How are the demonstration projects working out?
We have three early West Virginia demonstration projects, a unpaved test road way, a gas well service pad and a 190 foot MSE, mechanically stabilized earth, retaining wall supporting a commercial office, hill side, parking lot. These demonstration projects are over 3 year’s old and exceeding expectations. This means they are functioning as predicted and have had no unexpected behavior. The retaining wall is stable and performing to eliminate active soil pressure. The gas well service pad is provided a solid ‘parking lot’ type foundation for well service vehicles. The roadway has been the most promising. It has experienced 2 or 3 floods each year and has retained its stability. This means that the flood waters have not easily displaced the cylinders and the base stone. Repair after flooding has been limited to resurfacing with a wearing course. Further deterioration of the roadway base due to flooding has basically been eliminated. In 2009, 1400 feet length of 12 foot wide road way was
