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2014/11.2, November 19 — Lifting Pool Floors, Pleasing Frogs, Impalas in Flight and more
THE ESSENTIAL E-NEWSLETTER FOR WATERSHAPE DESIGNERS, ENGINEERS AND BUILDERS November 19, 2014 www.watershapes.com LESSONS LEARNED…
2012/4.2, April 25 — Building Stone Walls, Concealing Controls, Civic Fountain Woes and more
April 25, 2012 WATERSHAPES.COM FEATURE ARTICLE Building Walls, Stone by Stone Dry-stacking stone walls and…
Retaining Wall ABCs
If you've been involved in major construction projects - initial work or renovations - chances are good that you've come across the need for retaining walls.   In many cases, even the simple leveling of a site will require some type of retaining structure to hold back the soil - whether you're cutting fill out and need to support the slope that remains or filling an area and need to keep the new material from washing away.    No matter what site we're talking about, retaining walls have one purpose:  to hold something back.  Whether you need to terrace a sloped yard, hold up a parking lot or