Even a small amount of water can degrade retaining walls and foundations, so ensuring proper drainage is a must, one engineer says.

The beautiful color of this cedar wood retaining wall by @tedmade.woodwork shows off the plants on both sides. A wood retaining wall is a more cost-effective choice than stone or concrete, but lacks ...

NEW YORK - As rain moved through our area, a retaining wall in the Bronx gave way. It happened Wednesday morning in the Mount Hope section. There's an ongoing battle over who's on the hook for repairs ...

Willoughby City Engineer Tim Lannon recently reported that it will likely be a couple of months before construction will commence on the Route 84 wall project. Lannon said that although there had been ...

Q. I’ve seen quite a few failed retaining walls. Many have bulges or have tipped over. What needs to be done to ensure I only do mine one time? I’ve seen photos of walls hundreds of years old that ...

Retaining walls were first created to perform the simple and necessary task of holding back earth. And with good reason: Erosion is a natural process, but when it means soil being washed off your ...

For thousands of years, builders have used retaining walls to create flat vertical walls or gently sloping terraces on hillsides. While constructing a solid, lasting retaining wall might look ...

Q: I have seen many failed retaining walls. Many have bulges or have tipped over. What needs to be done to ensure I do mine only one time? I've seen photos of walls hundreds of years old that look as ...

It’s tragic to spend the time and money to build a retaining wall only to have it fail. Unstable walls can be dangerous; at the very least they are a discouraging waste of resources. Over the years we ...