Ararat · Three-dwelling site
Concrete Sleeper Retaining Wall in Ararat
A 48m concrete sleeper retaining wall, up to 1.2m high, installed on a three-dwelling site through heavy clay and wet conditions.
- Wall length
- 48m
- Maximum wall height
- 1.2m
- Foundation depth
- 1.8m
- Steel posts
- 150UC23
The site requirement
Wet clay and neighbouring structures.
Heavy clay and wet ground made installation difficult on the site being prepared for three dwellings. The retaining works also had to account for the neighbouring shed, carport and fence behind the alignment.
No-fines concrete was placed behind the wall to support the loading from these neighbouring structures. Dowell Excavations assisted with the site clean-up.
The completed wall
Concrete sleepers with no-fines backing.
- Wall dimensions: 48m long, up to 1.2m high.
- Sleepers: 2m-long, 80mm-thick concrete sleepers.
- Posts and foundations: 150UC23 steel, with foundations at 1.8m depth.
- Backing: No-fines concrete behind the wall.
Project photograph: concrete sleeper retaining wall installed on the Ararat three-dwelling site.
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