5 GUIDE NO. 2. THE DESIGN OF BRICKWORK RETAINING WALLS eo IC FEng FICE FiStructE FiCeram MCons E ees el oe —— ———— >‘Accommodation works for a road widening scheme ina General Improvement Area involved the provision of new car parking bays to serve existing houses, located ata level of some 4m or 5m above the carriageway. Retaining walls approximately 3m high were required and pocket reinforced brick retaining walls offered the following advantages: Simplicity of design Ease of construction Economy of construction and material Versatility of size and form Attractive appearance without secondary decoration or surface treatment Robustness The design and supervision of construction were undertaken by W AJ Sketch, BSc, CEng, FICE. FIHT, County Engineer, Bucks County Council ‘The General Improvement Area project was undertaken by Wycombe District Council 1. General shot of Phase 1 walls with parking bays. Steps between, lead up to the houses. 2. Example of 3 car bays showing retaining wall. 3. Construction of wall 13 bricks thick with pockets on rear face to accommodate reinforcing bars, anchored into concrete foundations at 900mm centres, (maximum) - irregulanty of pockets is intentional to improve eying of infill concrete grout. 4, Completed wall - pockets cleaned out Preparatory to grouting. 5. Temporary shuttering placed against pockets and strutted, 6. Shuttering struck after infill concrete has fully matured. Usually super plasticised, pea gravel, high slump infill concrete is used — (885628: Part 2). 5 7. Back of wall primed with bituminous emulsion. 8. Selfadhesive damp proof membrane. ‘Note land drain at base of wall 9. Completed retaining wall after back filing.