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Do you connect the lowest basement slab to piers & shotcrete wall?

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UtlSer

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Wondering if you connect the lower basement slab to piers & infill shotcrete wall using dowels and why?
 
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One reason to do it is if you are relying on the slab to offer lateral restraint to the retaining wall.
 
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But piers are used already and thus provide restraints to the wall. Even if you want the wall to span vertically from slab-on-grade to the upper one, the construction sequence will require you to span horizontally during excavation.
 
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Yes but often temporary anchors or bracing is installed to provide support to the wall until the slabs are in place.
 
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