California’s iconic Highway 1 hugs the central coastline and Santa Lucia Mountains through its scenic Big Sur section. The bridges carrying cars and trucks over the many creeks and canyons are engineering marvels—Rocky Creek, Big […]
Designing gravity or MSE retaining walls with the attractive Redi-Rock precast modular block (PMB) facing just got a lot easier! The latest version of RRWall+ design software was created by Fine Software, GeoPrac.net sponsors, and […]
The folks at Redi-Rock, makers of some of the nicest looking precast modular block retaining walls in the business, have refreshed their website – Redi-Rock.com. And speaking as a geotechnical engineer and occasional retaining wall […]
AASHTO bridge design specifications were updated this year, with the largest change to designs for Mechanically-Stabilized Earth (MSE) walls in more than 20 years. TRB will host a webinar on Thursday, October 8, 2020 from […]
Carolina Sunrock constructed a new primary crusher and needed a 51 foot tall retaining wall to create the grade separation. They went with a Redi-Rock faced wall, and were in the unique position to buy […]
When Hurricane Harvey hit Houston in August of 2017, the Lumpkin Road detention pond flooded and receded multiple times and performed exactly as engineered. Some areas of Houston received 40 inches (1 meter) of rain in […]
Redi-Rock has released a free software product for the analysis of gravity retaining walls. Source: Redi-Rock Wall Freeware – Retaining Wall Analysis Software for Gravity Walls
The Redi-Rock Design Resource Manual or DRM has everything you would need to design a Redi-Rock retaining wall, including block sizes, design charts, construction details, and setback options. The manual also includes case studies and […]
Since March of 2003, the FHWA’s Geotechnical Engineering Circular Number 7 (GEC No. 7) has been the standard reference document for design and construction of soil nail retaining walls in roadway applications, and really in […]
Hayward Baker was among the contractors called in for emergency repairs to a failed retaining wall in Baltimore that destabilized a slope, causing a landslide that enveloped cars and threatened a railroad track below. The […]
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