<p><p><h2>Preferred Design Procedure</h2>The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) provides design guidance for geosynthetic reinforced embankments in the Geosynthetic Design & Construction Guidelines – Reference Manual (FHWA NHI-07-092), as referenced below. This technology is also presented in Chapter 10 of the <em>FHWA Ground Modification Methods Reference Manual Volume 2 (FHWA NHI-16-028), </em>which presents an excerpt from Geosynthetic Design & Construction Guidelines (FHWA NHI-07-092) referenced above.</p><p><table class='tablepress' id='tablepress-299'><thead><th><center>Publication Title</th><th><center>Publication
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</th><th><center>Publication Number</th><th><center>Available for Download</th></thead><tbody><tr><td >Geosynthetic Design & Construction
Guidelines – Reference Manual </td><td ><center>2008</td><td ><center>FHWA NHI-07-092 </td><td ><center>No<sup>1</sup></td></tr><tr><td >Ground Modification Methods</td><td ><center>2016</td><td ><center>FHWA NHI-16-028</td><td ><center>Yes<sup>2</sup></td></tr></tbody></table><br><p class="disclaimer"><sup>1</sup> Materials can be obtained through <a href="https://www.nhi.fhwa.dot.gov/home.aspx">www.nhi.fhwa.dot.gov</a></p><su…; <a href="https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/engineering/geotech/pubs/nhi16028.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/engineering/geotech/pubs/nhi16028.pdf</a></p><…;
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