Geotextiles

Prairie Steel offers a wide range of woven and nonwoven geotextiles for your construction needs. Woven geotextiles are a low-cost way to stabilize subgrade soils and maintain separation in the construction of roads and parking lots. It separates the fill soils from the soft soils and provides roads in soft soils such as muskeg, peat and other soft areas. It will resist rutting in parking lots, driveways and access roads. Nonwoven geotextiles provide excellent water flow properties for drainage and other applications while maintaining soil separation at an economical price. It has consistent filtration properties and prevents the loss of soil fines when wrapped around drains.

Erosion control and silt fence products are also available. Erosion control blankets protect open soils from erosion while promoting the establishment of permanent vegetation cover. Silt fences are temporary silt control devices that help prevent the loss of silt from a job site during rain events or other runoff.