Geotextile Installation Procedure:

Step 1: Prepare the install area. This will typically involve a process of removing trees and
brush from the top layer of soil and vegetation from the subgrade materials. Weak pockets of
soil should be replaced with granular fill.

Step 2: Smooth and level the subgrade. All depression or humps within the subgrade should
be removed.

Step 3: Place the geotextile in the prepared installation area. Fabric should be laid out
according to engineered plans or site recommendations. Fabric should be stretched as tight
and as flat as possible.

Step 4: Overlap adjacent rolls as specified in the site. If no instructions exist, fabric should be
overlapped at a minimum or 12-18 inches.

Step 5: Secure the fabric with staples, pins, soil or other suitable materials. Fabric should be
secured along the edges and then at overlapping portions.

Step 6: Loosely place fill directly on the geotextile in 8" to 12" lifts. For very weak
subgrades, 18" or thicker may be required.

STAGES IN ROAD CONSTRUCTION

Clearing and Excavation

The area on which the road is going to be built on must be cleared of all vegetation, which
requires the removal of trees, shrubs and bushes. Excavation vehicles will also dig up and
remove rocks and stones from the future road's pathway. To prevent the cleared land from
erosion, control devices, including fences, ditches and basins are installed.
Mounting

 Mount dirt and soil over the area where the pathway will run using excavation plant
machinery and bulldozers.
 leveled the surface and smoothed by graders.

Geotextile installation

 Prepare the geotextile in the installation area.

 Fabric should be laid out according to engineered plans or site recommendations.

 Fabric should be stretched as tight and as flat as possible.

 Overlap adjacent rolls as specified in the site.

 Secure the fabric with staples, pins, soil or other suitable materials.

 Fabric should be secured along the edges and then at overlapping portions.

Fine Grading

 Loosely place fine grade fill directly on the geotextile.

 Fine grading requires manual labour and digging as well as grading plant machinery
called graders.
 To make the grading last, it is stabilized with limestone or concrete.

Aggregate Base

 After another grading of the surface, the aggregate base course is laid.
 it is placed evenly on the road surface.

Asphalt Paving

 Address the binder layer to the base. The binder layer is a mix of aggregate and oil.
 laying the asphalt to the ground. Once the asphalt is set down, compact it with a roller,
and it is left to cure.