Patent ID: 6174109
Filing Date: 2001-01-16
Classification: E02D

Abstract:
A retaining wall construction comprising, in combination:(a) a granular, compactible fill material defining a first three-dimensional earthen work bulk form having a top and a generally planar front face extending upwardly from a datum plane;(b) a plurality of elongate tensile members dispersed in generally aligned orientation in the first bulk form;(c) a grid along the front face of the first bulk form, said grid being attached to selected tensile members;(d) a plurality of preformed panel facing elements in generally vertical array defining a separate facing wall of elements separate from said grid and spaced from the front face of the first bulk form by a space; said panel facing elements connected to at least some of said tensile members in the first bulk form:(e) a reinforcing wall of cementatious material in the space intermediate the facing wall and said first bulk form front face, said reinforcing wall encapsulating the connection of said facing elements to the tensile members in said space, said reinforcing wall extending upwardly from the datum plane; and(f) a further, second bulk form of campactible fill material overlying the first bulk form and the reinforcing wall, said second bulk form including a plurality of additional tensile members and a planar front face, said additional tensile members extending from the planar front face of the second bulk form, said panel facing elements extending upwardly from the top of the first bulk form, said second bulk form front fare opposed against said upwardly extending panel facing elements, at least some of said additional tensile members in said second bulk form attached to the upwardly extending panel elements.