Reinforced Soil Walls
Reinforced soil retaining walls use a reinforced bank of the earth as the retaining structure. The earth wall is then faced with 300mm concrete lego blocks.
Criblock Reinforced Soil Retaining Walls
High criblock walls being a gravity wall design require a lot of mass. The mass is greater at the bottom of the wall. One way to design a wall using less criblock and mass is to introduce an reinforced earth wall.
The reinforced soil wall reduces the loads on the criblock.
The benefits of the criblock wall remain the same. The face can be planted and treated in the same way as any other standard criblock wall.
The cribs can be made form timber, reinforced concrete and even plastic.
The geogrid is attached to the criblock by passing it through the criblock and loading it with stone
Gabion Basket Reinforced Soil Retaining Walls
Gabion basket reinforced soil walls are much the same as criblock. They use the same design principles of gravity and mass. The obvious difference is the face is made from gabion filled baskets rather than criblock.
The filling between the geogrid needs to be selected stone specified by the geotechnical engineer.
The overall feasibility of a reinforced earth wall is the existing material on site. If material needs to be bought in, it may become expensive.
A quality site investigation report is required for a full understanding of the soils and geography
Structural Design
Our engineers can provide a foundation design of all types.
Technical Drawing
Our CAD technicians and engineers can provide overlay drawings of our products onto your designs.
Site Services
Our in-house contracts teams include CITB certified – SSSTS (Site Supervisors Safety Training Scheme).
Groundwork & Civils
Precast retaining walls will require a suitable foundation, or concrete base to be installed onto.
Precast Installation
Our contract teams’ primary function is to provide precast installation services, to our customers for our precast products.