Wrap-around structures are constructed by folding an
extended reinforcing element (geotextile or geogrid)
through 1808 to form the face and anchoring it back into
the fill or to another element at a higher elevation
(Koerner 1999). A flexible soft facing is formed by
wrapping each layer of reinforcement around individual
lifts or pillows of fill. The reinforcement is anchored back
into the fill either by pinning or by partial burial of the
inner end by a sublayer of the encapsulated fill. Fill is
usually placed and compacted against external, temporary