Precast Concrete Retaining Wall Quality

Precast Concrete Retaining Wall Quality
Australian Tilt-Up Fencing Concrete Products meets these qualifications, while also
enhancing the aesthetics of the natural surroundings.
Concrete Retaining Walls are structures designed to enable natural elements to resist
breakdown. For example a concrete retaining wall may help rock avoid erosion or keep
soil from falling down a slope. When a concrete retaining wall is used to hold water
back, it is generally referred to as a dam or a bulkhead. While their purpose is the same,
architects have created a number of types of concrete retaining walls including gravity
concrete retaining walls, sheet piled concrete retaining walls and cantilever concrete
retaining walls and can have a variety of textures, including rock walls.
Gravity Concrete Retaining Walls
Gravity concrete retaining walls are constructed using large boulders or masses of
precast concrete. These concrete retaining walls use the concrete wall weight to resist
pressure from the opposing side. Short gravity concrete retaining walls use dry-stacked
stone retainers with a batter, which enables the wall to lean back toward the retained
element. For larger needs, precast concrete, geosynthetics, gabions, crib walls or soil-
nailed walls can be used for retaining. These walls are built taller and stronger by
including reinforcement and rigid-footing applications. Fortification is often used
internally and includes timber, soil, steel or polymer mesh reinforcing.
Geosynthetic walls are steel-reinforced and packed with backfill soil. Gabions are wire
baskets which hold heavy rocks to weigh the structure down. Soil-nailed walls reinforce
a soil substance with steel or precast concrete rods.
The other methods used for gravity concrete retaining walls involve the use of concrete.
Crib walls are concrete block filled with soil. precast concrete panels
Masonry Concrete Retaining Walls
When block is used, such as building brick or block concrete retaining walls, the
structure is considered a masonry concrete retaining wall. Masonry concrete retaining
walls mean that masonry units (CMU block walls) are utilized to construct the wall. A
masonry unit is generally a compressed earth block that is formed to be a specific size
and weight. Using such units, a masonry concrete retaining wall can have equal
resistance at all points on the structure.
Brick masonry concrete retaining walls use standard 8” x 4” x 2.25” size kiln-fired bricks
and mortar. The main drawback from brick masonry walls is that brick has a short
lifespan and absorbs large amounts of water.
Block masonry concrete retaining walls are also built to a specified size and weight. Due
to their congruence in nature and their large concrete block size, concrete block
masonry concrete retaining walls can be built faster than brick masonry concrete
retaining walls. They are also often reinforced with steel to improve the lifespan of the
concrete retaining wall.
Sheet Piled Concrete Retaining Walls
While generally the last option for concrete retaining walls, sheet piled concrete
retaining walls are most effective for soft soils and extremely tight areas. Manufactured
from steel, vinyl, fiberglas, plastic planks or wooden planks, sheet piled retaining walls
must be pounded at least two-thirds the height of the wall into the ground. Tall sheet
piled concrete retaining walls need a tie-back anchor "dead-man" in the soil.
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