Technical Newsletter

Issue 61 - Qtr 1, 2024

What's Inside:

• Case Study: Flood Control System for Lake has Aesthetic Appeal
• Engineer Talk: Importance of Block Setback in Design
• Tools: Presentation about the Value of SRW and Alternate Reinforcement
• Contractor Talk: When Fences are Needed Above a Retaining Wall.
• Hot Topic: Vegetation Above a Wall

Issue 57 - Qtr 1, 2023

What's Inside:

• Case Study: Weston Corners – Cary NC
• Engineer Talk: Groundwater and its effects on Retaining Walls.
• Tools: Fence Overturning Utilizing MathCAD
• Contractor Talk: Allan Block Used for Aesthetics

Issue 58 - Qtr 2, 2023

What's Inside:

• Case Study: Simplify Rural Creek Crossing with GRS - IBS
• Engineer Talk: Global Stability?
• Tools: AB Walls Exports to ReSSA for Global Stability
• Contractor Talk: Economics of GRS-IBS Solution for Allan Block Segmental Retaining Walls
• Hot Topic: Corners in Retaining Walls

Issue 59 - Qtr 3, 2023

What's Inside:

• Case Study: Level Surface for Candelas Medical Development
• Engineer Talk: The Importance of Good Soils in Tall Walls
• Tools: For Fast Quick Designs, Use the Zero Section in AB Walls
• Contractor Talk: Terraced Wall Compaction
• Hot Topic: Proper Embedment for when there is Toe Slope

Issue 60 - Qtr 4, 2023

What's Inside:

• Case Study: Flood Control System for Lake has Aesthetic Appeal
• Engineer Talk: Enhancing Retaining Wall Projects with Curved Designs
• Tools: We want to hear from you!
• Contractor Talk: Considerations For Laying Out A Wall
• Hot Topic: AB Workshop and Reference Documents

Issue 53 - Qtr 1, 2022

What's Inside:

• Vintage at SLO, San Luis Obispo, CA
  
  
• AB Walls exports to ReSSA for Global Stability
  
  
• Complex Composite Structures as a Solution for tricky sites!
  
  
• Corners in Retaining Walls
  
  
• Segmental Retaining Walls (SRW) or Cast-in-Place – Which is Better?
  
  
• Jeff Schwindt - Harper Houf Peterson Righellis Inc.
  
  

Issue 54 - Qtr 2, 2022

What's Inside:

• Case Study: Whitefish Town Pump Station
  
  
• Engineer Talk: How to Handle Site Limitations
  
  
• Tools: Designing Terraces in AB Walls with LEM
  
  
• Contractor Talk: The Importance of Surveying and Updating Plans
  
  
• Hot Topic: SRW's Abut Existing Structures
  
  
  
  

Issue 55 - Qtr 3, 2022

What's Inside:

• Case Study: Landscape Enhancement with AB Fence
  
  
• Engineer Talk: How to Handle Site Limitations
  
  
• Tools: AB Fence Macro
  
  
• Contractor Talk: Modular products to fit your site and provide solutions
  
  
• Hot Topic: Learn on your Schedule – On Demand Video
  
  

Issue 56 - Qtr 4, 2022

What's Inside:

• Case Study: Kilkenny Drive
  
  
• Engineer Talk: Water Management
  
  
• Tools: AB Walls Drainage Options
  
  
• Contractor Talk: Temporary Water Management during Construction
  
  
• Hot Topic: Embankment Protection Fabric
  
  

Issue 49

What's Inside:

• Hengelo, Netherlands - Pedestrian Bridges, Bike Path, and Waterways
  
  
• Water Applications - To Move and Store Water
  
  
• GRS-IBS and How It Can Be Used
  
  
• The Economical Advantage of AB - Beyond the Block
  
  
• How to Adjust Wall Rock Depth in AB Walls
  
  
• ABI Engineering Consultants
  
  

Issue 50

What's Inside:

• Grand Rapids Home for Veterans
  
  
• Tools: AB Walls – Designing Terraces Properly
  
  
• Designing Terraced Walls Terrifically
  
  
• AB Fieldstone Collection – A Natural and Green Way to Build
  
  
• Contractor Talk – Curves (Layout and Install)
  
  
• Engineer Spotlight: John Butler
  
  

Issue 51

What's Inside:

• Adding Value to Luxury Living with AB Fence
  
  
• Tools: AB Fence Tech Sheets – Useful Info at Your Fingertips!
  
  
• Breaking Down an AB Fence Build
  
  
• AB Fieldstone Collection – A Natural and Green Way to Build
  
  
• Engineering Talk: How to Design an AB Fence
  
  
• Engineer Spotlight: Miles Champion
  
  

Issue 52

What's Inside:

• Case Study: I-95 Jupiter Exchange, Florida
  
  
• Tools: 3D Modeling - The Future is Now
  
  
• Engineering Talk: Buildable Land and Aesthetics
  
  
• Contractor Talk: Geogrid Penetration
  
  
• Hot Topic: Training Syllabus
  
  
• Engineer Spotlight: Kyle Huerd - GeoWall
  
  

Issue 45 - Qtr 1, 2020

What's Inside:

• Online Training Readily Available
  
  
• The Reusability of Allan Block
  
  
• Surcharges Above a Wall - How they affect design?
  
  
• Design Your Steps with AB
  
  
• Best Practices - Why You Should Qualify Your Contractor!
  
