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Palisades Retaining Wall Design

Palisades Retaining Wall Design

Palisades Retaining Wall Design

(OP)
Anyone know of any information on the design and specification of this type of retaining wall?  I did a goolge search and got nada

RE: Palisades Retaining Wall Design

According to Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary on-line (via www.ask.com):

palisade
Function: noun
Etymology: French palissade, ultimately from Latin palus stake -- more at POLE
Date: 1600
1 a : a fence of stakes especially for defense b : a long strong stake pointed at the top and set close with others as a defense
2 : a line of bold cliffs

I hope that helps.

Generally, I look up the definition of words used in contexts that I don't expect; in this case, a "palisade wall."



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RE: Palisades Retaining Wall Design

You should be able to do a preliminary by a sheet pile analysis of the wall (laterally loaded pile).  Elevated earth backfill on one side restrained by pile/pole driven into the soil.  You need the soil data to determine the resistance and the minimum depth of embedment(driving length)

Best, Tincan

RE: Palisades Retaining Wall Design

(OP)
hey guys, Thanks for the help.  The detail on what they have shown as a palisade isn't fort-like.  I finally figured it out, but ended up getting fired by the client in the meantime.  Sometimes it just doesn't pay (literally) to be honest.  I told them I'd never designed a wall such as this, and, well, you get the picture.

There are several manufacturers of this system.  I had all their (the clients) quotes from suppliers showing geogrid (but no drawing).  I thought it was a Mesa wall system, however, it was not.  Yesterday, after I gave him the design on the system, THEN he gives me the "suggested" detail from a drawing.  It uses a metal basket with geogrid to retain the soil, so it's really more of a reinforced earth wall.  Vegetation can actually grow on its face. It's dirt cheap (pun intended) compared to other retaining systems.  I think I'm going to use it on another job I'm doing.  Tensar Corporation's version is called SierraSlope.  Check it out at http://www.tensarcorp.com/uploadedFiles/BRO_SScape_104.pdf

RE: Palisades Retaining Wall Design

A gabion basket-type wall called a palisade wall?  Confusing, to say the least.  That salesman hasn't contacted me yet...

Sorry you lost the job.



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