retaining walls
Hillside erosion prevention
Retaining walls are structures built to hold back soil or rock, preventing erosion or collapse where terrain changes elevation.
They appear along highways cut through hillsides, in terraced gardens, and at the edges of properties where land has been excavated: The contractor recommended a retaining wall to stabilize the slope behind the house.
- revetmentsWalls preventing erosion
- drainage systemsChannels for water removal
- french drainSubsurface drainage trench
- counterfortWall-strengthening perpendicular support
- terracingCutting slopes into steps
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- stone landscapingrock gardens, stone pathways, dry stone walls, gravel beds, stone terraces
- siteworkclearing, grubbing, excavation, earthmoving, earth moving
- gardeninggardener, gardening, flowers, seeds, soil
- infrastructure projectsroad building, bridge construction, bridge repair, tunnel boring, railway construction
- outdoor constructionroad work, roofing, driveway paving, sidewalk repair, landscaping
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retaining wallsbreaches
Breaks or violations
erosion · landslides · drainage channels · spillways · culverts
retaining wallserosion
Gradual wearing away
landslides · earth movement · washouts · slumping · excavations
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