it.
The Soil Nail Launcher is mounted on a compact excavator-based unit weighing about two tons, letting crews work on slopes and in tight spaces that would be difficult to access with a full drill rig.
Yes. Because launched SuperNails™ don't depend on an open borehole, they can be installed in collapsing holes, ground with voids, and actively moving landslides where conventional drilled soil nailing isn't an option.
An unreinforced cut slope in Fort Worth's clay can keep moving until it threatens the structure or roadway above it. Call (855) 599-5217 to get a soil nailing assessment from a licensed engineer.
