Helpful Tech Sheets for Retaining Walls

These helpful Tech Sheets will assist you in the build process of your project. Our library of information will provide detailed information on various designs and construction details.

Plan/Design Tech Sheets

Caring for Your Retaining Wall - #797

Design Guidelines for Stairs - #1022

Allan Block: The Best Designed Block - #897

Lessons Learned from Wall Failure - #1097

Proper Water Management - #617

Building Straight Walls Up a Slope - #1208

How Can Soils Work for You? - #1295

Top of Wall Fence Overturning - #1113

Rooftop Landscaping and Gardens - #717

CMHA's FAQ on Vegetation on top of SRW's


Engineering Tech Sheets

Theoretical Failure Surfaces - #597

Designing Balance Into Your Retaining Wall - #598

Seismic Loads and Segmental Retaining Walls

Earthquakes - What Happens? - #696

Analyzing Internal Stability of a Composite Mass - #697

Internal Compound Stability Analysis - #807

Tiered Retaining Walls and Global Stability - #1297

Using No Fines Concrete in AB Walls Design Software - #517

Bio-Retention Solutions - #918

GRS-IBS Definition and History

Guardrail Design and Installation - #419

Designing Terraces using the Limit Equilibrium Method - #220

Testing Tech Sheets

Connection Strength Testing

AB Technical Attributes

AB Geogrid Design Parameters


Build Tech Sheets

Building Bigger Gravity Walls - #196

Building a Round or Kidney-Shaped Planter - #198

Miter Cutting Outside Corners - #296

Using the One Piece AB Corner Block - #298

How Does Geogrid Work with Allan Block - #396

Using AB Reinforcement Grid

Building Stairs - Parallel with Round Corners - #796

Building Stairs - Perpendicular with Corners - #896

Building Stairs - Perpendicular In the Wall - #996

Compaction: Is Your Wall Compacted Properly? - #997

Fences Above Retaining Walls - #1213

Parapets as a Double Wall Application - #321

Parapets with the AB Fieldstone Collection - #421

Building Terraces

Finishing Options - Ending and Topping Off Walls

Building with No Fines Concrete - #417

Silica Rules - How Using AB Can Help - #519

Constructing in Winter Months - Frost/Freeze - #620