Browse Forums Building A New House Re: retaining wall 2Jul 15, 2020 8:02 pm Height, type of soil conditions, do you want it to move, adjacent trees,will it require DA and BA , certification...... ? Designer,Engineer (Civil,Const & Envir),Builder,Concrete & Masonry Contract.Struct Repairs Re: retaining wall 3Jul 15, 2020 8:09 pm StructuralBIMGuy Height, type of soil conditions, do you want it to move, adjacent trees,will it require DA and BA , certification...... ? Height at max is 1mt, then drops to about 80cm and then 60cm. All together about 11mts long and is to replace an existing timber retaining wall. The retaniwall is about 1mt from the fence with adjoining property and will just be used to plant small herbs and plants. Re: retaining wall 4Jul 15, 2020 8:12 pm AFAIK, > 1m wall requires engineering, check with your council Cheers Chris Designer,Engineer (Civil,Const & Envir),Builder,Concrete & Masonry Contract.Struct Repairs Re: retaining wall 5Jul 15, 2020 8:30 pm StructuralBIMGuy AFAIK, > 1m wall requires engineering, check with your council Cheers Chris Rhabk you. Yes, its already in our DA plans , but what i want to know is about the footing options and if the above mentioned base footing is good enough is what im trying to find out ? Re: retaining wall 6Jul 15, 2020 8:31 pm mezvk StructuralBIMGuy AFAIK, > 1m wall requires engineering, check with your council Cheers Chris Rhabk you. Yes, its already in our DA plans , but what i want to know is about the footing options and if the above mentioned base footing is good enough is what im trying to find out ? Sorry i meant Thank you Re: retaining wall 7Jul 15, 2020 9:25 pm Is it a proprietary system and have you checked the manufacturer's recommendations? they should have std engineering details personally, I recommend footings Designer,Engineer (Civil,Const & Envir),Builder,Concrete & Masonry Contract.Struct Repairs Thank you again Simeon.. I will call my certifier for that. Have a good day 4 5108 Thanks for the insights, that makes perfect sense, and yeah, I will be leaning on the experience of the excavator operator entirely. 6 16048 Hi All, I engaged a tradie to install concrete retaining wall 600-800mm high over 32 meters in Victoria. Sleepers are 200*75*2000 mm installed over 17 steel posts. I… 0 6842 |