  
• Spotlight - Ramirez Engineering
  
  

Issue 46 - Qtr 2, 2020

What's Inside:

• Same Complex, New Walls - Lord Shaughnessy
  
  
• No-Fines Concrete - Design Considerations
  
  
• Building With No-Fines Concrete
  
  
• Rooftop Applications
  
  
• Construction Considerations for No-Fines Concrete (NFC)
  
  
• Spotlight - Josh Lyon
  
  

Issue 47 - Qtr 3, 2020

What's Inside:

• Saddlebrook Golf Course
  
  
• Alternate Drainage - Design Considerations
  
  
• Wall Penetrations through a Retaining Wall
  
  
• Proper Drainage for Terraces and Site Low Points
  
  
• Wing Wall Abutments
  
  
• Spotlight - Geotechnical Laboratories, Inc.
  
  

Issue 48 - Qtr 4, 2020

What's Inside:

• AB Fence - Eliminating Sound, Adding Security
  
  
• AB Fence - Water Management
  
  
• AB Fence - Easy Step Up and Step Downs
  
  
• AB Walls with AB CADD - Releasing early 2021
  
  
• Design Professional Training Syllabus Now Available
  
  
• Rich Lovdal has retired
  
  

Issue 41 - Qtr 1, 2019

What's Inside:

• Case Study: Interchange 55 Logistics Park - Romeoville, IL
  
  
• Various Wall Design Types: How Do I Know What is Best?
  
  
• Tieback Wall Designs: How Are These Designed?
  
  
• Is Geogrid a Tieback?
  
  
• AB Walls 3D
  
  

Issue 42 - Qtr 2, 2019

What's Inside:

• Case Study: ParkVue at Livingston – Livingston, New Jersey
  
  
• Proper Design of Terraced Walls
  
  
• Proper Construction of Terraced Walls
  
  
• AB Walls 3D Visuals
  
  
  
  

Issue 43 - Qtr 3, 2019

What's Inside:

• Case Study: Bottomley Creek Flood Protection – East St Paul, Manitoba
  
  
• Wall Embedment - Bury Enough Blocks
  
  
• AB Walls Updates
  
  

Issue 44 - Qtr 4, 2019

What's Inside:

• Case Study: Brenda Cowan Elementary, Lexington, KY
  
  
• Fences Above Retaining Walls
  
  
• AB Walls+Terraces Coming Soon!!
  
  

Issue 37

1st Quarter 2018

Allan Block Compared to Big Block

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Issue 38

2nd Quarter 2018

Destroying the Myth of Positive Connections

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Issue 39

3rd Quarter 2018

Bio-Retention Solutions using Allan Block

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Issue 40

4th Quarter 2018

AB Fence and AB Retaining Walls Used Together to Retaining Soil

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Issue 33

1st Quarter 2017

Best Practice Approach
with SRW's

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Issue 34

2nd Quarter 2017

Global Stability Analysis

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Issue 35

3rd Quarter 2017

Sound Abatement Achieved

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Issue 36

4th Quarter 2017

Limit Equilibrium Method (LEM)

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Issue 29

1st Quarter 2016

Upgrading an old Office Plaza
with AB Fieldstone

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Issue 30

2nd Quarter 2016

AB Fence Offers Sound Abatement to Residential Development

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Issue 31

3rd Quarter 2016

Slope Stabilization in a Seismic Region

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Issue 32

4th Quarter 2016

Bridging Between Problems and Solutions

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Issue 25

1st Quarter 2015

Best Practices for
Retaining Walls

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Issue 26

2nd Quarter 2015

New Advancement in GRS Bridge Building

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Issue 27

3rd Quarter 2015

Utility Challenges in Construction

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Issue 21

1st Quarter 2014

Water Applications for
Retaining Walls

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Issue 22

2nd Quarter 2014

Site Problems Tackled with
Allan Block Versatility

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Issue 23

3rd Quarter 2014

Fence Built on Elevated Field Created Design Challenges

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Issue 24

4th Quarter 2014

Rebuild, Renew, Replace Retaining Walls

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Issue 17

1st Quarter 2013

Wall Penetrations for
Retaining Walls

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Issue 18

2nd Quarter 2013

Freeway Retaining Walls
& Geogrid Management

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Issue 19

3rd Quarter 2013

Retaining Walls in Poor Soils
& Identifying Clay Soils

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Issue 20

4th Quarter 2013

Retaining Wall Construction
in Seismic Zones

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Issue 13

1st Quarter 2012

SRW’s vs. Cast-In-Place Retaining Walls

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Issue 14

2nd Quarter 2012

Tiered Retaining Walls & Global Stability

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Issue 15

3rd Quarter 2012

Proper Embedment Guidelines for Retaining Wall Construction

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Issue 16

4th Quarter 2012

AB Fence: Planning for a Successful Sound Barrier

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Issue 9

1st Quarter 2011

Grade from SCDOT

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Issue 10

2nd Quarter 2011

No-Fines Concrete

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Issue 11

3rd Quarter 2011

Building on Steep Slopes

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Issue 12

4th Quarter 2011

Allan Block Shows Off the New AB Fieldstone

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Issue 5

1st Quarter 2010

Creating Ways to Bridge the Gap

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Issue 6

2nd Quarter 2010

Retaining Walls in
Seismic Zone

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Issue 7

3rd Quarter 2010

Retaining Walls with Fences Above

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Issue 8

4th Quarter 2010

Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden

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Issue 1

1st Quarter 2009

Successful Projects Start by Using the Right Tools

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Issue 2

2nd Quarter 2009

Building Taller
Retaining Walls

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Issue 3

3rd Quarter 2009

Tackle Design Hurdles with Knowledge

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Issue 4

4th Quarter 2009

Plan, Design and Build with Allan Block in the UK

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