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Commercial Retaining Wall for Large Structural Projects

Quality and Superior Workmanship of Commercial Retaining Walls
Most commercial retaining walls are often used in places where extra support is required such as hillsides, roadway overpasses, dams, and seawalls. Commercial Retaining Walls will serve as a barrier between the structure foundation and soil that will save the area surrounding the commercial sites from destruction.

Are you a business owner who needs to:

  • Have Usable Space
  • Reduce Soil Erosion
  • Manage Water Run-Off
  • Provides Aesthetic Wall to Business

To make sure your Commercial Retaining Walls are correctly designed and installed, Busselton Retaining Wall contractors and specialists will work with you. They provide Australian standard retaining walls for commercial projects that last using their specialized equipment with proper design considerations. Since Commercial Retaining Wall constructions are a major project, professional structure consultants have been chosen to deliver engineering design services and solutions.

Retaining Wall Preparation

To begin the design, their contractors estimate and evaluate the wall heights, sizes, slopes, and setback angles which depend on the site’s elevation and grade. They use a concrete backfill design that minimizes excavation while also creating a reinforced wall that provides sufficient sliding and reversing resistance. As an additional defence against erosion, the installation of drainage systems is also important to reduce pressure from retaining walls and reduce the risk of erosion by controlling the flow of water. They’ll make sure that the wall provides the best protection and doesn’t end up causing serious damage to your commercial property. There are several things to consider before installing a commercial retaining wall but no need to worry, Busselton Retaining Wall can help you through the process.

Commercial Retaining Wall Ideas

Anchored Retaining Walls

Anchored Retaining Walls are also known as a tie-back system where anchors are driven into the ground behind them and connected by cables or strips. It improves the structure’s stability and helps to equip the walls with the appropriate strength to withstand additional loads. Anchored walls are installed where higher loads are expected and are often used for structurally thinner walls. This method can provide extra support to any of the above solutions.

✓ Pros

  • Excellent Dimensional Stability
  • Most Economical System of Wall Retention
  • Protective Structure

Sheet Pile Retaining Walls

Sheet Pile Retaining Wall is a thin wall made of steel, vinyl, and wood that is placed directly into the soil and used to provide a temporary or permanent wall. It creates a border that holds the soil away from the foundation or provides additional reinforcement. Usually, temporary sheet pile walls are used to avoid cave ins or protect workers that work in the area, whereas permanent sheet piles are designed to have long service life with stable and durable interior walls. The structure and material of the sheets are described as stability and strength.

✓ Pros

  • Immediate load support capacity
  • Protect structures from water damage
  • Support excavations for largest structures
  • Aesthetically pleasing
  • Can be reused on other projects

✗ Cons

  • Only works on soft soils
  • Larger walls require additional anchoring

Cantilever Retaining Walls

This type of retaining wall is designed to resist overturning and typically has an L-shaped concrete base below grade. The weight of the above soil holds the slab down so that the wall cannot lean forward. Cantilever Retaining Walls are mostly preferred in commercial retaining wall projects for its strength. They are usually made of concrete or concrete masonry units with a thin stem and a base slab. Experts designed and constructed cantilever retaining walls while considering several stability failures.

✓ Pros

  • Highly stable, durable, and well-engineered
  • Proper concrete footing
  • Create flexible unobstructed excavation
  • Using less material and simple procedure 

✗ Cons

  • Not naturally permeable for drainage

Sheet or Bored Pile Walls

Sheet or Bored Piling is one of the common, effective, and reliable methods for constructing a solid pile foundation for any building type and retaining wall structure. This type of wall is ideal for deep basements, tunnels, underpasses, and other underground structures particularly with limited space and adjacent structures that need support. They minimize mass excavation and help to manage ground movements and groundwater entrance. Sheet or Bored Pile Walls work very well on property lines and for stabilizing landslides.

✓ Pros

  • Large excavations and subsequent backfill are minimized 
  • Reducing disturbances of adjacent piles or structures

✗ Cons

  • Difficult to install in hard soil or boulder grounds

Counterfort Retaining Walls

Counterfort Retaining Wall is a cantilever retaining wall with counterforts or thin vertical concrete cables, attached to the regular intervals and inside of the wall to help resist lateral force. Some common materials used for retaining walls are concrete block structure, treated timbers, rocks, poured concrete, and bricks. The counterforts bind the slab and base together, and the stem and heel slabs are practically set. Their purpose is to reduce the shearing forces and bending moments exerted on the wall by the soil. The weight and stability of the wall can also be increased from the added concrete. This wall has a smooth and uncluttered surface for more efficient space.

✓ Pros

  • Reduces the bending moment and reinforces the heel slab
  • Self-weight stability is maintained
  • More economical than Cantilever walls

If you want to consider building a retaining wall for commercial purposes, Busselton Retaining Walls can give you quality service. Also, you can’t install load bearing constructions like massive retaining walls without proper building permits. If you want a convenient and hassle free process, our professional team will help you plan, design, construct and evaluate your preferred wall properly. Please visit our contact page for more information and we’ll get in touch with you as soon as possible.

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