found: Work cat.: Soil nailing construction, 2005:p. 1-1 (the soil nailing method involves placing closely placed steel nail in excavated earthen walls and spraying a layer of shotcrete on the earth facing)
found: ISSMFE-TC-17 web site, Mar. 9, 2006(Soil nailing; fundamental concept of soil nailing consists of reinforcing the ground by passive inclusions; soil nailing is an economical means of creating shoring systems and retaining walls; often, nailing is less disruptive than other means of constructing retaining systems)
found: AccessScience.McGraw-Hill web site, Feb. 17, 2006(soil nailing; a novel method for stabilizing excavations and freshly cut slopes in place; retaining wall is secured by many long steel bars (nails) that are driven into the embankment or placed in predrilled holes)
