Retaining Walls & Stone Walls

A Guide to Dry Stone Walling
Illustrated Guide For Anyone Wishing to Build or Repair Dry Stone Walls
Offers step–by–step instruction, enhanced with explanatory photos and diagrams, showing you how to build or repair a wall, whether a hillside boundary or a garden feature. The book’s contents include: finding suitable stone; tools of the trade; basic walling techniques; building or repairing a curved wall; walling on slopes; and gapping, retaining walls, and variations. Andy Radford has been building dry stone walls for nearly two decades; he is a consultant, designer, and contractor and runs his own landscaping business in Wales

Builder's Guide to Drainage & Retaining Walls
Unique Reference to Building Retaining Walls and Designing Proper Drainage
100 illustrations plus 100 details. Establishing adequate drainage is a critical first step in many of today's construction projects. And often, retaining walls must be used to provide a sufficiently level grade. These two topics--Drainage and Retaining Walls--necessarily go hand-in-hand. This unique reference provides a comprehensive introduction to doing both right

Building Outdoor Environments with Retaining Walls
Step-By-Step Instructions For Building Retaining Walls
A beautiful gallery of luscious backyards and exquisite entryways will inspire you to terrace and sculpt your lawn. Step-by-step instructions will walk you through the process of creating these showpieces using concrete products widely available on today's landscaping market. Over 250 color images display outdoor kitchens, front entry courtyards, water features, patio settings, flower beds, and raised seating that provide curb appeal and creature comforts to the residential environment. Simple, clear graphics clarify the process of retaining wall construction, making it a wonderful tool for training and inspiring amateur and professional landscapers alike

ConcreteCalc Pro - Concrete Calculator
The only Concrete Calculator Designed Specifically for Concrete Construction Pros!
Use the concrete calculator that is helping thousands of construction pro's save time, eliminate costly mistakes, and improve profits. The innovative ConcreteCalc lets you perform instant square-ups, layouts, accurately estimate material costs & volumes, and solve common construction problems like a pro. Why work another day without it?

Earth Retention Systems Handbook
Comprehensive Guide to Temporary Shoring and Earth Retention Systems
Presents a systematic and comprehensive presentation of temporary excavation shoring and earth retention systems used to construct permanent facilities inside them. These systems are used to construct underground pipelines, tunnels, tank and storage facilities, foundations and structures. Each chapter presents a shoring system type description, how it is constructed, equipment requirements, cost analysis, etc. Safety, inspection and testing codes and methods included throughout

Foundations and Earth Retaining Structures
Textbook For Engineering Students on Foundation Analysis & Design
Foundations and Earth Structures is written primarily for an undergraduate course in foundation analysis and design. It should also appeal to graduate students and practicing engineers. There are three primary objectives for this textbook. Firstly, to present basic concepts and fundamental principles that are necessary to understand the background of the methods employed in foundation design. Secondly, to inform students on the values and limitations of popular methods of analyses in foundation engineering. Thirdly, to provide a framework for students to carry out simple foundation design and appreciate the design process

Guidelines of Engineering Practice for Braced and Tied-Back Excavations
Guidelines for Engineers for Safety and Solid Construction
When an excavation is made in soil or rock, materials adjacent to the cut face lose their natural lateral support. It then becomes necessary to support the excavation by using braces and tiebacks. These will provide the lateral restraint needed for safety. These guidelines have been prepared to aid civil engineers in making the essential decisions regarding construction safety and excavation activities. They are also intended to provide information and conceptual orientation for owners, funding agencies, contractors, and engineering and architectural staff

HeavyCalc Pro - Heavy Construction Calculator
The Only Calculator Designed Specifically for Heavy Construction Pro's, Excavators & "Dirt" Contractors
Excavators, heavy construction, engineering and design pros will save time, reduce material and labor costs, and eliminate costly errors on all construction jobs. Built-in functions for area/volume/weight, slopes, swell, and shrink, cut/fill and more. Works in and converts between all building dimensional formats, including Yard, Feet-Inch-Fraction, and even Metric.

Landscaping with Stone
Natural Looking Paths, Steps, Walls, Water Features and Rock Gardens
Landscaping with Stone is a fundamental resource for realizing the potential of virtually any garden. That’s because stone is resilient, organic, and colorful—its versatility is legendary. This essential book helps gardeners make the most of stone, with design ideas and step-by-step how-to instructions for everything from paths to walls to waterfalls

Landscaping with Stone - 2nd Edition
Step-By-Step Instructions For Walls, Patios & Rock Gardens
Discover practical ways to create your perfect garden with this one-stop guide to landscaping with stone. Stonescaping is one of the most the most popular outdoor design trends today. Now, you too can learn the tricks for creating stunning stone based design for your garden with this one-stop guide. Featuring more than 290 full-color photographs and 40 full-color illustrations.

Retaining Walls: A Building Guide and Design Gallery
Essential Guide to Constructing Segmented Retaining Walls
Whether its a challenging hillside, an uneven backyard, or a shrub-less plot in need of planters, this book will provide information to solve any landscaping dilemma while adding curb appeal and value to your property. The National Concrete Masonry Association presents the essential guide to constructing segmental retaining walls with detailed, easy-to-follow diagrams and charts for do-it-yourself homeowners and landscape contractors alike. From the fundamentals to the latest research and modern techniques in segmental retaining wall construction, this colorful and inspiring gallery of design suggestions accompanies the expertly written step-by-step guide, and offers a plethora of landscaping ideas

Soil Retaining Structures: Development of Models For Structural Analysis
Designing Safe and Reliable Soil-Retaining Structures
Models for structural analysis are needed in order to design safe and reliable soil-retaining structures. This study evaluates numerical models, mostly based on finite element techniques. This book provides a frame of reference for verification and validation of these models

Walks, Walls & Patios: Plan, Design & Build
Ideas for Brick & Mortared Stone Walls, Flagstone, Concrete and More
Designing the outside of the home adds to curb-side appeal, creates ambience, and increases the value of the home. Walks, Walls & Patios provides the homeowner with all the information needed to integrate popular hardscape design into their overall home landscape. Included are ideas for brick and mortared stone walls, flagstone and tile patios, and brick, mortar, and concrete walks and patios. Lavish color photographs provide design inspiration, while the extensive how-to section provides easy-to-follow information