CONCLUSION

As the conclusion, landslide that happen at kilometre 141 from KL-Kuantan Highway
can be solved by building a retaining wall system which is soil nail. The cost of soil nail wall
is the most effective and much more economical than other retaining wall system which is
ground anchor walls. Besides, soil nail wall also exhibit numerous advantages when compared
to ground anchor walls. One of the advantage is nail location, inclination and length can be
adjusted easily when obstructions are encountered. On the other hand, the horizontal position
of ground anchor is more difficult to modified almost making field adjustments costly.

Furthermore, soil nail wall construction technique are used to bring soil stability in area
where landslide might be a problem. Besides, soil nail also can prevent landslide by inserting
steel reinforcement bars into the soil. On other hand, soil nail is typically used to stabilize
existing or excavation where top-to-bottom construction is advantages compared to others
retaining wall system. In addition, analysis shows that soil nail reinforcement will give the
higher factor of safety (FOS) rather than using anchor reinforcement. This probably because
the soil nails have a lower load requirement than tieback anchors and are placed closer together.

Therefore ground improvement method should be one of the alternative processes in

order to completing the construction which involving poor soil conditions. The treatment of
these soils aims to provide adequate support for the structural loading and is usually designed
to pre-consolidate or reinforce the soil or alternatively to transmit structural loads through the
weak soils to a sound underlying stratum.
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1. Goldstein, Natalie (SepOct 2001). "Soil Nailing". Erosion Control. Forester

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2. Manual for Design and Construction Monitoring of Soil Nail Walls (Report).
Washington, D.C.: U.S. Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). October 1998.
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