Retaining Walls

Retaining walls are used to landscape gardens, manage level changes, and create usable space in sloping landscapes.

It is a structure that is designed to support soil laterally so that it can be kept at various levels on both sides of the wall.

Retraining walls serve two primary purposes.​

  1. They create greater dynamism in your project. Allowing you to be more creative and produce a more satisfying aesthetic.
  2. They ensure the surrounding areas are structurally stable.

There are various types of retaining wall.

They include:

  • Gabion
  • Masonry
  • Reinforced concrete
  • Sheet pile
  • Reinforced Soil

If you have a basement, you are dealing with retaining walls.

A basement can add floor space and value to a property without the need for planning or changes to the look of the building.

ADS Consultants have the requisite knowledge to design retaining walls so that they do not move (slide forward or overturn), ensuring that the wall remains stable and the ground levels unchanged.

Case Studies

Ground Gas assessment, Chester Lane, Lancashire

Client: Backhouse Properties Ltd.

The site was located over historically backfilled quarries and adjacent quarries had been used for landfilling. ADS Consult undertook a detailed review of a significant number of historical technical reports to assess potential gas risk from onsite and offsite sources.

Gas monitoring data was compromised by high groundwater levels, additional monitoring was not a practical approach to determining future gas generation risk.

ADS completed a detailed assessment of gas sources, potential pathways and appropriate protection to future houses that satisfied the Local Authority that the site was safe to develop as proposed. The relevant conditions to the Planning Permission were discharged

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