<p><p><figure id='attachment_1558' style='max-width:1024px' class='caption alignnone'><img class="wp-image-1558 size-large" src="https://www.geoinstitute.org/sites/default/files/geotech-tools-uploads/…; alt="Photograph of equipment installing a shoot-in soil nail in a failed slope." width="1024" height="762" /><figcaption class='caption-text'> Stabilizing a Failed Road Fill Slope in Fergus County, MT. Photograph courtesy of Soil Nail Launcher, Inc., from www.soilnaillauncher.com</figcaption></figure></p><p>Shoot-in soil nailing uses a high pressure system to insert passive inclusions (soil nails) into the ground as a temporary or permanent earth retention system so that the strength of treated soils and slope stability can be improved. Advantages include rapid construction, easy monitoring and testing, construction with limited headroom and right-of-way, and ability to withstand large deformations. This technique is applicable to roadway and embankment widening.</p><p>