<p><p><figure id='attachment_1522' style='max-width:427px' class='caption alignnone'><img class="wp-image-1522 size-full" src="https://www.geoinstitute.org/sites/default/files/geotech-tools-uploads/…; alt="Photograph showing equipment used to install micropiles under conditions of limited headroom." width="427" height="374" /><figcaption class='caption-text'> Micropile installation with limited headroom. From Gomez et al. (2008b)</figcaption></figure></p><p>Mircopiles are a bored, grouted-in-place deep foundation element containing steel reinforcing bars that is used to develop a load carrying capacity by means of a bond zone in soil, bedrock, or a combination of soil and bedrock. Advantages include minimal disturbance to soil and adjacent structures, minimal noise disturbance during construction, usage in all ground conditions at any angle, and smaller amount of spoils created than large diameter piles. This technique is applicable to new embankments on unstable soils and embankment widening.</p><p>