Ground Beams & Retaining Walls

Ground beams and retaining walls can be designed to support brick/blockwork or simply to form a permanent shutter to the edge of an in-situ concrete floor slab. The amount of reinforcement introduced into the design will be used to suit specific loading requirements.

Two methods of bored piling techniques are used in retaining wall construction: one is C.F.A. (Continuous Flight Augur), the other Rotary.

Where the available working area dictates that basement excavation faces must be vertical, these two techniques provide special advantages. These methods are technically effective and are a cost effective means of providing temporary or permanent means of retaining the sides of bulk excavations - even in water-bearing strata.

These walls can be designed to accommodate vertical loads in addition to horizontal forces when they are used in permanent works.

Construction of both these methods is the same as for foundation bearing piles.