The Kiener company is reactivating new facilities in an area whose development was suspended for some time. For this purpose, the design and construction of a wall was required, for which several alternatives were evaluated: concrete, gabions, geocells, geogrids and geotextiles. The final decision was to build a square wall (“L” shape) in soil reinforced with geotextiles with a facade covered by cement mortar with an angle of 2 ° inclination with vertical, and variable height from 3.90 to 6.90 meters. The decision to opt for a Mechanically Stabilized Earth Wall reinforced with geotextile was based on comparative parameters of costs, material available for the backfill and the execution times, especially for the rainy period under which it had to work.
This wall represents the longest in soil reinforced with geotextiles in the Republic of Panama, so the control of compaction of the backfill was essential. The resulting learning in the construction system was very valuable for the designer, the builder and the inspector.
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