Problem: 6-ft. max height retaining wall to be built on edge of a 20-ft. grade difference between properties, and on expansive soil (clay).
Solution: Micropiles incorporated into
reinforced Grade Beam and Tie-back Anchors incorporated into reinforced
Integraspec wall. Wall was finished with Sto and back-filled to create
driveway for client.
Problem: Downslope lot, retaining walls cracked and moving.
Solution: Grout-injection Micropiles installed straight down and at angles into walls (Tie-back Anchors) and water redirected.
Problem: Neighboring hillside homes' retaining walls moving. High traffic portion of Sierra Drive threatened.
Solution: Grout-injection Micropiles and Tie-back Anchors installed and incorporated into reiinforced Garde Beams and Ribs to stabilize hillside and walls.
Problem: Chunks of rock wall falling vertically onto house below due to erosion.
Solution: Grout-injection Micropiles installed straight down and at angles into hillside. Grade Beams formed incorporating tops of Micropiles and Anchors, then Duralagg wall built up to give client a safer backyard.
Problem: Hilside home, retaining walls cracked and moving.
Solution: Grout-injection Micropiles installed straight down and at angles (Tie-back Anchors) into walls , buttresses formed incorporating MIcropiles and Anchors.
Niu Valley
Problem: Two-tiered retaining wall, cracked and moving.
Solution: Micropiles and Anchors drilled and incorporated into buttresses.
Problem: Tiled pool moving. Challenge: to stabilize pool without cracking tile.
Solution: Micropiles successfully installed along edge of pool and incorporated into Grade Beam, stabilizing the entire unit.
Problem: Retaining wall cracked and moving.
Solution: Reinforced concrete buttresses incorporating Micropiles and Tie-back Anchors.