Soil Nailing is similar to ground anchoring in that it involves the grouting of a bare or corrosion protected reinforcing tendon into a usually predrilled hole in the mass to be stabilised.

Soil nails, however, are not prestressed but rather remain passive till movement of the soil mass mobilises the tensile capacity of the reinforcing tendon and the bond stress between the soil and tendons grout encapsulation.

This technique is usually used in combination with a slope face protection system which may be reinforced sprayed concrete, geogrid, vegetation supporting membranes or vegetation itself together with horizonal or shallow inclined slope drainage measures.