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Install Erosion Control Barriers

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How to Prepare for Rain on your Construction Landscaping site.

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Install erosion control measures, such as silt fencing, along the top and base of the slope, as well as at critical points. The video shows a worker using wooden stakes to secure a black erosion control fabric into the ground. This barrier prevents any remaining loose soil or runoff from leaving the site and entering adjacent areas like parking lots or storm sewer systems. Proper installation ensures that the fabric is trenched in slightly at the bottom and secured tightly to stakes to create an effective sediment trap.

Goal: Prevent soil runoff from leaving the site

Tools and materials

  • Mini Excavator Bobcat — Assisting with trenching for silt fence installation (not explicitly shown but common)
  • Wooden Stakes — Securing the erosion control fabric
  • Erosion Control Fabric — Creating a barrier to trap sediment and prevent runoff

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[Music] Then we're going to be adding erosion control at the toe of the slope right down here. All through here, we're going to have erosion control measures going in place so that any loose soil doesn't go into this parking lot that's right behind me, which will work its way into the storm sewer system. It's some simple preventive measures which gets you back to work that much faster and helps your site be prepared.

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