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Implement Corrective Design for Retaining Walls

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What happens here

Following the identification of surcharge problems, the presenter explains that the correct design solution for such a retaining wall is to move it away from the structures causing the pressure. He reiterates that this simple but crucial design change comes from years of experience. He then transitions to discuss meeting with other contractors who, while his competition, are inexperienced and are learning on the job, highlighting the importance of proper guidance and education in the field.

Goal: Understand the design solution for retaining walls affected by surcharge and the value of experience.

Tools and materials

  • Retaining wall — The structure being redesigned and rebuilt

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wall is very simply move it out so I'm here on a site that I visited about a year ago these Timber retaining walls have utterly failed move it away from the structures and you eliminate the surcharge it's a simple design change but it's something that only comes from years of experience what you're going to see in today's video is I meet with my competition while they're actually building this retaining wall technically these guys are my competition but I'm going to help them out we were talking about what what they got to do to correct this thing and I help them through the process of understanding how to better design and build this

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