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Many construction projects require roads that can withstand a tremendous amount of force and pressure, such as large dump trucks and heavy machinery. However, not all construction sites have dirt [...]

Expansive soil, also called shrink-swell soil, is a very common cause of foundation problems for road construction projects. Depending upon the supply of moisture in the ground, shrink-swell [...]

Soil is comprised of fine particles of clays and silts and these particles, due to their mineralogical composition, have an excess of negative ions (anions), which attract positive ions (cations) [...]

The beginning of modern (chemical) soil stabilization started in the United States in the 1920s, a time in which regulations were being imposed on many businesses during the expanding industrial [...]

Stabilization in a broad sense incorporates the various methods employed for modifying the properties of a soil to improve its engineering performance. Stabilization is used for a variety of [...]

Ionic soil stabilization, like the leading products provided by RoadPacker solutions, is categorized as “chemical” soil stabilization. This is because, chemical soil stabilization [...]

The California Bearing Ratio (CBR) test is a simple strength test that compares the bearing capacity of a material with that of a well-graded crushed stone (thus, a high quality crushed stone [...]