Design flaws in a retaining wall drainage system and heavy rains during construction may have contributed to a “slope failure” that caused the collapse of U.S. 36 in Westminster two yea… ...

While a forensic engineering probe is ongoing, state transportation officials blamed heavy rains for undermining soils and supports leading to an I-295 retaining wall collapse in March.

Research from all publishers Recent studies have demonstrated significant progress in understanding the seismic behaviour of reinforced soil retaining walls. In a 2023 investigation, researchers ...

Eventually, a 200-foot section collapsed, and CDOT attributed the problem to a “slope failure” in which wet clay in the soil caused it to shift down the long embankment.

2. To avoid soil shifting and damaging the wall, retaining walls should rest on cut or undisturbed ground, not landfill, and have a footing roughly two times the width of the wall and as deep as ...

A retaining wall on Route 45 near Libertyville collapsed overnight, one day after the Lake County sheriff's office closed the roadway in both directions. Route 45 carries 28,700 vehicles per day ...