Rock-Netting Construction

The most common civil engineering use is to stabilize shore against erosion. Other uses include retaining walls, temporary floodwalls, to filter silt from runoff, for small or temporary /permament dams, river taining, channel lining. They may be used to direct the force of a flow of flood water around a vulnerable structure. Net-Rocks are also used as fish barries on small streams.

Net-Rock baskets have some advantages over loose riprap because of their modularity and ability to be stacked in various shapes. They also have advantages over more rigid structures because they can conform to ground movement, dissipate energy from flowing water and drain freely. Their strenght and effectiveness may increase with time in some cases, as silt and vegetation fill the interstitial voids and reinforce the structure. Thay are sometimes used to keep stones which may fall from a cutting or cliff from endangering traffic on a thoroughfare.

Net-Rocks have also been used in building. The exterior is formed by modular wire mesh gabions containing locally quarried stone; this construction creates an environment of moderate temperatures within the building.