Patent filed for Reinforced Earth® 1963
French engineer Henri Vidal files the patent for Reinforced Earth® and becomes the modern inventor of what is now commonly referred to as Mechanically Stabilized Earth (MSE). Much like a combination of pine needles and sand, metal or geosynthetic soil reinforcement is placed at regular intervals in an embankment linking grains in soil by means of friction, becoming it’s own supporting structure.
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