Geobamtile to Support Road Embankment Over Deep Soft Ground

Road surface profile failure is often a major issue for roads. This paper presents a way of providing support beneath the road embankment between the over-deep soft ground which is referred to as “Geobamtile.” It is designed and constructed to prevent failure due to the type of subsoil that accommodates the entire structure of the road itself. The construction of roads, whether new roads or upgrading existing roadways is bound to the alignment and might be allocated on problematic land that needs appropriate treatment before any structures can be built. A way of providing geobamtile is being studied and developed in Malaysia and has made it possible to safely build road embankments over extremely soft and deep sub grades areas without creating significant post-construction settlements. These useful advantages are made possible by the extraordinary tensile and bending capabilities of bamboo in bundles. The area and amount of buoyancy characteristic can be easily adjusted by the number of tiers of bamboo-geotextile set-up within the system during construction. The expected supporting load and amount of post-construction settlement can invariably be manipulated to some extent. In general, this green and sustainable invention design will have a positive social impact by providing significant financial benefits to rural and indigenous populations.