HOME       Foundation Inspection Glossary of Foundation Terms Recent Project Highlights   FOUNDATION REPAIR   Horizontal Crack Repair Improper Horizontal Repair Underpinning and Releveling Foundation Replacement  DEEP FOUNDATIONS  Helical Piles Resistive Piers Drilled Piers   RETAINING WALL   & HILLSIDE ISSUES New Retaining Walls Retaining Wall Fortification Walls with Limited Access Landslide Repair Hillside Stabilization Hillside Road Repair Hillside Additions   COMMERCIAL PROJECTS   Mega Foundations Post-tensioned Concrete More Commercial Projects   FOR ENGINEERS   Liquefaction? Problem Solved Typical Helical Specs   CAREERS & CONTACT   Personnel Careers at Avalon Avalon Supports the Famous Rockettes		HILLSIDE STABILIZATION with SOIL NAILS & MACMATS A very efficient method of hillside stabilization and erosion control is soil nails with MacMat. Soils Engineer: Don Tharp, Tharp & Associates. In MacMat installation the edges are stapled together with ties and the nuts on the soil nail are tightened. Here is the finished installation. Here is the same hillside one year later. Avalon Structural, Inc. 181 Ridgeview Drive Aptos, CA 95003 (831) 479-4389 (office) info@avalonstructural.com Copyright © 2015 Avalon Structural, Inc. All Rights Reserved CA License 677116 Classifications:  B, C-8 Avalon is a general building contracting firm and does not employ engineers.