The right retaining wall solution depends on factors including terrain, ground conditions, access, loading requirements, groundwater and programme. We offer conventional and silent installation methods, selecting the right approach for your project and the ground conditions encountered.
Sheet piling is particularly suited to projects requiring a high degree of water resistance. DAACE can help clients choose an appropriate solution and provide guidance through installation.
DAACE has carried out silent piling, operates Movax equipment and has worked for the Environment Agency, and offers this service anywhere in the UK.
Retaining walls and sheet piling in practice
King posts embedded in the ground resist lateral earth pressure and transfer loads to the ground below excavation level. Panels or infill span between posts. This can suit constrained excavations where a full continuous wall is unnecessary, subject to ground, water and loading checks. DAACE's Parkview Hospital retaining works illustrate a king post and panel approach; this photograph is not a project-specific design drawing.
Concrete panels span between embedded steel king posts, transferring retained-earth pressure to the posts and their embedment. A practical choice for stepped or sloping housing sites where groundwater and surcharge loads permit the designed arrangement. See the phased king post wall at Littlecombe, Dursley; details require site-specific design.
Interlocking sheet piles form a continuous wall that resists earth and water pressure through embedment and, if designed, additional restraint. Their continuous profile can help manage seepage beside waterways, but the water level, ground, loading and required watertightness need assessment. DAACE's Loaning Meadows project demonstrates sheet-piled retaining works; this canal image is a separate example. Whether a wall can stand as a cantilever, relying on its embedment alone, or needs support from props, walers or anchors is decided by the ground, groundwater, loading, retained depth and site access, and is confirmed through temporary or permanent works design.