Geoguide 1

Guide to
Retaining Wall
Design

Geotechnical Engineering Office

Civil Engineering and Development Department
The Government of the Hong Kong
Special Administrative Region
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© The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

First published, September 1982

1st reprint, January 1983
2nd reprint, July 1983
3rd reprint, October 1985
4th reprint, January 1987
5th reprint, April 1990
Second edition, October 1993
Reprinted with minor correction, November 1994
Reprinted, January 1998 reprinted, August 2000
Continuously updated e-version, 29 August 2017

Prepared by:

Geotechnical Engineering Office,

Civil Engineering and Development Department,
Civil Engineering Building,
101 Princess Margaret Road,
Homantin, Kowloon,
Hong Kong.

Steering Committee:

E.W. Brand (before April 1989)

A.W. Malone
K.C. Brian-Boys (before December 1988)
B.M.T. Lam (before October 1989)
J.B. Massey
J.C. Shelton (after December 1988)
D.J. Howells (after October 1989)
R.P. Martin (between April 1989 and January 1991)
Y.C. Chan (after January 1991)
P.L.R. Pang (after November 1991)

This Geoguide is a continuously updated version incorporating amendments issued since the
Geoguide was published. The continuously updated version is released in e-format only on
the CEDD website. This Geoguide is to be cited as “GEO (2017). Guide to Retaining
Wall Design (Geoguide 1) (Continuously Updated E-Version released on 29 August 2017).
Geotechnical Engineering Office, Civil Engineering and Development Department, HKSAR
Government, 245 p.”