Re: Cantilevered Retaining Wall - Rule of Thumb

Michel,

 

        There used to be a publication called "Architectural Graphics Standards" that had a whole series of fully detailed cantilevered retaining wall sections (I think it was Architectural Graphic Standards; I only have the retaining wall pages).  This would be a good place to start.

 

Regards,

 

H. Daryl Richardson

----- Original Message -----

From: Michel

To: seaint@seaint.org

Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2007 8:53 PM

Subject: Cantilevered Retaining Wall - Rule of Thumb

Greetings all-

 

Does anyone have a rule of thumb for proportioning propertyline cantilevedered retaining walls? My clients share a property line - one on the down slope who would like to minimize the size of the toe and the other up slope who would like to minimize the heel / size of the excavation. What to do??

 

-Michel