In Drummondville, many projects run into the same problem: soft silty clays and high water tables that turn a simple road base into a mud pit. We see it every time spring thaw arrives. Geocell design gives us a way to confine granular fill, spread loads, and stop lateral spreading without importing massive amounts of rock. Before we finalize a cell layout, we always run a permeability test on site soils to confirm drainage behavior, because if water gets trapped inside the cells, the whole system loses its grip. It is a practical fix that keeps construction moving even on marginal terrain.
Geocells confine the infill, but if the subgrade beneath them cannot drain, the whole system lifts during freeze-thaw cycles.