Thanks everybody for responding so quick, I found that several states publish their construction specs for public works online. The consensus seems to be 1/2" - 3/4" out of plumb in 10' vertical is acceptable. cvg and hokie66 are both correct, we did find that the reinforcing was on the wrong...
I'm investigating a wall that is approximately 300' long and 10' high. the wall is leaning out away from the retaining side by 1/2" - 2 1/4" inches. The contractor is claiming that 2" out of plumb in 10' vertical is an acceptable industry standard (this is in New Mexico, bear with me) my...
I'm investigating a retaining wall that was leaning 1/2" to 2" out of plumb in 10' vertically. The wall was leaning away from the retaining side. does anyone know of a published specification regarding the allowable tolerances for plumb? In my opinion its 0, however it's been difficult to find...
