State of the Practice: Past, Current, and Future Perspectives of Reinforced Soil Retaining Structures in Turkey - Reinforced Soil Engineering: Advances in Research and Practice - page 158

Figure 8 Variation of the foundation level toward the tunnel.
compared to reinforced concrete retaining walls. The recently constructed
geosynthetic reinforced structure with modular block facing has gone even one
step forward and has become very popular. The engineering community of Turkey
has admired the easy construction technique, the tremendous cost savings, and the
aesthetic advantage of the geosynthetic reinforced modular block faced wall. It is
anticipated that similar projects on a wider scale will be constructed in the near
future for commercial and governmental projects. The future of the reinforced soil
retaining structures in Turkey seems to be promising great success.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
The assistance of the Turkish Highway Administration and Mr. Inan Unal in
providing the required information and photographs is greatly appreciated.
REFERENCE
BR Christopher, SA Gill, JP Giroud, I Juran, JK Mitchell, F Schlosser, J Dunnicliff.
Reinforced soil structures, design and construction guidelines, Vols. I & II. Federal
Highway Administration, Report No. FHWA-RD-89-043, Washington, DC, 1990.