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  1. jfrett75

    Advice

    Thanks for the input. The drilling aspect is forward straight forward as blasting is usually required when deep cuts are involved. My concern was mainly if a top down system can be modified to a bottom up system. As the wall will be constructed in small lifts (>6ft), and the backfill widths will...
  2. jfrett75

    Advice

    There was a typo, wales was meant to be walers which would be C-channels with anchors evenly spaced. In essence a tieback wall, but constructed from the bottom up. Rock is usually met at shallow depths and the profile is usually a mix of clays and large stones or layers of solid rock and...
  3. jfrett75

    Advice

    The weight of the blocks would be an issue as shipping costs are very high.
  4. jfrett75

    Advice

    I live on a small mountainous island in the Caribbean. Presently, for earth retention canter-lever walls are usually constructed. However, these can become very expensive as the height increases. I recently did some training in the design of alternate retention systems which are generally less...
  5. jfrett75

    Soldier pile and lagging walls

    I'm in the process of designing a soldier pile and lagging retaining wall. I live on a small mountainous island in the Caribbean. The subsurface is cohesive clay, however bedrock is usually met at about 5ft so therefore the shafts will have to drilled. Also, the wall is to be permanent so...

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