Modular Block Retaining Wall Design
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Modular block retaining wall design. Modularwalls terafirm retaining panel offers a stylish solution that combines beauty and strength. Segmental retaining walls are modular block retaining walls used for vertical grade change applications. Create more space for outdoor living. The examples below are 1 0 1 5 1 8 2 4 3 0 and 4 8m high walls.
Precast modular block retaining wall blocks under this section shall be cast utilizing a wet cast concrete mix and exhibit a final handling weight in excess of 1 000 pounds 450 kg per unit. At zero normal load which is roughly 3 to 10 times the capacity of most hand placed dry cast srws. The walls are designed and constructed as either gravity retaining walls conventional or reinforced soil retaining walls. Concrete block retaining walls our concrete block retaining walls can be used to construct a range of retaining wall structures from 1 0m to 6 0m.
Precast concrete modular block pmb retaining wall with or without geosynthetic reinforcement. Wall modular block mechanically stabilized earth item 532 0300 s. Modular block walls are built from pre engineered pre cast concrete blocks that come in a variety of colors textures and faces straight faced angular or tumbled. The pc system units offer a minimum block inter face shear of 6 000 lbs ft.
Our terrafirm retaining panels can be used within standalone retaining wall solutions or seamlessly integrated into fences and boundary walls resulting in dramatic time and cost savings. A description 1 this special provision describes designing furnishing materials and erecting a permanent earth retention system in accordance with the lines. Offers a full line of retaining wall products from small home landscaping units to structural units for commercial use. The shear resistance of a concrete modular block retaining wall is a measure of the unit s ability to resist displacement or shear of one unit relative to another.