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On-site Evaluation
When all plans for the project are in place, the next step is to conduct an on-site evaluation both for materials and for safety.
Building Materials
To protect materials from surrounding equipment and construction, lay out a storage area for the block, reinforcement, drainage and base materials. Check the delivered materials carefully. Elevate the blocks on wooden pallets, and keep the reinforcement dry, covered and clean.
Safety
Follow the guidelines for worker and job site safety established by your state's Department of Labor. And take special precautions for OSHA requirements, which include maintaining safe slopes. Coordinate with the foreman to make sure you know the location of underground utilities.
Technology and innovation will undoubtedly continue to fuel and expand the SRW construction market. For example, there is now a special process called global stability analysis that can analyze the projected stability of a wall before it is built by determining how the wall will react to earth pressures. In the meantime, Anchor Wall Systems has professional engineers on staff to answer your questions with preliminary designs using Anchor's comprehensive software program, Anchor Wall Design 4.0.
To determine whether geosynthetic reinforcement is warranted, an engineer should evaluate every retaining wall project, even those lower than four feet.
Sandro Pippobello is Anchor Wall System's Landscape Market Manager. Pippobello is responsible for researching, analyzing and understanding homeowners' landscaping needs. Prior to becoming the landscape market manager, Pippobello was a retail market specialist, where he was responsible for supporting the sales of Anchor Wall product in big box retailers. A native of Italy, he has worked with several International and domestic brands within the lawn and landscape market. For more information, please visit www.anchorwall.com.
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