Final Backfilling, Grading, and Site Protection

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Retaining walls- SPOTTING short cuts & BAD work

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What happens here

With the wall nearing completion, the Kubota skid steer is used to backfill the area behind the entire retaining wall. Workers use rakes and shovels to spread the native soil evenly, grading it to flow seamlessly into the surrounding landscape. The narrator explains that native soils are used at the top of the wall so that homeowners can plant grass or other landscaping. The site is then prepared for potential rain, with any trenches or critical areas covered with tarps to protect against erosion and water damage.

Goal: Complete backfilling, integrate the wall into the landscape, and protect the site.

Tools and materials

Bricks or Heavy Objects N/A — Weighing down tarps to prevent them from blowing away
Kubota Skid Steer Kubota — Delivering and spreading large quantities of native soil
Rakes — Spreading and leveling soil for final grading
Shovels — Moving and spreading soil
Tarps — Covering and protecting the site from rain
Native Soils N/A — Final backfilling and grading of the wall

What they say

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[Music] happening as we get closer to the top we do not continue to backfill all the way up to the back of the top block with drainage aggregate in fact we switch over to using native soils that way the retaining wall flows more seamlessly into the rest of the landscaping if they want to have grass all the way up to the top of the wall they can or whatever else they choose all right guys we are all done for the day getting off a little early because we use up all of the blocks getting some more delivered on monday we got a whole lot done though this is top of wall right here minus the cap so it'll be up a little more and this course is gonna run pretty much to the corner and we're gonna step it down real fast over there all right rain's starting to pick up [Applause] now when we leave a site for rain we'll do a number of different things but one of the most important things you'll see that we have everything smooth graded as much as possible i can't say everything but we'll go through and our backfill piles will get smooth graded our work zone will get smooth graded we don't leave anything rough because that smooth grade really helps dry up the site faster and of course the critical areas that we can't smooth grade like the trenches well we cover up it's turpenner up right when the rain starts can't beat that time

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