History-Protecting Geotextiles

Geotextiles are often used in protective capacities. Demolition companies wrap building and bridge columns with geotextile fabric to contain debris during blasting. Geomembrane installations often have an overlay or underlay of geotextile for cushioning. And historical preservation sites, from Asia’s Silk Road to stone-age indigenous peoples dwelling zones, utilize geotextiles to rebury historic findings for better preservation and more careful unearthing later. In Chimney Point, Vermont, following the discovery of native artifacts in the wake of 80-year-old bridges removal, preservation experts built temporary slips with geotextiles so that the site could be safely studied and historic items transported away.