Concrete Retaining Wall Specifications
Redi rock blocks are made of 4 000 psi wet cast architectural grade concrete in environmentally controlled conditions and weigh in at roughly one ton each.
Concrete retaining wall specifications. Real crete structural concrete sleepers are steel reinforced and are manufactured to engineered standards. Pier and pile foundations 11. Stone crete is used for sound barrier walls retaining walls subdivision entry walls or wherever. Real crete structural concrete sleepers are used in retaining walls of greater height than 800mm.
Suitable for high and low walls river embankment protection and countless other commercial industrial and domestric situations. Preparing the area clear and level your site where you plan to build the retaining wall. Engineering specifications and product data sheets for concrete retaining walls landscaping walls columns steps and pavers. Wood retaining walls 14.
Soil bearing and stability 8. This guide specification is for concrete segmental retaining wall applications in canada that are designed as gravity walls. This is a piled system that relies on the embedment and. Select material s to add them to your zip folder then download or email the files for easy access.
Some editing may be required to suit specific project requirements. Poured concrete retaining walls can also be decorative and reproduce the look of stone or masonry. Two types of structural sleepers. Forces on retaining walls 6.
Reinforced concrete sleepers and galvanised steel posts step 1. Gabion walls 16. Specifications redi rock block specifications. Please ensure you leave 200mm behind the retaining wall area for backfill.
Designing the cantilever wall stem 9. Browse anchor wall s technical materials including freestanding and retaining wall construction details freestanding and retaining wall product specifications cad drawings installation guides and more. In this photo increte contractors installed a poured in place decorative concrete wall system called stone crete that creates deep relief stone walls with a variety of available textures and colors. Cantilevered tilt up walls 13.
These retaining blocks are very durable offering a longer maintenance free service life saving time and money over the life of the wall. Alignment place a star piquet or peg at both ends of the proposed wall. Counterfort retaining walls 12. Page 7 of 7 concrete retaining walls concrete sleeper walls precast concrete sleepers span horizontally between vertical precast concrete posts that are embedded into the ground figure 15.
Building codes and retaining walls 5. There is a similar specification for geogrid reinforced retaining walls. Earthquake seismic design 7.