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  1. Saxifrax

    Retaining walls and vehicle barriers: guidelines ?

    Thanks all for your input here: I will check the various referenced material. At the risk of sounding like a whining client: I guess what we're trying to avoid is having our driveway look like a road. We bought this property for the "rural" situation, and we're already putting a big hole in...
  2. Saxifrax

    Retaining walls and vehicle barriers: guidelines ?

    Thanks for the reply. I have to 'fess up and say I'm the owner in this case... We've tried suggesting we provide some kind of "waiver" which would not hold him liable in the event of someone going over. His response is that this would not protect him in the event someone was looking to sue...
  3. Saxifrax

    Retaining walls and vehicle barriers: guidelines ?

    I'm involved in a hillside residential construction project where there's a requirement to : 1)Build a roadside turnout for a firetruck 2)Widen the existing driveway to 15ft Both of these require retaining walls ranging between 2-6ft on the downhill side, which have been designed by our...

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