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Concrete Counterfort Wall

Concrete Counterfort Wall

Concrete Counterfort Wall

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Can anyone point me in the right direction to designing a concrete counterfort wall.  It has to be 28' tall and my cantilevered retaining wall is enormous.

RE: Concrete Counterfort Wall

stepping ahead to some degree, i suggest checking with the local geotech. i had a similar sized wall where the settlement analysis spit out something on the order of 6-8+" differential due to the fill induced settlement. even with substantial undercutting, we were still looking at 3-4". it's just a thought since it killed the wall idea on my project...turned in to a big slope and ate up part of the parking lot when the crest was moved back to provide the 2:1 from the toe.

RE: Concrete Counterfort Wall

soil anchors, deadman anchors, soil nails etc. may be a more cost effective alternative to reduce your cantilever size

RE: Concrete Counterfort Wall

I agree with cvg...  Check with your geotech.

Mike McCann
McCann Engineering

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