What is this standard about?
It provides design guidance for stabilizing soil slopes and faces using soil nails.
Who is this standard for?
- Civil and geotechnical consultants, engineers, designers, contractors
- Site inspectors and assessors
- Operators of national linear infrastructure, e.g. Highways England, Transport Scotland, Welsh Government, Department for Regional Development Northern Ireland, Network Rail
- Technical managers
- Suppliers of reinforced soil structures
- Manufacturers of reinforcement products
Why should you use this standard?
BS 8006-2 gives recommendations and guidance for stabilizing soil slopes and faces using soil nails. It is a code of practice with information pertinent to UK practice. There is no corresponding European or international standard.
Other methods of stabilization using reinforced soil methods are given in BS 8006-1:2010+A1:2016 and both parts might be needed for complex structures. Additional considerations might be required for unusually loaded or high soil nailed slopes, or where they interface with other structures.
NOTE: While BS EN 1997-1+A1:2013:2004 on geotechnical design specifically excludes soil nailing, BS 8006-2 is intended to harmonize the design approach of soil nailing with other geotechnical structures designed using BS EN 1997-1.
What’s changed since the last update?
- Reduction factors made more consistent
- Clarification of potentially ambiguous notation in various parts of the standard
- The advice on atmospheric corrosivity has been updated
- Site investigation to include BS 5930:2015
