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What Concrete Segmental Retaining Walls Do

Retaining wall drawing

Retaining walls provide lateral support to vertical slopes of soil. They retain soil which would otherwise collapse into a more natural shape. The retained soil is sometimes referred to as backfill.

Retaining Wall - StoneWall Select from ICD Corp.
Photos courtesy of Stonewall Select from ICD Corp.

Retaining walls can be constructed of many different materials and with a variety of building techniques. This discussion will focus on segmental retaining walls as the structural material, but monolithically poured concrete walls, steel, timber, used tires, and reinforced soil are often used too.

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