ABSTRACT
The Verrand high reinforced soil structure (HRSS) was built within the construction works for a new highway, which will connect the Monte Bianco tunnel with the city of Aosta, in the Italian Alps. The first aim of the structure was providing a stabilizing weight at the toe of a 35° to 40° steep and unstable slope, which forms the left bank of the Dora River. About 10 m above the top of the stabilizing embankment, a shaft foundation of a 30-m-high pier will be placed. The pier is one of the four supports of a 600-m-long bridge.
